Your real world job?

[Randomtaskk 1]

Forget playing Mayor or God for now, what do you do in real life?

I'm a student who has just graduated and I'm going to work as a Structural Engineer in September.

What about everyone else?

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

My job ends this week... I work in a school with the little kids.

When I go to college this fall, I'm going to have a campus job, but I don't know what it will be yet.

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Originally posted by: Randomtaskk

I'm a student who has just graduated and I'm going to work as a Structural Engineer in September.

quote>

Congrats! My recommendation is to get out of the office once in a while and spend a little time on the work sites with those doing the work, you will be a better engineer for it. What works well on paper doesn't always translate into feasibility in the field. The more insight you get, the better the finished result.

I am a career welder/fabricator, currently focused on heliarc (TIG) for a multinational that builds level- and flow-control products for petrochemical, biopharmaceutical, and nuclear applications. Not your stereotypical dirty, scowling, brute-in-leather type welding, but clean, sweet reverse polarity on stainless steel and superalloys like Hastelloys and Inconel. Half the time, I don't even need to wear gloves.

[duack 14]

Right now Im in uni, but when Im done Im going to do urban planning. Im guessing theres gotta be another million simcity nuts here who do that lol.

[Streetwise 3]

College student, Graphic Designer, Researcher, Author

[hamsterTK 93]

I am about quit a part-time job at a Kroger grocery store...

When I finish college I hope I can find a job as a planner for a large metropolitan planning agency somewhere.

[Jezus53 18]

Right now I work with my step helping him move and install phone systems. But most of time is spent in school. If everything works out, I hope to become an astrophysicist. If not that, then I'll probably get a major in mathematics and teach math. Either way, I'm happy.

[Randomtaskk 1]

Originally posted by: Jezus53

 I hope to become an astrophysicist.quote>

My bro is in his second to last year studying that

@the planners: Yeah I reckon alot of people here will be studying that. That have it installed on some of the PC's here at uni for the Urban Manangement people to play around with.

[fukuda 351]

I work as a process operator at the local ultrafreezing plant every summer

[blade2k5 1,523]

I wash semi's inside/out for $9/hr.

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

I'm a Coach Driver by chosen profession. In the past I've driven Buses, Owned my own Taxi business, Managed a shop, and I'm qualified as a Transport Manager for the passenger sector.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Randomtaskk

I'm a student who has just graduated and I'm going to work as a Structural Engineer in September.quote>

Structural. Meh.

Transportation's where it's at.

[Randomtaskk 1]

I started off doing Civil Eng with Transport, but I hated all the water based stuff we had to do as part of it as well so swapped to Structural instead

[djrules5454 5]

Currently, I'm a "Sandwich Artist" for the newest Subway in my town of 10,000 (all locations are quite small, though). This one has the advantage of being near the new Target store, and the newest convenience store, a Kwik Trip. One of the other restaurants has a Drive-Thru (halfway through town on the main highway) and the other is in a Shell station at the other end of town, by the high school. Interestingly enough, they are all owned by the same person.

[Barbarossa 51]

.

  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[Easy Bakes 253]

I Fix Copiers ,Printers, Fax machines. Solve printing issues with drivers and print servers.

[hym 358]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Transportation's where it's at. quote>

Electrical engineers are going to rule the world.

(Which if you haven't figured out, is what I plan to do for a living.)

[---- 0]

I do nothing.....lol Pay is horrible

[hummer0328 6]

I'm a "Consultative Sales Associate" for Sears.  I sell appliances along with overpriced extended warrenties to unsuspecting customers.  Hey, I'm the top sales associate in my region!   I'm also a college student working towards my CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional).  I already have my CCNA.  I have also worked in Signals Cryptoanalyst and Counterintelligence for the US Army.

[GMT 389]

I'm studying Aviation Business at the University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrucken, Germany.

In short, this is a yet BA - soon to be MA aswell - study that combines industrial engineering with the acquirement of a PPL at the beginning and later on an ATPL.

The study part is of course provided by the HTW Saarland (german name of the University of Applied Sciences) and the flying part is provided by several european institutes (e.g. EAC, LGM, Sabena Flight Academy) and in close contact with the Cargolux Airlines International S.A.

It's a very new study, I'm part of the 2nd year only (so it was introduced in 2007) and starts in winter semester only, whereas usually, studies start each semester.

And I can tell you this: It's a hell of a lot of learning (for the current semester only, I'm very close to printed 6000 pages) but it's aswell sooooo much fun, you wont believe it until you see it yourself! But hurry, application phase already started and soon comes to an end

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Originally posted by: hym

Electrical engineers are going to rule the world.

(Which if you haven't figured out, is what I plan to do for a living.)

quote>

My father was an EE through the Navy Radar School. An amazingly portable degree.

Originally posted by: hummer0328

  I have also worked in Signals Cryptoanalyst and Counterintelligence for the US Army.quote>

Are you even allowed to tell us that?

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Structural. Meh.

Transportation's where it's at. quote>

Funny thing is, at my university, you're required to do structural engineering in order to be able to specialise in Transportation. So that's what I'm doing.

Currently, I earn $40 an hour, six hours a week, working as a part-time interpreter. Sadly the job is about to finish, so I'll be unemployed after that.

[funkychicn 1]

I mow the lawn. In fact I have to go mow it right now.

(I do plan to be a building architect or something along those lines though)

[Giuliano40k-- 188]

For now I'm service in the army, I am fortunate to be in the 11Mountain Infantry Battalion of the of the Brazilian Army, which is a division of specialized infantry.The life is difficult, but the things I do here I would not have the opportunity to do as a civilian, in addition the base where I serve is only 5 km from my house, so I can go home after my turn, which is almost always in the night.

[JakeMD 107]

I still have 2 years of highschool left, and summer is coming up. I think i'll get a job at the Coberns across the street.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin

Funny thing is, at my university, you're required to do structural engineering in order to be able to specialise in Transportation. So that's what I'm doing.quote>

It probably works different at different schools. In December I'm getting a degree in Civil Engineering, period. Which of course involves having taken classes in structures, geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental, and transportation alike. Although they do offer a separate major for Environmental Engineering (same department, though).

Specialty is then really more a matter of what feild you go to work in or, if you go for a master's degree, what you focus on in graduate school.

Having a masters degree in the field would be awesome, since then, as your title, you get to call yourself...

MASTER OF SCIENCE!!!

Sadly, it would likely have to in due course be replaced with the far more boring "Professional Engineer".

[hummer0328 6]

Originally posted by: manticorefan

Originally posted by: hym

Electrical engineers are going to rule the world.

(Which if you haven't figured out, is what I plan to do for a living.)

quote>

My father was an EE through the Navy Radar School. An amazingly portable degree.

Originally posted by: hummer0328

  I have also worked in Signals Cryptoanalyst and Counterintelligence for the US Army.quote>

Are you even allowed to tell us that?

quote>

You can't even imagine.  No seiriously, you probably can't!

Now, they would kill me, but that would bring to much attention to the insane stories I tell my friends and family.  Now, if what I knew were just lies of our government then they might be inclined to end my life.  Cause that just good thinking! (and that's ladies and gentlemen is just another term for counter intelligence )  You might think I am kidding, but I'm not!  And I agree with 100% of what the government is lieing to you about.  OK, maybe only about 90% of it!  But seriosly, you have no idea!

[Joe 90 358]

goes and stands in Duke's and SA's corner...

I have a BE and I use it to spend ungodly amounts of money building roads. I'm not sure whether that makes it life imitating art or art imitating life

Originally posted by: Duke87

It probably works different at different schools. In December I'm getting a degree in Civil Engineering, period. Which of course involves having taken classes in structures, geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental, and transportation alike. Although they do offer a separate major for Environmental Engineering (same department, though).

Specialty is then really more a matter of what feild you go to work in or, if you go for a master's degree, what you focus on in graduate school.

Having a masters degree in the field would be awesome, since then, as your title, you get to call yourself...

MASTER OF SCIENCE!!!

Sadly, it would likely have to in due course be replaced with the far more boring "Professional Engineer".

quote>

Over here you could distinguish yourself from the average scientist, and from the garden-variety engineers as well, by doing a MET (Master of Engineering in Transportation)

[Randomtaskk 1]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin

Funny thing is, at my university, you're required to do structural engineering in order to be able to specialise in Transportation. So that's what I'm doing.quote>

It probably works different at different schools. In December I'm getting a degree in Civil Engineering, period. Which of course involves having taken classes in structures, geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental, and transportation alike. Although they do offer a separate major for Environmental Engineering (same department, though).

Specialty is then really more a matter of what feild you go to work in or, if you go for a master's degree, what you focus on in graduate school.

Having a masters degree in the field would be awesome, since then, as your title, you get to call yourself...

MASTER OF SCIENCE!!!

Sadly, it would likely have to in due course be replaced with the far more boring "Professional Engineer".

quote>

And ours works differently again

For 1-3rd year all Civil/Structural and Environmental take the same classes (which means you can swap between the courses easily if you change your mind on what exactly you want to do.) In 4th year the courses are still almost the same, with only a few differences (e.g. we structurals did some FEA and extra Structures classes, Civil did some Coastal Eng. and Transport Eng. and environmentals did some...environmental stuff).

In fifth year, to get a masters (which I've done) we do very different stuff. Structurals looked at Earthquake Eng, FEA B and some Stress Analysis, as well as a large design project in which we had to design a composite steel/RC highway bridge. Civils do some more water stuff, another transport module and a project to do with providing SUDS to an existing inner urban settlement. Not sure what the environmentals did, some water quality control stuff AKAIK.

And, when we finish we get either a BEng or MEng depening which course you were on, not a MSc ^^

[z47258369 0]

I am a college student majoring in material science, and I am considering to focus on nano-material in the future.