Hahah whassup everyone:

I'm interning at Verizon Wireless in Walnut Creek. My gosh, I'd rather be in class right now. The way that my school works is that its a 5 year program, part of which is interning/co-op (about a year and a half). As such I'm not in school, and good hour and half from my home in Stockton...I'm not sure if I'm missing home..or what..but Walnut Creek, my internship..my major---everything just seems so damn boring.

I'm a Junior in college right now, and I seem to be losing my focus. Based on what I've seen thus far and after thinking to myself for a while now, I'm not sure if electrical engineering is for me. Of course I'm more than 60% done now, and approaching the end of the line so its a really bad time to be thinking like this. Switching majors is really out of the question, its a waste of the hard work I've put in thus far. My grades are good, so that is not an issue anyway.

I've been told time and time again that I don't match the "profile" of a typical engineer...I'm extremely outspoken and extroverted (no offense to quiet people). Takign all factors into consideration, I've decided to go ahead and get my MBA. Engineering just isn't doing it for me--for one thing the work seems super boring--data analysis and writing reports/ excel all the time...BLAH.

I'd rather be in marketing =/ or something or other where the pay isn't quite as capped.

Any ideas?--I'm really starting to hate what I'm doing.

Thanks for all advice..I'd liek to stay on topic if possible.

 

hahah good luck Ravi! I hate school, thats why I never attended college. I am doing pretty well you might say.

 

have you thought of consulting? I graduated a few years ago from Cal w/ a Mechanical engineering degree (I got into it b/c I love cars and wanted to design engines); I ended up in a small engineering consulting firm and love the work. I get to travel around the bay area a few times a week, and talk with clients regularly; the remaining time is spent writing reports and stuff like that...for me it's a good balance between sitting in a office and getting out and about.

 

Consulting is actually very interesting, because many of my family members that are around 25-30 are doing it and having a GREAT time.

I definitely want to get my MBA so there isn't that much "engineering" involved. Would you care to comment on this?

Thanks for the insight everyone.

ravi

 

I've thought about an MBA program as well...but for the amount of time and $$, I've decided at this point not to pursue it. I absolutley love engineering, and would be interested in creating my own company at some point (thus my desire to get an MBA). In either case, from what I've heard from many people, MBA schools usualy look for at least 3-5 years work expereince. I think this makes much more sense to me now; I've learned so much about buisness and the difficulties associated with running one.

I find that the longer I've been at work, the more I learn how to relate to our clients and how to meet what they're looking for. And as an engineer, I've been able to manage small jobs and take on more responsibilities.

*If you're into cars, you might think about working for a failure analysis group doing consulting...I've been able to investigate failures for a Ferrari GTO, Mercedes SL600, Jaguars...and many more.

 

I work with some EE's. They make decent money and I think it is easier for good EE's to find work around the bay area (Silicon Valley) than it is in most other fields. Stick with it, bro, your young. It will all be worth it for you in the end. Go to Nevada and get your dick sucked. That's always a good therapeutic measure