Engineer and proud?

[djm101]

DJC said:

Im bloody proud of what I spent the last 8yrs of my life working on. Im even prouder when 100,000 ppl watch it get stood on her tailpipes from take off and keep the vertical...

Typhoon?

[cj_eds]

Resurrect a thread!

While signing the safe speed petition on the government website I noticed this one as well:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Engineer-S

[emicen]

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Professional Status For Engineers and Engineering."

Now, much as I agree with the sentiment, what the petition starter has just wrote is we petition for the Prime Minister to a Professional Status for Engineers and Engineering. ie him to get the status.

So, we're after professional recognition and respect but we cant even write coherent English. Excellent.

[John Laverick]

I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I work for a consultancy in the Power Industry......and no I don't fix cars for a living!

I'm quite happy with my salary etc..at the moment [3 years out of Uni] but I'm quickly realising the only way to make real money is to contract or consult or work abroad/offshre.

[limegreennutter]

Tuna said:

Prompted by the discussion in Nervy's thread, how many of us would describe themselves as engineers, and is it a good career? What counts as engineering? Automotive, aerospace, electronic, software, civil...?

Have done aerospace, Formula 1 & now railways, & yes it is a good career, if somewhat underpaid.

[andysgriff]

John Laverick said:

I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I work for a consultancy in the Power Industry......and no I don't fix cars for a living!

I'm quite happy with my salary etc..at the moment [3 years out of Uni] but I'm quickly realising the only way to make real money is to contract or consult or work abroad/offshre.

The working abroad bit certainly helps, in the Oil and Gas industry as an expat (contact or staff) the most I hear of people making is $300-350k per year(US) although that is a bit exceptional..Oh and the guy who is earning this has a HNC (technically an engineer of sorts) but a bloody good one with 30+ years experience.

[Scrufter]

As part of my CPD that I have to do for work I am considering the Process Engineering Management MSC. at Brunel University has anybody got any experience of this course?

[BilldCatt]

I've been an automotive engineer (Engineering Science) since 1978, staff and contract. It has been great fun. For tha past 18 years I've worked on all sorts of airbags and associated kit.
I started on the crash sensors and calibration and have crash tested literally hundreds of cars in all sorts of ways.

There's nothing like making them and breaking them.

[bindit]

Haven't got the time to read all of the thread, but having a degree and being chartered should not be the only pre-requisite to use the Engineer title. Although i do have an engineering degree, it's of little consequence and some of my colleauges experience far outweighs some nobwit 5 years out of uni.

As for pay, i'm in the oil industry and it's not too difficult to earn 6 figure sums with 10 years under your belt.

[shar2]

Was an weapons/electrical engineer in the Fleet Air Arm, then a test engineer in industry. I now teach aircraft maintenance engineering at University.