advantages of doing masters in engineering

[eengrimrankhan]

hi guys,

I did my BE in Electrical Engineering, and now I am working as Trainee Engineer in a local oil refinery in Pakistan. I am wondering if doing masters in electrical power engineering will give some benefits to me in career. If I go to europe then I have to leave my job and study for two years, means two year less in my experience, but a masters degree.

So, which is more worthy? a foregin masters degree with two years expericene less or a BE degree with two years experience more.

Please help. Thank you very much

 

[FeX32]

depends what you want with you life


Fe

 

[eengrimrankhan]

thank you very much feX32, but please explain in more detail, what do you mean by "depends what you want in your life"???

Waiting for your reply.........

 

[TheTick]

My father had a BS in mech engineering. He was repeatedly denied enry into the US. When he got his Ph.D., the gates ooened wide, the trumpets sunded and an angelic choir sang "Welome to America".

 

[eengrimrankhan]

@thetick: what else advantages your father get in improving his education?

 

[TheTick]

According to my father, the biggest advantages were opportunity and credibility. There were projects and responsibilities that companies would gladly give to Dr. Schwarz that they would not have given to Mr. Schwarz. Eventually, he started his own company. Again, it was about credibility. Investors were far more willing to trust Dr. Schwarz than they would have trusted Mr. Schwarz.

According to my father and some who knew him when he was young, he had many of his ideas before he even finished his BS degree. He was focused on getting into the right place and position to develop his ideas.

My father said he did not gain much useful knowledge from his Ph.D. studies. However, he was already very knowledgable. He loved physics and chemistry, and was always studying and learning. Getting the doctorate was merely a formality for him, as he had already taught himself.

 

[SLTA]

There is a move in the structural world to require a masters degree before taking the PE exam. I don't know if that will ever get past discussion, but I do know that I learned a lot more, and more varied subjects, from my (practical-minded) professors in my 2 years of grad school than I would have spending 2 years checking even more shop drawings.

 

[rbulsara]

eengr:

So, which is more worthy?

What do you mean by more worthy? Worthy in what sense? How do you measure "worthiness" to you?

Rafiq Bulsara

http://www.srengineersct.com

 

[IRstuff]

Well, back to first questions responders asked, what do you intend to do for a career, i.e., 20 yrs from now, what are your plans? Until you can come up with some semblance of an answer to that question, asking about the worthiness of one thing or another is rather pointless.

If you keep asking questions without clarification, you're going to get useless answers.

TTFN

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[FeX32]

Bingo


Fe

 

[eengrimrankhan]

dear all, thank you very much for your coperation.

@IRStuff and rbulsara: i mean worthy in the financial sense.

I mean to ask which will cause me more career growth?

and make me promote earlier?.

either the masters with two yrs exp less or with local part time masters with two yrs experience more?

By which way I will get more promotions in the company than others and get higher salaries? and can access to international job market eg companies like GE, ALSTOM, SIEMENS AG, etc??? what do they prefer?

your coperation is highly desirable.

Thank you very much

 

[IRstuff]

The answer to your current question is simple; you get financial renumeration, generally, based on your abilities. Your degree may get you in the door, but if you can't perform, you'll be shown back out that same door.

I've got a BSEE, and that's been good enough, and I got rewarded based on how much I contribute to the company.

TTFN

FAQ731-376
Chinese prisoner wins Nobel Peace Prize

 

[IRstuff]

I will point out that if you couldn't figure this out on your own, your future looks a bit dubious...

TTFN

FAQ731-376
Chinese prisoner wins Nobel Peace Prize

 

[rbulsara]

Any knowledge is helpful, provided you use it right. Degrees may be helpful, but they do not guarantee anything. Technical competence account for say less than 30% of all other qualities you need to succeed. Just try to be good at what you do and make the best use of what you learn. You are the only one who can decide what is good for you.

My personal experience has been very much like IRstuff's. This is not say that getting Masters won't be beneficial to you.




Rafiq Bulsara

http://www.srengineersct.com