ot; kid studying engineering

[eavesdropper]

[quote=AN]BTW, you mentioned Chem and Physics but you didn’t mention Calculus/Pre-Calc or Bio. How did he do in those?[/quote]

AN makes an *excellent* point, scaredy. Your kid’s got to have the complete package to get into a good university program in any science or engineering-related major.

If your son does manage to zero in on a field that interests him, check out the HS courses that are required for admission. Don’t know what grade he’s in, but make sure he takes the entire math-science-language curriculum laid out for HS students headed for science/engineering undergrad, following the recommended schedule.

Also, if your kid does get excited about a particular career, have him look at the 4-year undergrad course schedule so that he clearly understands the demands. Many times, students are floored by the type, number, and difficulty of required courses for a particular major (e.g., kids that are “C.S.I.” fans/forensic criminology hopefuls are often shocked to learn of the 4 or 5 required chem courses, along with several others in biology, genetics, physics, and anthropology), and they end up dropping the major, having given no thought to a back-up career choice. All they have to show for their time (and parents’ money) is a permanent transcript sporting an abundance of Ds, Fs, or Ws.

If your child has a genuine interest in science, but doesn’t always appear be the most motivated student, or isn’t earning the excellent grades that some of his “science superhero” classmates are, DON’T assume that he can’t have a career in the sciences or in engineering. As I mentioned earlier, he can attend a good-quality community college for many of his introductory English, mathematics, and science courses and, for 2 years, work on building up his academic record. A good CC will have a reciprocity agreement with your state university system (be sure to check this out ahead prior to enrollment), which pretty much means that the CC’s course is very closely aligned with that of the state university. If he meets the admission requirements for a particular state university degree program, they have to apply his CC credits toward the degree. This scenario will give your kid a chance to develop the discipline required for an academic and professional career in the science/engineering fields, at a fraction of the cost, and definitely increase his chances for success.

[briansd1]

Another option: aerospace engineering.

How about becoming a pilot? Perhaps first in the military then, after 20 years, retiring from the military to become a commercial pilot. Then you get the government defined pension benefits, free lifetime healthcare, plus you get the private job salary that’s protected by a union.

Commercial aviation in America is not that stable because legacy US airlines are not that profitable, but the market is steadily growing. Starting pilots are not as well-paid anymore (unless they are old and grand-fathered in a union contract).

I’d rather be a pilot flying 3 days a week, and still have plenty of time to goof-off or work a second job, than an engineer working boring 60-hour weeks at the office.

Commercial aviation is a huge growing business worldwide. Developing nations have huge growing demand but they don’t have the pilots and won’t be able to train them fast enough for decades.

As a pilot, you can easily go work overseas if you want adventure. Pilots have more glamorous jobs and if you’re good-looking there will be plenty of women chasing you. Even the old fat pilots, when in uniform, don’t lack women chasing them.

Not a recipe for a stable family life, but it can be a fun filled adventure for those who want it.

[briansd1]

Another option: aerospace engineering.

How about becoming a pilot? Perhaps first in the military then, after 20 years, retiring from the military to become a commercial pilot. Then you get the government defined pension benefits, free lifetime healthcare, plus you get the private job salary that’s protected by a union.

Commercial aviation in America is not that stable because legacy US airlines are not that profitable, but the market is steadily growing. Starting pilots are not as well-paid anymore (unless they are old and grand-fathered in a union contract).

I’d rather be a pilot flying 3 days a week, and still have plenty of time to goof-off or work a second job, than an engineer working boring 60-hour weeks at the office.

Commercial aviation is a huge growing business worldwide. Developing nations have huge growing demand but they don’t have the pilots and won’t be able to train them fast enough for decades.

As a pilot, you can easily go work overseas if you want adventure. Pilots have more glamorous jobs and if you’re good-looking there will be plenty of women chasing you. Even the old fat pilots, when in uniform, don’t lack women chasing them.

Not a recipe for a stable family life, but it can be a fun filled adventure for those who want it.

[briansd1]

Another option: aerospace engineering.

How about becoming a pilot? Perhaps first in the military then, after 20 years, retiring from the military to become a commercial pilot. Then you get the government defined pension benefits, free lifetime healthcare, plus you get the private job salary that’s protected by a union.

Commercial aviation in America is not that stable because legacy US airlines are not that profitable, but the market is steadily growing. Starting pilots are not as well-paid anymore (unless they are old and grand-fathered in a union contract).

I’d rather be a pilot flying 3 days a week, and still have plenty of time to goof-off or work a second job, than an engineer working boring 60-hour weeks at the office.

Commercial aviation is a huge growing business worldwide. Developing nations have huge growing demand but they don’t have the pilots and won’t be able to train them fast enough for decades.

As a pilot, you can easily go work overseas if you want adventure. Pilots have more glamorous jobs and if you’re good-looking there will be plenty of women chasing you. Even the old fat pilots, when in uniform, don’t lack women chasing them.

Not a recipe for a stable family life, but it can be a fun filled adventure for those who want it.

[briansd1]

Another option: aerospace engineering.

How about becoming a pilot? Perhaps first in the military then, after 20 years, retiring from the military to become a commercial pilot. Then you get the government defined pension benefits, free lifetime healthcare, plus you get the private job salary that’s protected by a union.

Commercial aviation in America is not that stable because legacy US airlines are not that profitable, but the market is steadily growing. Starting pilots are not as well-paid anymore (unless they are old and grand-fathered in a union contract).

I’d rather be a pilot flying 3 days a week, and still have plenty of time to goof-off or work a second job, than an engineer working boring 60-hour weeks at the office.

Commercial aviation is a huge growing business worldwide. Developing nations have huge growing demand but they don’t have the pilots and won’t be able to train them fast enough for decades.

As a pilot, you can easily go work overseas if you want adventure. Pilots have more glamorous jobs and if you’re good-looking there will be plenty of women chasing you. Even the old fat pilots, when in uniform, don’t lack women chasing them.

Not a recipe for a stable family life, but it can be a fun filled adventure for those who want it.

[briansd1]

Another option: aerospace engineering.

How about becoming a pilot? Perhaps first in the military then, after 20 years, retiring from the military to become a commercial pilot. Then you get the government defined pension benefits, free lifetime healthcare, plus you get the private job salary that’s protected by a union.

Commercial aviation in America is not that stable because legacy US airlines are not that profitable, but the market is steadily growing. Starting pilots are not as well-paid anymore (unless they are old and grand-fathered in a union contract).

I’d rather be a pilot flying 3 days a week, and still have plenty of time to goof-off or work a second job, than an engineer working boring 60-hour weeks at the office.

Commercial aviation is a huge growing business worldwide. Developing nations have huge growing demand but they don’t have the pilots and won’t be able to train them fast enough for decades.

As a pilot, you can easily go work overseas if you want adventure. Pilots have more glamorous jobs and if you’re good-looking there will be plenty of women chasing you. Even the old fat pilots, when in uniform, don’t lack women chasing them.

Not a recipe for a stable family life, but it can be a fun filled adventure for those who want it.

[an]

[quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.

[an]

[quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.

[an]

[quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.

[an]

[quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.

[an]

[quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN][quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.[/quote]

Yes, I agree also.

But the people who work in engineering are not the type of the average middle-class of the 1960s.

Plenty of foreign-born people in the engineering field. American born students don’t really like math but that’s another story.

It’s interesting that now even Indian outsourcing firms are setting up shop here and hiring American engineers.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN][quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.[/quote]

Yes, I agree also.

But the people who work in engineering are not the type of the average middle-class of the 1960s.

Plenty of foreign-born people in the engineering field. American born students don’t really like math but that’s another story.

It’s interesting that now even Indian outsourcing firms are setting up shop here and hiring American engineers.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN][quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.[/quote]

Yes, I agree also.

But the people who work in engineering are not the type of the average middle-class of the 1960s.

Plenty of foreign-born people in the engineering field. American born students don’t really like math but that’s another story.

It’s interesting that now even Indian outsourcing firms are setting up shop here and hiring American engineers.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN][quote=flu]Imho this is going to be lesser of an issue moving forward…With a weakened U.S. dollar and predicted shortages of people not entering this profession in the U.S., the demand will be there, since “outsourcing” isn’t necessarily going to be on cost moving forward.[/quote]
I totally agree with this.[/quote]

Yes, I agree also.

But the people who work in engineering are not the type of the average middle-class of the 1960s.

Plenty of foreign-born people in the engineering field. American born students don’t really like math but that’s another story.

It’s interesting that now even Indian outsourcing firms are setting up shop here and hiring American engineers.

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