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Originally Posted by jwzimm
Old saying I heard: "Mech-E's/Aero-E's build airplanes; Civ-E's build targets"
Just sayin'.....
full disclosure: I am an Mech-E working for a major airframer. We do not see any difference between Mech-E, Civ-E, Aero-E. They are all just "Engineers" here.  |
We used to say "Civil engineers build things mechanical engineers blow up".
I went to an engineering heavy university with friends who've done both. Civil engineers tended to get the shaft vs. the other engineering students but both are good trades. Civil engineers seem to work longer hours, work in a more cut-throat industry (construction) and start off with lower pay on average than mechanical. On the flip side, the course work while at school seemed not as difficult...which leads me to the second thing people always said back when I was in school "Civil engineering? You mean common sense engineering?".
But whatever, I studied economics and statistics while in college so I was amongst the lowest of the low out of my engineering friends.
If you can take the course work, may want to look into chemical or computer engineering. Lots of money to be made there.