Some of these answers have been insightful, helpful and encouraging, so a thank you to those. Others have been much more presumptive and rude than I expected to find in a forum like this.
I really appreciate everyone's responses. Thank you for taking the time.
My initial post was vague, so I'll try to be a little clearer. I am not a 20 something with no experience who walked out of college into a consulting firm. I also have a language degree (BA) and several years...
Thanks, Tygerdawg. I tend to agree with you about the "problem solving" aspect. I just feel pigeon holed. Along those lines, I'm also getting a lot of pressure in my current workplace to pick a technical path within environmental. I don't want to be stuck in one area. I enjoy learning about...
I am a fairly new engineer. I've been in consulting for about a year now. I'm seriously questioning whether it was a good idea to go to school for engineering, particularly civil/environmental. Had I taken my coursework in a different order, I probably would have gone for mechanical or chemical...
Hello gulabi03,
That's a great question. I agree with greenone's sentiment. It really depends on what you want to do. I have an MS in Civil with an environmental focus. I elected to do a thesis because I was considering a PhD at some point in my future. While I'm very happy I did it for the...
