<p>I've heard both of these...so its difficult to stay with one company for a long period of time but pretty easy to find a job?</p>
<p>i dont know if i want to look for a new job every 2 years</p>
<p>You have two choices in engineering, you can try to stay with one company or stay a couple of years, get experience, then keep trading up to get higher positions (engineer, supervisor, manager, director, etc...) but they second way is risky unless you have an mentor.</p>
<p>Just take the attitude to become the best technical person you can in your first two years, then start to branch out, try to get into the marketing or sales side of thse companies, much more interesting and more exposrure.</p>
<p>24 years in engineering but on marketing side</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>what kind of engineer are u? and would you say its worth all that studying in college</p>
<p>Note that MiPerson was talking about engineers leaving on their own and not being laid off.</p>
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<p>If you are considering software engineering or some other type of computer-related job, you should prepare for the possibility of needing to find a new job at various times during your career. While there is certainly a fair amount of voluntary turnover, as people seek better salary and/or challenges, there are also cost-cutting, layoffs, M&A, and other things that require computer folks to find new jobs every few years.</p>
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<p>Well, frankly, that's true of just about any job, not just computer-related jobs. Just consider all of the mechanical and industrial engineers who are working in the US auto industry right now, or, maybe more accurately, were working in that industry. GM and Ford have recently announced the biggest losses in company history, and these are companies that are a century old.</p>
<p>This guy has to be a troll. Anyways, engineers don't HAVE to do engineering. But it's worth your money to learn that stuff and take business/cs courses on the side.</p>
<p>I would say at my company that 70% of the engineers don't do engineering, more on marketing side, etc....I would say 95% of engineers don't do a single calculus problem after graduating.</p>
<p>I has a BS, MS and a PE.</p>
<p>Study hard, it is nice gettng a big check every month, and then if you don'tlike it, can go get MBA. I just think you do't want to not have a good high paying job whenyou graduate, especially wiht a lot of student loans. Getting a liberal art degree is silly (and end up working at Starbucks!) ,read the Economist once a week and you will be better educated than any liberal arts major.</p>
<p>There is no law requiring engineers to be employed as engineers or do engineering work. If the market looks bad and there is nothing out there, you can always go for that commercial drivers license and go trucking or drive a tour bus, be a bar tender or work on a construction crew…there are lots of choices out there that do not require another Bachelor of Science degree. One of the best “engineering careers” is Stationary Engineering where you learn to run a power plant and have to know something about hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical and mechanical technology, water treatment and other practical issues that you would never come across in a university curriculum. You won’t find that career at a university but it has better prospects than many of the traditional engineering careers.</p>
<p>It’s always important to stay up to date with the latest trends and technology so you remain viable. I think that goes for any job, not just engineering.</p>