Any mechanical engineers here?

[*Ace* 10+ year member]

I'm trying to decide on what to major in and mechanical engineering is one of the options. i was just wanting to know what your work schedule and enviroment is like. Do you go to a lot of meeting, mostly stay in an office all day, build model,etc. Also how many hours do you usually work a week, and if you don't mind, how much do you make?

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[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

my gf parents are both engineer's...and they hate what they do

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

i take mechanical engineering in college... and i ****in hate it

 

[dkmesa 10+ year member]

I am an ME major, but haven't gotten to any ME courses yet. From what I've heard there are endless possibilities for jobs in the field. From research to management...

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I'm an aero engineering major. Nearly the same coursework as mechanical until junior year. The base engineering classes are the same.

This topic has been covered a few times, so to keep me from having to type my thoughts, here's the search results:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1609302

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

Im thinkin bout goin into ME, but i donno if i want to yet.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

I'm trying to decide on what to major in and mechanical engineering is one of the options. i was just wanting to know what your work schedule and enviroment is like. Do you go to a lot of meeting, mostly stay in an office all day, build model,etc. Also how many hours do you usually work a week, and if you don't mind, how much do you make?

My dads got a degree in ME, now he farms...

When using his degree it was around 60hr weeks IIRC and he worked in a machine shop... Beyond that I don't know, this was Years ago.

Be prepared to work your *** off, big time.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Be prepared to work your *** off, big time.

That's not necessarily true. It really depends on your company. I've worked for GE, and a DOD contractor, and both were pretty strict about their employees working too many hours. I know that it affected me more than the salary workers, but even still, everyday the NASA/contractors would come in and work their hours but rarely more than what it took to acheieve 40 hours/week. I came in at 7:30 and left at 4:00 everyday. Others came in and worked from 6:30 to 3:00. It was up to the worker, and as long as 40 hours were completed it didn't matter.Hardly anyone did over 40 hours in my organization. Some people would even work 10 hours/day and not come in on Fridays. Government jobs FTW (except for pay).

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

If your a strong performer in math, then you would be good in that field. I tried it, hated it, switched to business management. Now I am a boss to the engineers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif They have more fun than I do though, but I can tell them what to do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

i have a degree in ME, but i do nothing with it at this time as my career is in another field, but its my backup if anythin should happen....

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

That's not necessarily true. It really depends on your company. I've worked for GE, and a DOD contractor, and both were pretty strict about their employees working too many hours. I know that it affected me more than the salary workers, but even still, everyday the NASA/contractors would come in and work their hours but rarely more than what it took to acheieve 40 hours/week. I came in at 7:30 and left at 4:00 everyday. Others came in and worked from 6:30 to 3:00. It was up to the worker, and as long as 40 hours were completed it didn't matter.Hardly anyone did over 40 hours in my organization. Some people would even work 10 hours/day and not come in on Fridays. Government jobs FTW (except for pay).

I was more referring to the schooling rather than the occupation.