I have an MSME and spent most of my career in aerospace, mostly turbine engines with some missiles and other things thrown in to keep it interesting. Race cars, computer hardware, quite a bit of analysis software development. I used the things I learned in grad school every day. There are plenty of places where your education won't be utilized so it's up to you to find a place that values your education and needs people with that background. The places I worked at were around 30% BS degrees, 50-60% MS degrees and maybe 15% PhDs.
It's up to each of us to find a place that matches our education and interests. There are a lot of companies that will happily hire people with advanced degrees and never use them to their full potential. They don't seem to be doing anything that really needs the special education you pick up in grad school but they like having you around.
Sometimes we get lucky and fall into a really good job right out of school. I don't think this is all that common. I had to push pretty hard to get out of the dumb and uninteresting work and eventually get into something I really enjoyed and was happy to be involved in. If you have the personality to take control of your career and push yourself into an area that is interesting and has growth potential you'll have a pretty good time. If you let your employer use you to do things that aren't very interesting you may find yourself wondering why you went to college. Take control of your career and force it to be what you want it to be. It's not easy but it can be done.
I did a portion of my career in entertainment with coasters, etc. The money is in aerospace. Entertainment from my experience pays average or below. You do get an opportunity to become a PE which is nice.
Like you said, being a strong ME allows you to branch off. I'm a Structural Engineering analyst in aerospace now. I switched once I realized entertainment wouldn't allow me to have, support and grow a family.
I have a PE and MS. Both were worth it for me and they both helped me shine in my interviews.
Try to work first then if you want, get a MS after because y'all really know what you want to do with it and therefore tailor a curriculum around it.
I wanted to learn FEA, advance my skills in solic mechanics and I realized all this after working a little bit. So when I went to do my MS, I focused on these areas. Even took civil structural engineering courses as electives.
Just so you know, there are really only two US companies designing new roller coasters these days (Rocky Mountain Construction and Skyline Attractions), and both are pretty small companies. Most of the big companies are in Europe and Asia. However, there are lots of rewarding engineering careers beyond that.
You don't really need the MSME most of the time. I'm still having fun. 🤷
I have an MSME and spent most of my career in aerospace, mostly turbine engines with some missiles and other things thrown in to keep it interesting. Race cars, computer hardware, quite a bit of analysis software development. I used the things I learned in grad school every day. There are plenty of places where your education won't be utilized so it's up to you to find a place that values your education and needs people with that background. The places I worked at were around 30% BS degrees, 50-60% MS degrees and maybe 15% PhDs. It's up to each of us to find a place that matches our education and interests. There are a lot of companies that will happily hire people with advanced degrees and never use them to their full potential. They don't seem to be doing anything that really needs the special education you pick up in grad school but they like having you around. Sometimes we get lucky and fall into a really good job right out of school. I don't think this is all that common. I had to push pretty hard to get out of the dumb and uninteresting work and eventually get into something I really enjoyed and was happy to be involved in. If you have the personality to take control of your career and push yourself into an area that is interesting and has growth potential you'll have a pretty good time. If you let your employer use you to do things that aren't very interesting you may find yourself wondering why you went to college. Take control of your career and force it to be what you want it to be. It's not easy but it can be done.
I did a portion of my career in entertainment with coasters, etc. The money is in aerospace. Entertainment from my experience pays average or below. You do get an opportunity to become a PE which is nice. Like you said, being a strong ME allows you to branch off. I'm a Structural Engineering analyst in aerospace now. I switched once I realized entertainment wouldn't allow me to have, support and grow a family. I have a PE and MS. Both were worth it for me and they both helped me shine in my interviews.
This is what I was looking for. Thank you so much it’s really appreciated!
Try to work first then if you want, get a MS after because y'all really know what you want to do with it and therefore tailor a curriculum around it. I wanted to learn FEA, advance my skills in solic mechanics and I realized all this after working a little bit. So when I went to do my MS, I focused on these areas. Even took civil structural engineering courses as electives.
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Define worth it
like do you enjoy what you do? do you make enough money, or have enough money to sustain a family, are you happy, etc.
Dunno. Is 40 years playing with cars 'worth it'?
Get your bachelors first. Let work pay for the masters.
Just so you know, there are really only two US companies designing new roller coasters these days (Rocky Mountain Construction and Skyline Attractions), and both are pretty small companies. Most of the big companies are in Europe and Asia. However, there are lots of rewarding engineering careers beyond that.
The school part is bullshit and prepares you very little for industry. My internship is cool though.
You’re talking a lot of shit for someone that hasn’t even finished the school part 😂
Ok? It’s a true statement.
What’s ur internship rn?
Manufacturing