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My younger son is looking at Engineering programs. I find it hard to understand what they really DO. Solving problems with math is what I get. But, what would be the best field? He is looking at Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial at this point. Not sure if one would be better than the other?

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My dad was an egineer. He did communications. It was a very good career. Once we lived in south Florida he worked for the phone company and had a hand in transitioning to laying fiber optic cables. He would draw out plans for everything to be laid out in new communities too.

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He needs to explore all the different engineering disciplines his first year of college. There are so many and exploring the different ones will help him to whittle it down.

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Southern_Belle wrote:

My dad was an egineer. He did communications. It was a very good career. Once we lived in south Florida he worked for the phone company and had a hand in transitioning to laying fiber optic cables. He would draw out plans for everything to be laid out in new communities too.


 That's what MY dad did!  He worked at the airport though on all the radio's and towers.



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Make sure he doesn't forget metallurgical engineering. Lots of steel mills not far from your area.

My plant employs 10 different engineers. We have quite a mix, chemical, electrial, mechanical...and 3 metallurgists.

As for what they do, the metallurgists are responsible for the mix of raw materials going into our product and quality control. The rest are the big picture guys to keep everything running and work closely with our maintenance department.

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