Comments on: Engineering – dead end career

By: Engineering in Singapore?

Engineering in Singapore? — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:21:01 +0000

[...] and accountancy careers. It follows on a long discussion on that site of how engineering is a dead end career, and how President’s scholars in the past two batches are not doing [...]

By: low cost-low tech

low cost-low tech — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:29:21 +0000

u have not seen the scene in the engineering sector yet …

By: starwars

starwars — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:39 +0000

most of my engineering classmates never did engineering. mos ended up as bankers…and most are now out of jobs.

By: middleclass

middleclass — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:30:54 +0000

Francis: excellent point albeit a sad one.
Perceived value does not always seems logical.

By: Francis

Francis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:17:48 +0000

Hi Autobot.

If Engineers are highly pay, than there will be even more and faster retrenchment in Singapore.
Many Engineers are scratching pennies. And are force to leave the industry. The wealth
generation industry is not appreciated.
While the wealth management industry is rolling
and multiplying the funds to get ugly pay out.
Most bankers does not know their basic
fundamental. If they do, they would not have
find it tough to pass those CFA or CFP exam.
Some don’t even try taking.
They rely heavily on their back room colleagues.
But being said so they have different part of
their brain develop which what the world see as
good today. They speak well and square like Engineers.

By: Muhammad Nur Azhar Bin Hafiz

Muhammad Nur Azhar Bin Hafiz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:05:37 +0000

what would be a world without engineers?

a wheel comes before money

people should hail engineers as money is also an invention of engineers…

maybe engineers should demand more respect

By: autobot

autobot — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:57:56 +0000

Hey but engineering guys get the highest starting pay: http://retrenchment-blog.breaking.sg/2009/07/pay-holds-steady-for-some-diploma-degree-graduatessingapore-while-polytechnics-and-the-government-are-rolling-out-schemes-to-help-fresh-graduates-get-by-in-the-tight-job-market-one-survey-presents/#more-1707

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:35:13 +0000

I’m an engineer, after 10 years I’m making 34K no benefits. I’m happy to be employed at all as there are hundreds of thousands of unemployed American engineers..

Engineering is a dead end for most. The MAJORITY (over 90% in some studies) of engineering graduates are NOT working as engineers!

Offshoring, outsourcing and cheap labor visas have ruined tech careers and American students have better opportunities that require less work and pay much better. Tech jobs tend to be concentrated in high cost of living areas and a 35 year old engineer is over the hill for most jobs (age discrimination is the rule not the exception in engineering)

Go to http://www.rentacoder.com and look how much the electrical engineers make(some of the jobs pay below minimum wage)

By: Reflections : Blog Archive : Get out of engineering

Reflections : Blog Archive : Get out of engineering — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:06:25 +0000

[...] as a continuation to Engineering – dead end career, there is a second thread of discussion in Sammyboy in Delphiforums: Engineering – get out while [...]

By: kuala88

kuala88 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:36:25 +0000

i m also an engineer , but slowly switch to financial sales. may god bless me