gineering at the University of Cincinnati says,Fortunately for an engineer, there always seems to be room for advancement, both inside and outside of engineering. If you want to stay "engineer" your whole career, there are typically two paths an engineer takes during their career. One is to remain technical your whole career. This type of person is someone that likes sitting behind a desk doing design all day, or overseeing and approving designs by others. The next type of career path that the majority of engineers go towards is engineering management. The person that follows the engineering management path is typically someone that has good communication skills, likes dealing with people, and is very good at handling multiple tasks at once.A plus with a civil engineering degree (or any engineering degree for that matter) is that it opens the doors to many areas of other interests such as engineering equipment sales, business communications, or even politics. Also, there are many readily available job positions for civil engineers. Civil engineers held approximately 228,000 jobs in 1996, and the level of employment is expected to grow at about as fast as the average, if not faster, for all occupations through the year 2006 (Chua). The level of employment is a bit misleading due to the fact that this number only includes the civil engineers working in civil engineering positions. This does not include all civil engineers that may have used their well-rounded, technical degree for other parts of the workforce, such as business management.With a degree in civil engineering I would have the opportunity to perform many different jobs. Due to the fact that this profession has been around since the 18th century, it is not difficult to see the many of the works done by civil engineers. From the earliest times, engineers have been involved in building roads, bridges, cathedrals, and aqueducts. Did you know that it was Alexander G. Eiffel,...
