Why is engineering major so popular?
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I know a few lawyers and engineers. The only ones who hate their jobs are the lawyers. |
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"Not anymore with AI taking away lower-level engineering jobs" lol It's what liberal arts majors just like to say. As if AI isn't coming first after liberal arts fields and business fields. |
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Why I strongly persuaded my kid not to be a lawyer like his pops  Thank goodness he is a freshman now studying chemical engineering.
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I was born mid-lower class. I still believe this. Not everyone needs a mansion, fancy car, multi year vacations, designer clothes. I hate that everyone is considered wealthy or worthless. I had a great childhood. My adult children are very successful in their jobs, and own nice homes and cars. But none are wealthy, but they are happy. |
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Poster who doesn’t know any traffic engineers spotted |
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dp.. if you live in a hcol area, you need to earn a good living to just live a MC lifestyle. I grew up LMC, and I never want to live that way again. I (and my kids) are grateful that they live a MC/UMC lifestyle. We don't drive fancy cars, or wear name brand clothing. Heck, I shop the sales racks if possible at stores like Marshalls. But, we have financial security. That means a lot to me having grown up financially insecure until I was 28. I don't fret about having to pay for fixing something broken in the house; I pay for a regular car in all cash. My kids have some medical issues, and we have crap health insurance. I don't have to fret about paying medical bills. I have always wanted to travel, and I'm super grateful that I can do at least one international travel per year. My kids know how I struggled earlier in my life, and they never want to experience that, nor do I want them to. DC is in college right now studying STEM. They had an internship last year that paid $40/hour and had a great time. They aren't interested in humanities even though they got a 780 on the SAT English portion (and 800 on math), and always scored very high (98+ile) on MAP-R. I was just telling my spouse that DC is super lucky to never have to worry about paying for college. They are having so much fun without any financial worries like I had. They see some of their friends worrying about finances, and they told me how lucky they were. They have a 4.0 as a dual STEM major, and will graduate with two degrees, in 3 years. Probably going for a masters in STEM. They'd rather chew their arm off than have to take another humanities class. They don't want to be wealthy, but they want the kind of MC/UMC balanced life that we have with no financial worries, and that costs money. |
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50 years ago, engineers were perceived as being unable to read and write well.
Now, students accepted into college engineering programs often have scored a 4 or 5 on AP English, AP US History, AP foreign language, and also on the STEM AP courses. Not all bright students go into STEM, but many do. |
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| Don't need the linear algebra skills or brain to do upper div physics, mathematics, ML/AI. It's the easiest computational path to making money. |
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| In my experience, it is filled by kids with no specific academic or professional goals. They chose engineering because they thought it was they were expected to do by adults/society. |
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Look around. OAll the existing futuristic interesting innovative stuff are coming from tech and engineering.
Duh |
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Society needs people who can get s**t done. Not just wave their hands around talking about stuff.
The engineer can talk about politics, philosophy, ethics, psychology, etc. Ask me how I know… |
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