ome an engineer is quite strenuous. I graduated from N.C. State with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.It was probably the hardest thing I have ever done. The amount of science and math required is horrendous. I used to treat my studies like a job. I would go to the library from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon, going over notes ten to twenty times. Most employers look for four-year degree graduates in a specific field. When I got out of college, I went to work for Burlington Industries. I designed the air-conditioning systems on new industrial buildings. The environment of my work was great. I liked working with a group of people on a project. I think the best part of being an engineer was the creativity of the job. I loved being handed a problem and actually being able to fix it by creating a new system or device and being able to say that I made that, I invented that. Being an engineer has been one of the most personally satisfying jobs I have ever had. (Steele) None the less, the career of engineering is one that provides many benefits to the ones who are willing to work for the degree. This field has a variety of areas to excel in. It provides creative work, the chance to work with a team, and the compensation is far from the average. Engineering is also one of the most important careers in our society. Without it, our civilization would be nothing like it is today; and the pleasures that many of us take for granted would not be here to comfort us. BibliographyBasta, Nicholas. Engineering Careers Lincohnwood, Illinois: Career Horizons 1996.Clancy, Tom. Submarine: A guided tour inside a Nuclear Warship. New York, New York: A Berkley Book, 1993Kirby, Shelton, Richard. Engineering in History. New York, New York: McGraw Hillbrook, 1956“Nuclear Engineering”. EXPAN Career Description.“Engineering”. Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Accessed February 23, 1999.Copyright, 1...
