[quote=The-Shoveler]Yea I wonder at the wisdom of my younger relatives going for their PHD in engineering right after they just graduated with their Masters.

I am not sure what a PHD in engineering will actually get you.

Maybe if you go into some super secrete Gov Job.[/quote]
It gets you two plus years of not having to actually work in the field. It will also impress people like brian who value those kind of things.