<p>I am an Computer/Electrical Engineering student, whicle I like the idea of engineering, Im still not to sure on what ones day is like.</p>
<p>For fields like mine, are there field jobs, do you move around, do you just sit there all day doing formulas.</p>
<p>Whats the day of a engineer like?</p>
<p>Depends on the engineer. I know some engineers who work in office settings all day and other engineers who don't work in office settings. One of my old classmates is a stress engineer and mostly works at a computer running tests on computers. As for me, I work in a coal-powered electric plant. I have a cubicle that I can work at (writing emails, writing reports, monitoring the boilers, etc.) but I also do a lot of hands on work out in the plant. For example, today I had to search for and record leakage points on the condenser and assist in setting up equipment for helium leak tests on the generator. There are many short-term projects that I work on and those tend to get in the way of my long-term items. Everyday there is a different problem that has to be fixed.</p>
<p>I graduated from chemical engineering and there were no jobs to be had. I was unemployed for a long time before I found a crappy job with a consultancy. </p>
<p>So a typical day was looking for work and cutting the grass with a local crew for beer money on the weekend. </p>
<p>I found this article interesting:</p>
<p>MBA Sues Over Useless Education
May 9 2005 by Michael Gantman
While most graduates are busy polishing their shoes and figuring out how to repay student loans, Tim Johnson is taking his alma mater to court. In documents filed this week, Mr. Johnson claims that Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California "took [his] money and left [him] with an education amounting to crap on a Triscuit." </p>
<p>University officials refused comment, but representatives from Nabisco have denied any association between feces and their tasty product. </p>
<p>Attorneys for Mr. Johnson have been collecting amicus briefs and filing dozens of motions testifying to their client's blistering incompetence. "It is rare to find someone so at peace with their own stupidity," said lead attorney Art Segal of Bradley, Whitford, and Lyman, "but in Mr. Johnson we have a special combination of unabashed modesty in the face on incomprehensible humiliation. It's like they took his money and let him finger paint for two years." </p>
<p>After graduating with honors, Mr. Johnson was courted by many top firms, but found it impossible to land a second interview anywhere. "It's common for MBAs to be loaded up with books smarts and have to develop some practical skills along the way," said a hiring manager for Deloitte and Touche, "but this Johnson was an idiot no matter how you sliced it. It was like they took his money and let him finger paint for two years."</p>
<p>Beth Anderson monitors search queries for Monster.com and says while there is no evidence suggesting Ivy League graduates are more intelligent than the Mr. Johnsons of the world, "few Harvard graduates are conducting key word searches combining the words 'MBA and cashier.'"</p>
<p>Attorneys agreed to take the case only after a rigorous examination established just how uneducated Mr. Johnson actually was. "This guy was a straight A student," said research associate Claire Sorenson. "I'm not even sure he can add. It's like they took his money and let him finger paint for two years."</p>
<p>In the wake of these allegations, dozens of graduates have come forward, leading attorneys to consider refilling Johnson v. Pepperdine as a class action suit.</p>
<p>Id really hate to sit in an office all day,.</p>
<p>** the demand for Chem E in Canada must be very low, but on the other hand, in the US its pretty high.</p>
<p>why is there such a difference?</p>
<p>^^^ In the US you can get a job no matter what your major is. That is why kids shy away from hard majors such as engineering and sciences.</p>
<p>I don't know if the situation is not enough Chem E jobs or too many grads. I think it is the latter. It is basically saying the same thing - a serious imbalance in supply and demand. </p>
<p>I saw the film (remake, with Jim Carrey - a Great Canadian Comedian btw) "Fun with Dick and Jane". I laughed really hard when he lost his job and sees all of his old colleagues waiting for an interview. That is what it was like when I graduated and went for interviews - huge ques of people. It makes me laugh just thinking of it.</p>