 
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1313
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 69.130.18.100
| | Posted on Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 11:39 pm: |    |
Hi all,
About 16 years ago I completed a Masters in Engineering (Aerospace). At the time the field was really tight and I didn't get any offers right out of school. I ended up floating in the job I had with a small business and have basically been doing financial/administrative stuff all these years.
How can I go about trying to revive my degree? Is there any chance of getting an entry level position as is? Would I just need refresher courses? Would I have to get another degree in a related field?
Thanks in advance for your advice. |
Livernoisyard
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Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 1378
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 69.242.223.42
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 12:27 am: | |
The end of the Cold War killed off aerospace engineers and lots of EEs--my field.
Why bother with a degree if you already have one? Many people work outside their degreed area with no problems. A degree is merely a rite of passage for those areas where a particular degree isn't required by law. It indicates that you can finish something which you started. |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1314
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 69.130.18.100
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 1:11 am: | |
There are jobs in Aero now and I was wondering how I could get in after this long away.
(Within a year or two of graduating Aero had fallen to the lowest paid engineering. Yesterday I saw what the current salaries are and fell off my chair. It was like getting punched in the gut seeing what my degree is worth today and what I feel like I've pissed away.) |
East_detroit
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Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 728
Registered: 11-2003
Posted From: 69.212.169.194
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 8:18 am: | |
Take another class, excel in it, then go to the career day at school. |
Livernoisyard
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Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 1379
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 69.242.223.42
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 8:37 am: | |
Military manufacturing firms are leery about hiring Chineses et al. for sensitive engineering positions. I got job descriptions for Raytheon almost every day the past two weeks. |
Crew
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Username: Crew
Post Number: 1027
Registered: 02-2004
Posted From: 146.9.52.18
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 8:38 am: | |
Lilpup, Go talk to a recruiter/head hunter in the field and see what kind of advice a professional gives you. |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 1093
Registered: 11-2003
Posted From: 68.40.89.238
| | Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 8:41 am: | |
Crew, good advice, I would do that |
Dillpicklesoup
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Username: Dillpicklesoup
Post Number: 187
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 10:30 pm: | |
you might also try attending a few trade shows in your field-
take some resumes- you might get lucky!
good luck- |
Ndavies
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Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 2195
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
Do you know how to do computer modeling/simulation? Almost every advanced engineering discipline I know of now uses Mathwork's Matlab, simulink and stateflow products or cad modeling software. If you haven't been to school recently or haven't been working in an engineering field, you need to learn how to do computer simulation. |