Did my engineering major prevent me from getting a job?
Engineering education tends to stereotype people. The kind of compartmentalizing prevents one from realizing one's full potential. The worst of it is even the individual falls into this trap and builds a fence around. This article investigates this issue.
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I believe that we need to do a better job of telling our young engineers what they can do. A lot of our senior engineer readers have expressed to me the need for practical engineering education for young engineers; that too many of them are unprepared for the real engineering work that awaits them. If we ask incoming freshman engineers upfront what job or industry they want to end up in, rather than what major they like, we can gear their college work toward that goal. Classes become more practical and hands-on to create a group of engineers that love—and are better prepared for—their job.
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I believe that we need to do a better job of telling our young engineers what they can do. A lot of our senior engineer readers have expressed to me the need for practical engineering education for young engineers; that too many of them are unprepared for the real engineering work that awaits them. If we ask incoming freshman engineers upfront what job or industry they want to end up in, rather than what major they like, we can gear their college work toward that goal. Classes become more practical and hands-on to create a group of engineers that love—and are better prepared for—their job.
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