Engineering-Which one?? Which Field?? (1 Viewer)

[drewbrow1]

his full of shit, dont listen to him. Civil Engineers do work on site, if you plan on doing construction, then most of the time you would be outside, civil engineers mainly work indoors, especially if you want to get into consulting.

Spot on - consulting engineers work in nice offices in town (with occasional site visits) and get to work on new challenges all the time. Construction engineers generally work in the site office compound (hot and dusty!), and construction practices don't change much so after a few years I imagine it'd get a bit dull. I've had experience with both and consulting is definately the way to go for me, others may like the thrills of working on-site and seeing your creation grow etc.


The upper quartile mining total package is $96,328, the upper quartile mining base salary is $53,500 (against $71,940 and $55,000 for construction btw). So while some mining grads get big packages, lots of it is used up in flights, accommodation and vehicle leasing, and you'd have to weigh up whether it's worth spending most of you're time away.

 

[Chris.]

i wouldve done biomed


but im shit at maths.

 

[MathsIsWeird]

i still cant decide which is better civil or structural diffrent people have diffrent views so its hard to decide.
Which one requires less maths

 

[jannny]

dude civil engineering is considered to have "less maths" compared to the other engineering specialties e.g. electrical. Also, structural is a SPECIALIZATION of civil. so Engineering > Civil > Structural.

 

[wrxsti]

i still cant decide which is better civil or structural diffrent people have diffrent views so its hard to decide.
Which one requires less maths

lol, its basically the same shit man.

Civil(structure, civil(alone), civil(water)....are basically the same

but construction/material would be different
and also water is a little off from civil/structure.

They are require the same level of maths, however water might be a little more, as you need to calculate all things to do with water, fluids etc etc.

 

[sonic1988]

why dont you consider mining engineering?

 

[jimmayxd]

i enjoy working on the field
so civil engineer is my way =]

 

[Riet]

As our professor said: You won't be doing anything like what you think you will at the end of 4 years. You go wear the work takes you. Even in infrastructure they still need mechnical engineers as well as civil. Also, they get over $9000.