Firehawk853 is a CE and he sells wet sacs
i’ll prob sit for my PE license next fall :party2:
ctnewman says mechanical engineering = :tup:
I concur. You have way more of a chance to use your creativity in your job. However a lot of times ME’s will go into sales and barely design shit.
How about this: Dude, you’re working in operations! Of course you’re not going to be doing anything creative, interesting or challenging. I would work your way out of the monkey cage and see how you feel. Working with transactions, investments, etc can be exciting and fun. See what there is in the Bond division. I agree with that article I sent you recently about the Bond trade coming back into vogue.
Point: You can’t work as an oarsman for six months and say “Sailing’s not for me” There are many jobs aboard the ship. You don’t have to jump off the boat just because you’re not captain yet.
I didnt even read that bond article yet hahaha… I opened it up and told the big guy that your gonna be doing something in the financial industry when you graduate then proceeded to watch the sabres game. Ill read it when I get home today… but yea you make a good point that I seem to have a difficult time grasping… I always seem to look beyond the fact that Im in my first year working in operations, it just gets discouraging but I keep telling myself that I should give it more time and hope that I will fall into something more interesting. It doesnt help though when I see my managers and such at the ages of 26/27 still doing this crap… I dont wanna end up like that
PS: I looked at the bottom of the thread to see who was lurking in here and saw a username that goes by Ultradriver10000… git outta me fred hahaha 
this should be good
Your managers are your managers because they’re not motivated to become something more. You’ll probably expend much more time and effort in the pursuit of an additional degree for a career change, than you would just making moves in the industry and watching for better opportunities. Not to mention the opportunity cost of lost income and experience that comes with leaving the workforce for 2-3 years. Go to a different bank, keep your eye on job postings. I would imagine jobs may be appearing for smaller firms and brokerages with the big boys in so much trouble lately. There are going to be a lot of former execs out there looking for a piece when the economy comes back online.
+++1000%
You just got out of school man give it some time! If you don’t like the spot you are in change it! Look for other positions, (which I know it isn’t really the time for.) Try doggy, reverse cowgirl etc!
I feel you just need to find your niche in the market then you’ll be happy.
Plus CE’s aren’t real engineers anyways they are like engineering techs. Blah. 
I wish I went into sales (REP), they make a killing in a lot of places, plus the expense account would be nice.
I think this idea is best. More of a transfer/transition then a straight up leave and start over.
+1
Matt,… Aeronautical Engineering
I only need ~5 more classes to have dual Mechanical /Aero I should go back and get it, and while I’m there get a masters in something.
All I know, is, if you have a masters in ANYTHING, and you don’t come out of school making 100k+ you are DOING IT WRONG.
I was going to school for Civil Engineering…
It was… .alright, but I didn’t really want to do it all my life.
so I was like fuck thaaatttt.
Then picked up welding/fabrication and haven’t looked back.
funny 'cause I’m taking orders from engineers now… when I was going to be one, but gave it up half way through because it wasn’t for me.
I went to ECC North btw.
Was going to do Civil + all the B.S. courses at ECC, then transfer out to UB to finish it up.
My brother also went to school for Civil engineering (ironically enough). Although he jumped straight in to UB instead of going to ECC.
annnnd he ran out of money, doesn’t really enjoy it, and works at Best Buy for slightly above minimum wage w/ a shitload of school debt.
Actually building the shit hands on > Designing the shit.
Not in the engineering field, a lot of times a masters of engineering means you have a lot of book knowledge but about 3 years behind practical knowledge.
Or you failed the PhD qualifier…
:picard:
:picard:
Prove it :picard:
:picard: