To Engineers- Is your Engineering job as you thought it would be

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<p>I as this question because growing up one has his sights on his career and as he reaches it it turns out to not be as he thought. Was this the same for you because I just think of this wonderful world of math and physics and working with top of the line technology. How is the job you find now compared to what you were hoping it would be as you went through school?</p>

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<p>not all engineers have engineering jobs</p>

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<p>For those who are in engineering jobs or what ever job related to technology. How do you feel now with your work because I'm sure most engineering majors upon entering college wanted to work in their field.</p>

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<p>I have a degree in aerospace engineering and was heavily interested in spacecraft and interplanetary orbital mechanics. I went into Purdue graduate school anticipating that I would be able to specialize in doing orbital mechanics for interplanetary missions and instead got inundated with EE, controls, circuits and theoretical mathematics and other things I wasn't interested in. This was one of the biggest complaints I had about aerospace. I guess in an attempt to make students as marketable as possible, they make you take courses incorporating as many different types of engineering they can (EE, Mech E, Civil E).. Unfortunately, all this did to me was turn me off to the field when all I ever wanted to learn and was interested in was spacecraft trajectory design.</p>

<p>In addition, the "orbital mechanics" that was taught at Purdue was more geared towards training to put up low-earth orbit GPS-style satellites for direct TV applications and what not instead of designing trajectories for REAL interplanetary missions like Galileo and Cassini. </p>

<p>As a result of the above two factors, I got pretty disillusioned when I found out that the space side of aerospace engineering wasn't what I expected it to be and therefore I left the field in favor of something more my cup of tea-- Planetary Science.</p>

<p>My story is a reminder to other potential engineers to make sure 100% what you are getting into!</p>