<p>is the engineering work as a profession easier than studying engineering?</p>
<p>Of course. My dad still has nightmare of his school years but is doing quite successfully in his current job.</p>
<p>I'm actually quite interested in this question, as well. Is there anyone out there who's had a more difficult time in industry than at school? About what percentage of an engineer's education is directly applied to his job? And what is it about being in industry that's easier than being in school? Are the problem types just easier? Is it just that there's less volume of work? Or is it that new ideas aren't being presented all the time...one just has to work with the same set of ideas for five years?</p>
<p>I would imagine that all this is pretty analagous to the medical profession. My dad tells me stories about his being genuinely worried about not getting through medical school, but he seems quite at ease with his current practice.</p>
<p>The question has been asked on an engineering board. Most of the replys are that they use there eng education for between 10-60% of there work. If you want to know more look on eng-tips.com</p>
<p>Graduated in 1980's. Have yet to see an integral, derivatie, fourier series or Laplace transform. I think the education was more about instilling discipline and work ethic than actually obtaining applicable knowledge.</p>