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oldyeller · 08-29-2002, 03:16 AM

taklking about weeding out, I went to a state funded college, got a degree in SMT (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology), when I started there were 44 people the class for that major, I graduated with 7 others. My second quarter, I took 21 credit hours, they called it HELL quarter, we lost 19 people that quarter. Also was working 2 part time jobs at the same time, averaged about 3 hrs of sleep a night. When I got graduated and got a job 3 years ago next week I thought I was on vacation for about a month, only work 4 days a week 12hrs a day. Make decent money too, would be better if the market was better, haven't got a raise in 18 months, and my last and only bonus for 2 years was 3 months ago. But I guess thats the way the Tech industry goes, what am I going to do, leave, no one else is hiring either... Keep your chin up, and nose in the books, IT WILL PAY OFF!!!

**MJN** · 08-29-2002, 08:10 PM

Man you guys are starting to scare me here. I am going into my senior year in high school and was accepted to MTU. Michigan Technological universty. I just hope it turns out as good as I hope it will. I hate school too, but taoday the only way to do something is to go to school so I'm busting my butt my last year a HS and hopefully won't have too bad of a freshman year. I've alreasy spent $130 on the lace and haven't seen it yet. This better be worth it.

Pumkin Truck · 08-29-2002, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by nosurf
Not like those wussy business majors, you know the ones partying on a Wednesday nite!!!

LOL! THat is so true! I hate them with a passion,

I am also going to major in mechanical engineering, this semester I am a sophmore and the only thing I find hard is finding the time to work on my truck. It has been sitting ever since I started college! If you devote your time (basically all of it, even if it means you will have no life!) to school, then you can party with a whole lot more money than you get now. Just one way I see it. Of course over the years it gets harder, the struggle is the glory.

Benrs86 · 08-29-2002, 10:25 PM

i cant tell you any advice, i am a junior in high school. hopefully i will get to go to college to be a mechanical engineer. that is waht my dad is. he owned his own machine shop for 5 or 6 years, and it is a full time job. he was always there working, and on the saturdays i helped him the best i could for a 12 year old. thats when i learned how to weld a little, and i used the mills quite a bit. he would set it up and tell me to turn it utnill it got to this number. lol. it was fun. but yeah i think its cool to hear about all you people that are mechanical egnineers. prettty cool

Wasted Income · 08-31-2002, 02:07 AM

Hey MJN, I guess I'll see you up here in 'da great white nort', eh?

Hmmm....engineering money..... not bad if you can find a job after graduation. I know of three buddies who totally got the shaft upon graduation (last spring) One has a BSME and works at Best Buy, one has a metallurgical engineering degree.....he's working construction for $7 an hour, and another with a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering works construction. It's all about finding a job in your field. My girlfriend will graduate with a BS in Mathematics after this term and will be starting grad school for her masters. She had an internship at MIT two summers ago, and worked for Caterpillar last summer. She was working in the engineering dept. doing vehicle dynamics. It pretty much consisted of calculating vibrational loads via PDE (Partial Differental Equations). After the summer, they offered her a job upon graduation on the spot. They said the least she could start at is $60,000+ per year............can you say sugar mama?

I on the other hand am starting the 4th of 5 years of ME up here at Michigan Technological University. My class load consists of 15 credits (Statistical Methods, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Design II, and an SS class, The Automobile in America)

My plan is to graduate, buy my new 2500HD, work to get a house, and quit my job to start my own Hot Rod/Off Road shop.

Ahhhhh........dreams.

Stick in there, it'll be well worth it. I love college and might even have to pursue a grad degree, since they pay for most of it anyway........

-Jeff

HvyChevy454 · 08-31-2002, 01:53 PM

I too am a freshman this fall at USF going for my Mechanical Engineering degree. It is good to hear that it will all be worth it in the end. I just finished my 1st week and the 13rh workload isnt bad, engineering calc II, physics, physics lab, and so on. It just sux to have to be in school again and now i actually have to study, never really did in highschool. But i to hope for a masters in ME maybe even a Ph.D. But i did join the SAE and we are designing and entirely new car this year and that is gonna be awesome. I am also gonna try to sign up for a Welding class at the local voc. school, b/c engineers should be abel to biuld what they design.

llama · 08-31-2002, 05:34 PM

hey stay in school and don't worry about the hours.i wish i stayed in college. drive 10 to 12 hour a day and come home to my part time business. but making good money and to old to change things know. just hit the books!!!

CE20934 · 08-31-2002, 06:10 PM

I used to be an ME-in-training at GMI-EMI (currently Kettering University) in Flint, MI. Did just fine with the designing & fabrication, sucked at the math. Took Calc II three times, failed it three times. Then had some surgery, the school & I exchanged sulphurous words at each other, and I quit (just ahead of being kicked out). Instead I became a mechanic & am currently employed as a welder. The money's decent ($17/hr w/o benefits beats $7/hr at Farmer Crack)

As been said before, if you decide ME is what you want and stick it out, you'll do fine. Most of my fraternity brothers got their offers soon after they graduated. A few got shafted these past 12 months, but they weren't on the job market long before they got snapped up. They're pulling in about $45-55k, which is decent for a recent graduate. Kinda makes me wish I had actually studied, but such is life. I'll have my 2 1/2 years at GMI-EMI to fall back on if I ever get the inkling to get more education.

08-29-2002, 03:16 AM	#26
oldyeller Captain CAAAVVVMMMAAANNN! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Anna Texas Posts: 726	taklking about weeding out, I went to a state funded college, got a degree in SMT (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology), when I started there were 44 people the class for that major, I graduated with 7 others. My second quarter, I took 21 credit hours, they called it HELL quarter, we lost 19 people that quarter. Also was working 2 part time jobs at the same time, averaged about 3 hrs of sleep a night. When I got graduated and got a job 3 years ago next week I thought I was on vacation for about a month, only work 4 days a week 12hrs a day. Make decent money too, would be better if the market was better, haven't got a raise in 18 months, and my last and only bonus for 2 years was 3 months ago. But I guess thats the way the Tech industry goes, what am I going to do, leave, no one else is hiring either... Keep your chin up, and nose in the books, IT WILL PAY OFF!!! __________________ 72 LWB Fleetside C10 Custom 350/350 97 GMC Yukon 4X4 SLT Anna, Texas check out the project old yeller

08-29-2002, 10:25 PM	#29
Benrs86 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Brandon, SD, USA Posts: 1,292	i cant tell you any advice, i am a junior in high school. hopefully i will get to go to college to be a mechanical engineer. that is waht my dad is. he owned his own machine shop for 5 or 6 years, and it is a full time job. he was always there working, and on the saturdays i helped him the best i could for a 12 year old. thats when i learned how to weld a little, and i used the mills quite a bit. he would set it up and tell me to turn it utnill it got to this number. lol. it was fun. but yeah i think its cool to hear about all you people that are mechanical egnineers. prettty cool __________________ Brandon, SD 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd wide long bed with wood 3 on the tree 350 engine 4 bolt main rv cam AIM = Alphray04

08-31-2002, 02:07 AM	#30
Wasted Income Boosted Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mackinaw, IL Posts: 2,200	Hey MJN, I guess I'll see you up here in 'da great white nort', eh? Hmmm....engineering money..... not bad if you can find a job after graduation. I know of three buddies who totally got the shaft upon graduation (last spring) One has a BSME and works at Best Buy, one has a metallurgical engineering degree.....he's working construction for $7 an hour, and another with a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering works construction. It's all about finding a job in your field. My girlfriend will graduate with a BS in Mathematics after this term and will be starting grad school for her masters. She had an internship at MIT two summers ago, and worked for Caterpillar last summer. She was working in the engineering dept. doing vehicle dynamics. It pretty much consisted of calculating vibrational loads via PDE (Partial Differental Equations). After the summer, they offered her a job upon graduation on the spot. They said the least she could start at is $60,000+ per year............can you say sugar mama? I on the other hand am starting the 4th of 5 years of ME up here at Michigan Technological University. My class load consists of 15 credits (Statistical Methods, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Design II, and an SS class, The Automobile in America) My plan is to graduate, buy my new 2500HD, work to get a house, and quit my job to start my own Hot Rod/Off Road shop. Ahhhhh........dreams. Stick in there, it'll be well worth it. I love college and might even have to pursue a grad degree, since they pay for most of it anyway........ -Jeff __________________ 1972 2wd K/5 Blazer Turbocharged 370 LSx - 941 rwhp / 1093 rwtq 1969 Chevy K-10 L33 5.3 / 4L80E / NP241 / 4" lift 1964 Buick Skylark Twin TURBO 383 LS pro-touring project 2014 VW Passat TDI - Daily Driver Turbo diesel 2015 Sierra Denali HD Duramax Turbo diesel 2023 Ford Explorer ST - Twin Turbskis 2023 Ford F150 RCSB - Whipple Supercharged 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo 2014 Nor-Tech Center Console - Twin Supercharged Outboards *TURBO ALL THE THINGS!!*

08-31-2002, 01:53 PM	#31
HvyChevy454 Slowly getting CRSS... Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Lutz, Florida Posts: 656	I too am a freshman this fall at USF going for my Mechanical Engineering degree. It is good to hear that it will all be worth it in the end. I just finished my 1st week and the 13rh workload isnt bad, engineering calc II, physics, physics lab, and so on. It just sux to have to be in school again and now i actually have to study, never really did in highschool. But i to hope for a masters in ME maybe even a Ph.D. But i did join the SAE and we are designing and entirely new car this year and that is gonna be awesome. I am also gonna try to sign up for a Welding class at the local voc. school, b/c engineers should be abel to biuld what they design. __________________ -Nic Lutz, Fl My Team Website The Heavy Chevy Website ------------------ 72 Cheyenne 10 LWB GM 12-bolt 3.08 w/ Auburn Posi 91 454 Edel Performer RPM Intake 750 cfm carb Comp Cam 268/.495 Hedman Headers Dual 3'' Exhaust 71 Cheyenne 20 4x4 Fact. A/C PS PB Tilt Currently in the works... Speak Softly and Carry A Big Block... There is No replacement for Displacement... "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti

08-31-2002, 06:10 PM	#33
CE20934 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Help! I'm in an office park with its own network of freeways! Posts: 470	I used to be an ME-in-training at GMI-EMI (currently Kettering University) in Flint, MI. Did just fine with the designing & fabrication, sucked at the math. Took Calc II three times, failed it three times. Then had some surgery, the school & I exchanged sulphurous words at each other, and I quit (just ahead of being kicked out). Instead I became a mechanic & am currently employed as a welder. The money's decent ($17/hr w/o benefits beats $7/hr at Farmer Crack) As been said before, if you decide ME is what you want and stick it out, you'll do fine. Most of my fraternity brothers got their offers soon after they graduated. A few got shafted these past 12 months, but they weren't on the job market long before they got snapped up. They're pulling in about $45-55k, which is decent for a recent graduate. Kinda makes me wish I had actually studied, but such is life. I'll have my 2 1/2 years at GMI-EMI to fall back on if I ever get the inkling to get more education. __________________ '67 C20--427 tall deck/SM420, 4.10 HO52 (Michigan has not been kind to the Old Man) '95 Caprice--355 LT1/T56/3.42 8.5" 10-bolt (daily driver, almost 300k on the chassis) '07 Outback--wife's car. 125k & counting. No head gasket or transmission issues yet. fingers crossed

08-29-2002, 08:10 PM	#27
MJN Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Maquoketa, Ia/ Orr, Mn Posts: 3,051	Man you guys are starting to scare me here. I am going into my senior year in high school and was accepted to MTU. Michigan Technological universty. I just hope it turns out as good as I hope it will. I hate school too, but taoday the only way to do something is to go to school so I'm busting my butt my last year a HS and hopefully won't have too bad of a freshman year. I've alreasy spent $130 on the lace and haven't seen it yet. This better be worth it.

08-31-2002, 05:34 PM	#32
llama Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: northern IL. Posts: 263	hey stay in school and don't worry about the hours.i wish i stayed in college. drive 10 to 12 hour a day and come home to my part time business. but making good money and to old to change things know. just hit the books!!!



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