Comments on: USA Engineering Jobs

By: George Ramsey

George Ramsey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:03:02 +0000

The employment situation in engineering is bleak. I was an engineering grad student in a well known university. The department lacked employment for most of it’s grad students and was training them to be auto mechanics while holding
a degree in an electrical engineering discipline. Many university departments
only advertise their percentage of successes. The rest are pushed to the side.
Finding real engineering work is extremely difficult. Tens of thousand of engineers out of work in Detroit, Ohio, California and Washington. Auto industry, aerospace industry and silicon valley. If you are taking up a career
with substantial time investment do your homework. Do not take the word of a college or university. Or you will come out a grad without a job and a large tuition loan. The destiny of millions of US students.

By: habib

habib — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:03:25 +0000

One thing is very encouraging for those who want to start a career in electrical engnieering or have already completed their degree that with the present energy crises in the developed and developing courntries where economy is progressing, jobs and career opportnities are increasing fast.

By: Janni

Janni — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:44:09 +0000

Every Engineering job needs its own specific experience. Once you try to get these EE jobs you
will realize how few jobs are really available for a typical engineer. Just because your a EE graduate
does not mean your qualified for most EE jobs. It gets very specific when they weed out canidates. One
thing for certain is all the engineers I have known wind up unemployed, sometimes for very long periods
of time.

By: SomeBSEE

SomeBSEE — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:03:17 +0000

I still wish that I did not study Electrical Engineering.

I earned my BSEE in 2002, and discovered that it is totally useless for finding jobs in the United States.

Mostly, since then, I have been unemployed and I cannot afford anything.

Aspiring American college students should read about the “Emperor with no Clothes” before making up their minds about post-secondary education.

By: Janni

Janni — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:36:54 +0000

Although there are already many electrical engineers around the world, there are a variety of electrical engineering jobs that are open and need to be filled. Becoming an electrical engineer takes a great deal of education, dedication, and hard work. So there are not enough electrical engineers to fill all the electrical engineering jobs that are available.

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » S&P 500 CEOs - Again Engineering Graduates Lead

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:51:19 +0000

CEOs: Engineering 23%; Economics 13%; Business Administration 12%; Liberal Arts 8%…

By: tom

tom — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:42:42 +0000

I lost all my text when I forgot to answer the challenge! Oh well, American engineers are screwed, better off getting an MBA with a minor in Binge drinking and lewd conduct, then you can be the boss of all those geeks who spent there 20′s studying instead of having fun. I wish I had never decided to become an engineer(it’s in my blood I guess 5th generation engineer on moms side 3rd gen on dads) I’m now sitting in my home which is for sale as I have been replaced with a H1B at my former place of work. This is the third time I have been “outsourced” and I’m now leaving the field. I could have dropped out of high school never gone to college and made more money delivering pizza then I ever will doing engineering in the mid-west. If your making a living in America as an engineer you are very very lucky.

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Engineering Outsourcing Effects

Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Engineering Outsourcing Effects — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:46:12 +0000

A Business Week article discusses two Duke studies of Engineering jobs in the USA and world: Outsourcing: Job Killer or Innovation Boost?…

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Science and Engineering Degrees - Career Success

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:54:48 +0000

another example (granted just an anecdote) illustrating that science and engineering degrees can pave the way to career success (also see: Top degree for S&P 500 CEOs? Engineering)…