ZombieExistence
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I am jealous Helfrichs, St Croix is beautiful! but as far as career choices go I am a Regional Director for a large corporation started out of high school and it has been quite lucrative but money is not everything in a job but with any job you gotta put in your time. I have a couple friends who are PT's and they love it great job and usually pretty awesome hours
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I majored in Mechanical Engineering (with a Math minor) at UofA, graduated in 2008. I basically had a full-ride 4-year scholarship, so I made sure I finished in 4 years. Sure, some of the course work can be challenging, but it's all do-able if you dedicate yourself. I will say I did not hold a job during the school year, only during the summers. This makes a big difference. There was many-a-times in my upper division work where I may have had 18 credits, but outside course work easily totaled 50+ hours a week.
I was hired by Honeywell prior to graduation here in Phoenix, working in R&D on turbine engines. I've been working for them since June of 2008. I'm essentially a Structures Engineer, specializing in static structures (all the pieces that are not rotating). I primarily work on engines intended for Military (domestic and foreign) and/or Helicopter applications. And I love what I do.
Before I obtained my Bachelors, I always thought I'd move on to pursue a Masters. While I can't say that's a complete impossibility, but after killing myself for 4 years, I was pretty burnt out on school. Now after being in the industry and seeing the value of experience over education, I'm not sure going back to school is something I'd ever consider. Oh, and getting a full-time paycheck is kinda nice too.
Best of luck to you. And it's interesting to read other's stories as well.
I was hired by Honeywell prior to graduation here in Phoenix, working in R&D on turbine engines. I've been working for them since June of 2008. I'm essentially a Structures Engineer, specializing in static structures (all the pieces that are not rotating). I primarily work on engines intended for Military (domestic and foreign) and/or Helicopter applications. And I love what I do.
Before I obtained my Bachelors, I always thought I'd move on to pursue a Masters. While I can't say that's a complete impossibility, but after killing myself for 4 years, I was pretty burnt out on school. Now after being in the industry and seeing the value of experience over education, I'm not sure going back to school is something I'd ever consider. Oh, and getting a full-time paycheck is kinda nice too.
Best of luck to you. And it's interesting to read other's stories as well.
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I am a medical sctudent up at Midwestern University in Glendale. I graduate in June and move to Florida and I don't know what I am going to do with my reef here...lol Midwestern is very good for education but you PAY FOR IT. So much debt it is insane haha. But gotta do what you love!
This is my five to seven year plan. Earn and save enough money to retire.
Snorkel and dive master at some island in the South Pacific for six months (makes little money but I will be retired so I don't care).
Do consulting for six months. Hopefully, won't need the money but still would like to work in a more professionally environment some of the time. I have to work, even if money is not an issue.
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Having an engineering or a technical degree for an undergrad is really good. Even when I worked in finance, I won the job over candidates with much more experience in finance because of my engineering ungrad. It really does set you apart even if your work isn't engineering.
My employers told me that they were impressed in the engineering undergrad. It tells them that you can do difficult things and that you can think logically.
Hope that helps.
My employers told me that they were impressed in the engineering undergrad. It tells them that you can do difficult things and that you can think logically.
Hope that helps.
ZombieExistence
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BbyZbra,
Thank you for sharing, do you enjoy your job? Are the average salaries in your field of work nice? What sort of degree do you have, or experience prior? Do you feel like the market is one that has many jobs available to you?
Thank you for sharing, do you enjoy your job? Are the average salaries in your field of work nice? What sort of degree do you have, or experience prior? Do you feel like the market is one that has many jobs available to you?
ZombieExistence
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Hahahaha, Frick, I have never met you, my name is Shawn, where do you work lol.
JMCAquarium
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NOw that would be a job, never the same and always seeing new and old things coming and going.:inlove:
JMCAquarium
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I manage a hospital kitchen in the north valley (8 years), own and operate an Aquarium maintenance company (9 years) Also, just purchased my second rental property due to be up and running in the next two months after a few minor fixes. Nothing fancy or exciting but I make more than I can spend and I love what i do and my 47 employee's love me ........(or so they say , lol) as do my clients or they wouldnโt keep me around.
ZombieExistence
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Wow, very cool JMC. You in the 6 digit income yet?
Frick
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Vasca Aquarium Supply. We are only drygoods wholesale.
rafajara1985
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Still in engineering school. Just started a motorcycle salvage yard too.
Merrell056
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I'm a television broadcast engineer. I work on a mobile broadcast unit and travel North America doing remote TV shows. Mostly sports. I'm assigned to a specific truck which I'm currently posting from within at the US Open in San Francisco. If you're watching the Live From the US Open on Golf Channel you're watching my truck
I also do entertainment from time to time like the Grammys and Oscars I did earlier this year. My job usually consists of programming the computer software and maintaining the equipment we use in the field like cameras, headsets, ect.
As far as preparing for the job I started when I was 15 (15 years ago) and eventually worked almost every job in a mobile unit as a freelance worker and after directing NASCAR Hotpass on DirecTV for 2 years I had the knowledge of the equipment to do everything.
So basically if something breaks, I fix it. There's really no training for this kind of job because it requires intimate knowledge of probably over 500 pieces of equipment down to repairing at the component level.
It's a fun job. I meet a lot of celebrities (if you watch Golf Channel you probably know Feherty who asked me where the 'squirtatorium' was yesterday) and get to go to really cool behind the scenes places. But I travel 240+ days a year which is not fun with a 7 month old baby at home. I'll be missing my first father's day with him
I also do entertainment from time to time like the Grammys and Oscars I did earlier this year. My job usually consists of programming the computer software and maintaining the equipment we use in the field like cameras, headsets, ect.
As far as preparing for the job I started when I was 15 (15 years ago) and eventually worked almost every job in a mobile unit as a freelance worker and after directing NASCAR Hotpass on DirecTV for 2 years I had the knowledge of the equipment to do everything.
So basically if something breaks, I fix it. There's really no training for this kind of job because it requires intimate knowledge of probably over 500 pieces of equipment down to repairing at the component level.
It's a fun job. I meet a lot of celebrities (if you watch Golf Channel you probably know Feherty who asked me where the 'squirtatorium' was yesterday) and get to go to really cool behind the scenes places. But I travel 240+ days a year which is not fun with a 7 month old baby at home. I'll be missing my first father's day with him
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