Engineering Degree

[Anonymous]

Jumping on here. What are people’s opinions on industrial engineering degree? My son is thinking of a supply chain management major and industrial engineering is often mentioned in this field. Not too familiar with it besides what I recently googled.

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Anonymous wrote:Female with an EE undergrad. Most classes were so hard for me, but I powered through and graduated with a poor GPA. As a result, internships and first jobs were hard to get. I eventually found my footing and I’m now a successful software engineer (thanks to the CS classes required for the EE degree).

How poor was your GPA if you don't mind sharing? This is my concern with DD who is a current sophomore in engineering. She has a 3.0, but seems to be really struggling. Wondering if I should suggest she look at other majors

DP married to an engineer. “Cs” get degrees was their undergrad mantra - for all engineering majors.

Depends on the school - was it a state flagship or a top school?

Many students who currently have engineering as their major, was so determined by their parent/s. Those who could not manage the maths, chose an IT field.

I don’t think it matters. Any engineering degree from any E School is just fine. My MIT colleague is not more capable then others who went to UMCP, UMBC, or VT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jumping on here. What are people’s opinions on industrial engineering degree? My son is thinking of a supply chain management major and industrial engineering is often mentioned in this field. Not too familiar with it besides what I recently googled.

I know a few people with industrial engineering degrees that ended up working in engineering management. There were no industrial engineering technical jobs in the DC area. Maybe in a location with more manufacturing it’s a more useful degree.

[Anonymous]

I suspect the only parents that would push kids into engineering are not engineers themselves. I'm an engineer, and would NEVER push a kid into it. It is a difficult and demanding course of study and unless you have BOTH and aptitude and desire for it you will fail.


100%

My husband is an engineer and is encouraging my son to be an engineer (he currently finishing his first year as an EE major). They are both good at math and programming. IMO, their writing skills are not great. At least for my son, language arts/writing has always been a struggle, whereas math and hard sciences have come easier.
Different things are hard for different people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Female with an EE undergrad. Most classes were so hard for me, but I powered through and graduated with a poor GPA. As a result, internships and first jobs were hard to get. I eventually found my footing and I’m now a successful software engineer (thanks to the CS classes required for the EE degree).

How poor was your GPA if you don't mind sharing? This is my concern with DD who is a current sophomore in engineering. She has a 3.0, but seems to be really struggling. Wondering if I should suggest she look at other majors

DP married to an engineer. “Cs” get degrees was their undergrad mantra - for all engineering majors.

+1000

I am one of those with Cs in college. I got a degree in EE. Transitioned to IT and doing Cloud consulting for major government defense contractors. Making the big bucks $$$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering. Is software engineering considered engineering?

Nope, it’s software. Different.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Female with an EE undergrad. Most classes were so hard for me, but I powered through and graduated with a poor GPA. As a result, internships and first jobs were hard to get. I eventually found my footing and I’m now a successful software engineer (thanks to the CS classes required for the EE degree).

How poor was your GPA if you don't mind sharing? This is my concern with DD who is a current sophomore in engineering. She has a 3.0, but seems to be really struggling. Wondering if I should suggest she look at other majors

DP married to an engineer. “Cs” get degrees was their undergrad mantra - for all engineering majors.

+1000

I am one of those with Cs in college. I got a degree in EE. Transitioned to IT and doing Cloud consulting for major government defense contractors. Making the big bucks $$$

Yes !!!