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Originally Posted by id10t
Did he do a BS or Masters? Going thru some business courses and picking up a project management degree/cert may be an option... Engineering background will let him call BS when appropriate on some things.
Has he considered working in education? Again, will depend on what level of degree he got.
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Ha, I love the calling BS comment!
His degree is mechanical at a BS level with top marks, but he doesn't want to pursue that any deeper, or invest in much more education without knowing which direction he wants to head.
One example that I gave him is a friends son who was a mechanical engineer who became a trauma surgeon
Another was an engineer who became a commercial pilot (and conversely one more who was a small commercial pilot but could not get hired by a major airline because he didn't have a science degree.)
In both those examples for those people the fact that they had a degree (any degree) provided value and opened the next door. They hadn't wasted 4 years. They got value for it and it satisfied a necessary check box.
His schooling and career advisors and friend were all breathing their own exhaust, telling him that if he doesn't work in engineering he has wasted his money and 4 years of his life. To further confuse things, his degree says "Bachelor of Engineeringing" and I can't convince him that it is just a Bachelor of Science if he chooses to see it that way, (or even just a 4 year diploma if he wants to pursue some arts type job which he actually seems well suited for).
His friends all told him I'm full of **** (I think he needs new friends)
He's been brainwashed into tunnel vision around what an engineering graduate can do.
I'm trying to find some examples for him of people where having an engineering degree isn't limiting, but rather opening a bunch of doors instead.