[Sloth]

I graduated from a respected chemical engineering program in 1998 (at the height of Clinton’s “best economy in history”), and I couldn’t find an engineering job for about 2 years. Even then, it was a gov’t regulatory bureaucrat position.

[SeekAndFind]

I graduated from a respected chemical engineering program in 1998 (at the height of Clinton’s “best economy in history”), and I couldn’t find an engineering job for about 2 years. Even then, it was a gov’t regulatory bureaucrat position.

Here's another secret people don't realize --- GRADUATES OF ENGINEERING DON'T NEED TO DO ENGINEERING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

In New York City's financial district for instance, I know of many ( I can count scores I know personally ) who are graduates of electrical/mechanical/computer engineering who work in the financial world doing quantitative analysis for the financial markets with computers ( companies prize them for their math abililities ). My own boss ( VP of techincal development for the Fixed Income Analytics division ) is a Bioengineering graduate.

And get this --- THEY GET PAID HIGHER in the financial world than doing strictly engineering jobs.

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An ugly reality.