OP, I used to be in a position of hiring engineers. I would never discount and engineer solely for having a master's degree, whatever field it was in, but I did experience that, more times than not, engineers with advanced degrees typically expected higher starting salary than their real...
My resume is one page, almost 20 years into my career, plus some relevant school/job information from my college days. I don't have a CV, but if I needed one, I would expect it would be several pages. I've never had need for a CV and don't really expect to in my foreseeable future. One reason...
Can't speak to the electrical PE exam, but in general, if you have properly prepared yourself for the exam, it doesn't matter how "hard" the questions are. They can't invent new concepts for the exam. Either you can solve a problem the proper way, or you get distracted by the extraneous...
You don't have to go back to college to learn lean manufacturing and six sigma. There are numerous training programs for six sigma. Lean manufacturing, probably as well, though you really can learn the concepts on your own. There are books that cover it. I would say you just need to change...
In all likelihood, the associates degree that leads to a BS engineering degree probably won't make you a whole lot more employable than you are now...but it will put you THAT much closer to getting your BS degree, which will make you much more employable, as an engineer. Most companies are...
Here's a sober lesson of what can happen when the engineering is not correctly performed for an overhead crane/engineered lifting assembly.
http://enformable.com/2013/05/healthy-discussion-of-the-arkansas-nuclear-one-accident/Link
It's one thing to be employed by (or be the employer) for a failed startup company. The number of new businesses that fail is relatively high, I have heard. It's a whole different ballgame to be the engineer of record, or largely involved with, a big engineering project that failed very...
I think there are relatively few companies that it really matters to. If you work in a position that requires some generalization of knowledge and application of multiple areas of discipline to solve a problem, then a more general course of study will probably be helpful. For the (I think)...
While your mod would need to be classified as a Safety Related modification, coincident with the highest safety classification of the components affected by the modification, that doesn't mean that every component added by your modification will need to be classified as safety related. You...
If obtaining a PE is another goal you have, then you will need to find an ABET accredited engineering program, not a technology program. There are a few states that will license engineers who hold an engineering technology degree, with additional experience, but then you are limited to only...
Even if you have to take vacation and pay for attending training on your own, I would think you would be better off in the long run than taking a pay cut for training. At the very least, you will be in a better negotiating position for your next job with a higher paying current job. That said...
I agree that the degree would not be acceptable in most states as the prerequisite to a PE license, but that doesn't mean the degree is not worth it. Is a PE license common for a construction manager? I haven't had any experience in that field, nor know anyone, so I can't say. Just because a...
ABET accreditation is definitely a plus! As you can see from the link SlideRuleEra posted, there aren't many ABET accredited distance learning programs. This is primarily a function of how ABET accredits programs and which programs the schools have accredited. Fact they have put the time and...
You will have a number of pre-requisite classes to take before you would be ready for a master's degree. As IRstuff said, at least a year, probably more. There are very few distance learning bachelor degree programs, but I have seen a few advertised. I haven't researched them to know how good...
Terratek brings up a good point I haven't seen discussed. Does your employer offer tuition assistance, or direct payment for an advanced degree? If so, you should be checking with them for what is allowed. They may not be willing to pay for an MBA, but may pay most or all of the MSc...which...
It is really totally dependant on what you want to do with your career. They are two separate paths. MBA will not help you become a better engineer. Msc won't help (much) to become a better manager. Early in my career I started down the MBA path, ultimately deciding to pursue a MS in...
MintJulep is right on. Rarely in most engineering fields does a prospective new engineer have all of the qualifications you want for a job opening. Someone with the aptitude and desire to learn and excitement for the job will do better than any PhD that doesn't want to be there. Prepare well...
NC and ND have specific requirements for material content and strength. For most of the material types covered by Section III, they are likely the same, but for some of the materials, there might be slight differences between NC and ND. The Code typically specifies a range of, or maximum...
No, you cannot simply interchange the piping. If you want to use ND piping in System B, you would need to perform an evaluation that downgrades the System B piping...which is probably not likely to be successful, or else the system would have been designed to ND requirements already. There...
