<p>Well considering the thread was a QnA, and the question was why people took up PE over others, degrading PE and the oil/gas business, although on topic of the oil and gas industry, was not relevant to the question at hand, nor is it appreciated.</p>
<p>And even if you’re responding to mybad101’s question about MEs in the Oil and Gas industry, your input is still irrelevant and not appreciated. This is a QnA and not a place to debate peak oil and job security. I’m rather sure you can find another thread to discuss that, or if not start your own because it doesn’t belong here.</p>
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<p>A Q&A means people come and ask questions and other people come answer them. That is exactly what is happening. You asked one and people started answering, but since you phrased the title as a Q&A, that implies that it is meant to be a thread where anyone asks and anyone with answers replies. If you don’t like that, maybe you should start a different thread. For that reason, the discussion has been 100% relevant.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I am not disparaging those who want to go into oil and gas or the industry itself. I think it is wonderful that people go to study something they are passionate about, and it is clear that mathandscience is passionate about this. I commend that. However, as passionate as one may be, it is still not smart to pull the wool over your own eyes. In all probability, people graduating in petroleum engineering right now will be perfectly fine, but that won’t necessarily be true further down the road. It may only be 5 years from now or it may not be for another 30 years. The point is, everyone going into this industry should be aware that there is risk involved, like essentially every other industry. So in fact, I am not trying to tear down anyone’s hopes and dreams or trash an industry, but enlighten all of you to the fact that while probably you will be fine, it isn’t going to be nearly as rosy or as 100% foolproof as mathandscience has been implying, and the farther into the future you look, the more competitive it will get.</p>
<p>I am sorry if you don’t like those answers or if they scare you, but this is the real world. I can’t in good conscious let people go around thinking that there is no risk involved because, quite simply, there is.</p>
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<p>I have internship experience in aerospace and defense. Graduating in a year.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the response, do you know which companies the reservoir ones ended up at? Also, did they have previous oil and gas experience?</p>
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<p>Honestly, I don’t really remember. That was 3+ years ago and I haven’t really talked to any of them since. I seem to remember several going to Chevron and several to ExxonMobil though but I don’t remember which positions. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I have a few questions and concerns and I’d like to get some clarification. I plan on majoring in petroleum engineering. I live in New York City and most people here don’t even know what petroleum engineering is lol. I don’t know anyone other than myself who has been interested in this field so all the information I know I have gather myself through research. I plan on completing one year here in New York taking general engineering classes and the transferring. I have UT Austin, Texas A&M, LSU, Marietta, OU and Stanford in mind. I was also considering UAF. Out of these schools which one would you guys recommend. Also do you have to be smart to be an engineer major? Because I consider myself to be someone of average intelligence. I’m also not too great in math. I’ve always struggled through it. Most people say you can’t be an engineer if you aren’t good at math. But I really really want and I’m willing to dedicate myself and give up my social life. Whatever it takes I’m willing to do but I want to be realistic with myself in terms of whether I’m actually capable of doing it. If anyone can give me advice, I’d greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>Posting the same thing in three different threads won’t get you more answers.</p>