Posted on 04/29/2013 12:49:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Presented with little comment but perhaps it is time to rethink that $100,000 loan and the extended MBA program...
Move the goalposts, if you wish.
Why don’t I see burger engineering on that list?
Its "Womyn" - and you also forgot to include LGBT studies in that....
My first computer engineering job in 1989 paid 35,000 per year, adjusted for inflation that equals $63820.78
What cost $35000 in 1989 would cost $63820.78 in 2012.
So not really up all that much...
Maybe we should change barista to Java Engineer.
I think these are starting salaries right out of college.
"Experienced" is pretty much the opposite of "starting".
I worked full time as an engineer for over 30 years. I ended up making very good pay, but had I to do it over again, I’d have gone into some kind of business of my own that allowed me some modicum of cash business, deductions, etc. and I’d have cheated my ass off on taxes. As it is, most of my work went up in taxes so some leech could sit on his ass.
Its one of those industries where tough times don’t necessarily mean an industry downturn. People plan more when times are tough.
SnakeDoc
I get it. But it looks like you cashed-in (don’t mean that in a negative way) while the market was hot. Now, we are living in the worst job market in decades.
But I take it you are a civilian(non engineer).
The same place the art history majors, the sociology majors, and so forth, working for the government, the college or university library, or Starbucks.
Therein lies you problem. Really not that dissimilar from those who bought real estate (on credit), thinking that prices “will always go up.”
I guess I got lucky then.
You don’t see the point, it is much harder to keep up with technology and the requirements are so much more intense than 30 years ago. The value added has increased but the salaries have not. this should please you though, being the great humanitarian that you are. Squeeze then until the turn white and bleed out....
Finance includes accounting, but a firm may hire finance majors to put together numbers for a bank loan. Finance majors also do credit analysis of individuals and firms.
I can understand that. I still work part time at my old job to stay current, but for the past two years the division I ran has been on a hiring stint - continual. There is plenty of engineering backlog. In all my years there, I never had to fire anyone for lack of work.
The reason why it has the backlog is they only hire the top 1-2% of their class in areas of engineering not widely taken in school, and each candidate is comprehensively interviewed for a number of attributes. Retention is high and job satisfaction is great - it shows in the product.
Not necessarily lucky but for every job that requires a Ph.D. in history, there are 100-200 applicants at a minimum.
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