<p>I think it would be very cool to be an engineer and do awesome stuff and meet great people. I want to be a CAD designer using programs like SolidWorks to build models that companies can then use to manufacture it. What type of degree would I need to be able to do that for companies? I'm guessing engineering. But how big of a degree? What do companies look for? People with Bachelors and up or people with Associates and up? And how hard is it to obtain an engineering degree? I've been doing this internship for a company and I've been doing CAD work and I obviously know that there are things that I do not know how to do that can be obtained through college. But I'm pretty good at designing though. If an engineering degree is too hard to get then I do not know what I will do because I have low self esteem and very low motivation.</p>
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<p>Very hard.</p>
<p>If it were easy, why would engineering starting salaries be so high/why would America cry out for more STEM majors/PhDs?</p>
<p>You could get an associate’s degree and become an AutoCAD technician. It doesn’t pay as well, of course, but it is less stressful than engineering. I have done both, and prefer doing AutoCAD, frankly. I get stressed out when I have to design a building. I am not a big picture person. I prefer details! I like putting drawings together and making sense out of the engineer’s design. I work with my husband, and we are a good combination. He knows that I do onto just copy his details, but look at them carefully to see if I think they are correct and buildable. A good AutoCAD operator is worth his/her weight in gold, because the engineer can delegate some of the layout
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<p>How are your math skills? If you can handle the math you can do it.
If not, you could still look into Engineering Technology fields - there are Associate Degrees for those.</p>