Is Engineering Real Education or Just Plain Job Training?

[cosmicfish]

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I’d say that most engineering majors are engineering majors because they want a solid skill that will earn them money. If one is truly passionate about a certain area, then one would probably major in pure math, pure physics, or pure chemistry rather than major in an engineering field.

It is all a balancing act between making stuff and knowing how stuff works. If you just want to make stuff, become a technician (but you own’t know why it works), if you want to know how stuff works, become a scientist (but you will not usually be able to make stuff), if you want to know both, become an engineer.</p>