Im going to be attending TAMU as a EE undergraduate in the fall, after seeing air langhi's post about his job security i'm beginning to think that EE is not a good route to go. does any one have any suggestions as to what career to pursue that will have job security and give me a stable financial future?
Just based off what I've seen in the past year looking for jobs, a couple positions that were always available: accounting and IT But if you want solid job security and good pay: NURSING
Jobs/fields you can always bank on for security: Military Teaching Insurance Health (nursing in particular) Go into any one of those fields and you can live pretty much anywhere and have a job. Maybe not what you're looking for, but whatever.
Pharamacist.. make 80-100K a year... there are a shortage of them in the US btw, i was just wondering does anyone know how much sports radio host get paid in Houston like on 610,790,1560 or how much writing sports in the chron pays?
Matt Jackson posts on here. Chance and a few others do as well, I'm sure. Dunno if they're willing to disclose that though.
There is nothing wrong with a guy being a nurse, but I keep on getting images of Meet the Fockers. Anyway, nursing is actually one of the most stable jobs in the market right now, and will be for at least the next 15-20 years as America get's older. If you want to take this a bit further, a doctorate in pharmacy would be even better. You're starting salary will be the same as someone who's worked 20 years and you can work anywhere in the U.S.
I hated EE school, but if you think you can do the work, it's the best undergraduate degree. I've seen engineers students directly from engineering undergrad into consulting, finance, lawschool, med school (with a biomed focused program) and etc. Point, this it's the most flexible major and with it's strong practical/analytical skills focus, you can take skills and abilities you learned and go into almost any industry. It's tough to get through (first day of orientation, they said look left, look right, only one of you guys will graduate as engineers... and it turned out to be true).
Man....didn't even see this. I'm in nursing school now (one online class). Moving and will be full time in August. I'm gonna bank.
Longer than that, man. Nursing ain't going nowhere. The recent figures I've heard/read are a shortage of 500,000+ within the next ten years alone.
This number is probably from 5 years ago. As a retail pharmacist, your salary is around 105-120k in Houston, with the higher end being pharmacy managers. You get paid about 5-10k more in Dallas and SA, and a LOT more in rural areas where nobody wants to go. Has anybody heard of Coppras Cove? It's a small town an hour from Austin. My friend was recently offered a signing bonus of $30,000, plus an annual salary of $150,000 for a 3 year contract from Walgreens. He eventually accepted only a one year deal. I would probably never go to a place like this but it's definitely tempting.
Are you going for an LVN or RN? I have a friend that's doing her masters to become a nurse practitioner.
I've been to Cove. Had a friend from there in college the first time around. Not a bad little town and not too far from Austin....especially for that kind of scratch. Not to mention how far your money goes for living expenses in a small town.
BSN from Univ. of Oklahoma. I'm moving up there in mid-August. I'm hell-bent on never being a student again after this, but who knows. I said the same thing when I got my first undergrad.
haha. the work load might be stressful depending on what you want to get into, but the pay is there. As well as the benefits and security. I'm dating a nurse-to-be for over 6 years now (since high school). Once she starts working, and we get tie the knot, we're going to look into starting a small nurse recruiting agency. If anybody would like to give some tips, please do! to the OP, basically, medical field for longevity and pay, IT as long as you can be as dynamic as the field, and accounting for a steady job all the way through.
whatever you do, DO NOT start off your career based largely on other people's experiences, esp. from a message board (no offense meant). If you play it smart, EE is an extremely rewarding career (by smart I mean DONT study for 4 years without getting any work experience on the side, stuff like that). I would also add.... chasing the hottest or safest jobs is a good way to ruin your career. you DONT know what the "in" job will be when YOU graduate. sorry for the caps
I graduated with a BS in EE last year, but with NO job experience what so ever. Yet I still found a job right out of school, so... Granted, I don't like my job so far.
when things are relatively good, its not so hard. It definitely boosts your odd of getting job offers, regardless of economic conditions.
Are you in an Hardware design job? You want to know what the no.1 degree in India is? I think you can guess. The fact is if I was starting school now I would not do EE or at least I would not try to get into a pure circuit design job. Here is what the dept of BLS tell us: Computer hardware engineers are expected to have 5 percent employment growth over the projections decade, slower than the average for all occupations. Although the use of information technology continues to expand rapidly, the manufacture of computer hardware is expected to be adversely affected by intense foreign competition. As computer and semiconductor manufacturers contract out more of their engineering needs to both domestic and foreign design firms, much of the growth in employment of hardware engineers is expected in the computer systems design and related services industry. Electrical engineers are expected to have employment growth of 6 percent over the projections decade, slower than the average for all occupations. Although strong demand for electrical devices—including electric power generators, wireless phone transmitters, high-density batteries, and navigation systems—should spur job growth, international competition and the use of engineering services performed in other countries will limit employment growth. Electrical engineers working in firms providing engineering expertise and design services to manufacturers should have better job prospects My bosses are telling me they wouldn't tell their kids to do EE at this point. EE can provide you a solid foundation for a lot of things, but doing a pure EE (aka circuit design) might not be prudent to do at this point. I would say programming is a better option. However if I were starting school today I would definitely have tried to do medicine. Sure you can get a job in EE that pays 80 or 90 starting, but think 5 or 10 years in future and picture doesn't look as good. You shouldn't make decision based on message boards, but you need to research it fully.
