<p>Do you get paid better ? Is it good to graduate from a prestigious college (Harvard)? </p>
<p>Btw, one question that ive been thing about for a long time. Do you have to go to graduate school to become a engineer? (Might be a stupid question idk)? What is the highest paying engineering job. Do salaries change with company and experience? Sorry for all the questions.</p>
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<p>No. Some private companies pay much better, but obviously a lot fortune 500 companies are well off and can afford great benefits and such.</p>
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<p>Compared to what? Of course a Harvard grad will have a better opportunity getting a fortune 500 job then a community college grad.</p>
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<p>No. A lot of engineers simply have a Bachelors and get great paying jobs.</p>
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<p>Petroleum engineers have the highest average and starting salaries</p>
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<p>Yes. People who work for 5 years typically make more than new hires.</p>
<p>What about something like Virginia Tech vs MIT? Also can you go to graduate school for engineering? Do you make more money?</p>
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<p>Harvard would be the place to go if you want to go into investment banking or management consulting, where school prestige is a major factor in hiring. For actual engineering jobs, many state flagships are more heavily recruited, due to stronger engineering degree programs and more students to recruit. MIT does attract both kinds of recruiters.</p>
<p>No, you do not need to go to graduate school to work in engineering. You can go to graduate school, but the pay bump is not usually that great, unless you happen to graduate with a bachelor’s degree during an economic or industry downturn (when you may not get a job at all) and use graduate school to wait until the recovery to enter the job market.</p>
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<li>Go to Wal-mart. 2. Apply to be a cashier, bag boy, or stocker. 3. Nail the interview.</li>
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<p>Congratulations you now work at a fortune 500 company.</p>
<p>In many cases the smaller companies will be more desirable to work at.
For example, most engineers are much happier working for a smaller company such as Devon Energy than a super-major like Shell Oil.</p>
<p>lol CivilEngr, that’s technically true. But I assume OP was talking about being an engineer at one.</p>
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<p>Both MIT and Virginia Tech are great engineering schools that offer a lot of promise to get offers from top notch engineering companies. Grad school for engineering gets you more money in the long run but many choose to start working right after to get some experience. Additionally, many companies pay for grad school in some way of financial contributions.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily true. The small work environment has its bads and goods. Its typically harder to climb the corporate ladder (based on when people retire) and there’s typically a stronger vibe on good-old-fashioned networking to get promotions and such but there’s definitely less bureaucracy. Really depends on the company and your personality.</p>