CZAR357
Junior Member
Kind of a long post so if you dont have a lot of time there are questions at the bottom. If you do have the time to read, please read it first.
Here is my situation. I just finished my first year of college. I am taking electrical engineering at the moment. I took 4 classes in the fall and 5 in the spring. I passed all 4 in the fall but failed one in the spring.:spank: It is the first time I have failed and even the first time I have gotten a grade below a B- in my life!
It was my programming using java course(ABSOLUTELY HATED IT!).
This leaves me with a few options. I can... 1) Retake the course and pass(hopefully) and continue on as planned and will just have to make up a 1 course in a summer before I graduate, 2) Switch my major to mechanical engineering because the only course I would have to make up is whichever course they have in place for the java course(matlab i think). This would put me in a different direction but maybe something I might enjoy more. or 3) Look at different majors outside of engineering.
I have been thinking about this a lot and just wanted to get some opinions that werent from my family members. My father kind of lead me into engineering with the talk of lots of :iconbeer:. :justkidding: It was the money. Engineers make lots of money yada yada yada. Well, I liked money and didnt really know what I wanted to do when I graduated high school so I went with it. I know money isnt everything which is why I am looking at a switch out of electrical engineering but I dont really know what to do. Driving cars and motorcycles make me happy but I am not going to be a racecare driver or a gp racer and dont want to be the one fixing other peoples' vehicles either. I guess I have been doing a lot of ranting:rant:. Thanks for reading it all if you did.
The main questions I would like answered if possible are...
[electrical] Was all of the work to become an engineer worth it? Are you happy where you are? (life stories are welcome) How did you choose your career? Did you ever think about doing something else? If so, what? If you had to do it all over again, would you? If you wouldn't, what would you change? What exactly do you do for your job?
[mechanical] Same as above
[anyone who wants to answer the questions] If you are not an engineer, why arent you? What did you choose instead? Why? Are you happy with your decisions? Do you wish you made more money and/or would you trade some money for more happiness?
Thanks
Here is my situation. I just finished my first year of college. I am taking electrical engineering at the moment. I took 4 classes in the fall and 5 in the spring. I passed all 4 in the fall but failed one in the spring.:spank: It is the first time I have failed and even the first time I have gotten a grade below a B- in my life!
It was my programming using java course(ABSOLUTELY HATED IT!).
This leaves me with a few options. I can... 1) Retake the course and pass(hopefully) and continue on as planned and will just have to make up a 1 course in a summer before I graduate, 2) Switch my major to mechanical engineering because the only course I would have to make up is whichever course they have in place for the java course(matlab i think). This would put me in a different direction but maybe something I might enjoy more. or 3) Look at different majors outside of engineering.
I have been thinking about this a lot and just wanted to get some opinions that werent from my family members. My father kind of lead me into engineering with the talk of lots of :iconbeer:. :justkidding: It was the money. Engineers make lots of money yada yada yada. Well, I liked money and didnt really know what I wanted to do when I graduated high school so I went with it. I know money isnt everything which is why I am looking at a switch out of electrical engineering but I dont really know what to do. Driving cars and motorcycles make me happy but I am not going to be a racecare driver or a gp racer and dont want to be the one fixing other peoples' vehicles either. I guess I have been doing a lot of ranting:rant:. Thanks for reading it all if you did.
The main questions I would like answered if possible are...
[electrical] Was all of the work to become an engineer worth it? Are you happy where you are? (life stories are welcome) How did you choose your career? Did you ever think about doing something else? If so, what? If you had to do it all over again, would you? If you wouldn't, what would you change? What exactly do you do for your job?
[mechanical] Same as above
[anyone who wants to answer the questions] If you are not an engineer, why arent you? What did you choose instead? Why? Are you happy with your decisions? Do you wish you made more money and/or would you trade some money for more happiness?
Thanks