is it mostly lab work or do you actually do something? particularly chemical engineers
What you do day to day will vary widely. It depends a whole lot on what job you seek. I retired but recently went back to work part time. I do analysis and sit at a desk most of the day in my current job. Doing primarily the same thing I have also been a test lead and split my time about 50/50 between the office and the lab. Another time I was supporting manufacturing and again had about a 50/50 split between the shop and my desk. My son works full time for the same company I do right now and he is in the lab about 90% of the time. So you get to choose by what jobs you are willing to do.
I thought that they built death rays in a secret bunker out in the middle of nowhere, and all of the engineering firms out there were fronts for the teleporters provided for transportation.
Guess I need to rethink my career goals.
I’m a mechanical engineer by degree but work in supply chain. An engineering degree can help you work in many functional areas involving technology. It is very common for business executives to have an undergraduate engineering degree and an MBA. Many degrees engineers don’t do traditional “engineering” work
Actually I did help design “death rays” back in Ronald “Ray Guns” Star War days. Guess I missed out on the secret bunker part. We were just across the street from the local shopping mall.
Our S is an electrical engineer. He has mostly done project management. He is now doing that plus robotics, as he wanted to have some “hands on,” which he enjoys. He will also be trying out some of the newer electronics–smart watches & glasses, etc.