Comments on: Kids Not Clamoring for Engineering Careers

By: gregbo

gregbo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:33 +0000

Jual,

An individual may like engineering, but may still feel stressed under certain circumstances. For example, a person who as a high school student was very organized, and proactive with their studies, and (arguably) “smart” might not perform as well academically at a university as he or she had hoped. This may cause stress, especially if the student starts to feel he or she needs to sacrifice other things that are meaningful to them, such as a non-engineering hobby, in order to perform academically to an acceptable level.

By: phil

phil — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:19:28 +0000

I think the bad rep starts during early school days when those who has brains are stereotyped as ‘geeks’ who wear big sunglasses and without any social life. This mindset stays until our kids become adults. This is entirely untrue. We need to help our kids realize this.

By: Jual Tanah Murah

Jual Tanah Murah — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:35:28 +0000

I don’t agree with you Frank, Engineering gets a bad rap for students. but it depend from the student, if they like to being a engineer, why they must get stress? that’s their choice and i think, being engineer is not a bad thing.

By: ChemEng

ChemEng — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:39 +0000

I’m just learning that the engineering profession is shied away from in the West.. hmm. In my own case (where I’m coming from) it is seen as quite prestigious, but the educational system itself leaves much to be desired. Anyway sorry to ramble, I just wanted to let you know that I’m linking your blog to mine. (I hope that’s alright?)
Thanks!

By: Tom Proctor

Tom Proctor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:38:53 +0000

Funny enough, My mate qualified as an engineer from TCD. He couldn’t find any work, and eventually rang a man working in waste water management and told him he would work for free if it meant some good experience. After 3 months, he has been offered a year contract and a modest pay salary. I think there is alot to be said for that approach.

By: Frank Locust

Frank Locust — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:02 +0000

Engineering gets a bad rap from fellow students too. I just graduated from college and walking through the engineering hall was no fun. You could smell the stress and social awkwardness (half-robots). I have a few friends that survived the engineering gamut and are employed, but it’s a very rigorous 4 years to get there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:55:55 +0000

Its how the adults or, the parents themselves, presents the Engineering field to the kids or their children. Sometimes, they describe an Engineer or an engineering stuffs to be too much to handle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:25:03 +0000

According to my opinion engineering is a wonderful job if the person is completely interested in it. My cousin is a engineer student and he is very much interested in his studies.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:40:44 +0000

“A half-robot super genius more interested in machinery or circuitry than people”?

Seems pretty accurate to me!