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james_s:

--- Quote from: NSCI0T7 on October 09, 2020, 04:13:56 am ---Thanks for the reflection.  I'm now considering going for an MBA.  Electrical engineering, you have failed me.

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And what are you going to do with that? What company are you thinking of applying to work for? Electrical Engineering didn't fail you, you are failing to do what it takes to get a job that utilizes the degree you earned. If you're in a small town and unwilling to relocate then you're likely to be very limited in your prospects. Certainly explore the local industry, decide on a job you want and then get the education you need to get that job. Don't just get a degree and expect a job to materialize out of nowhere and fall in your lap.

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: james_s on October 09, 2020, 05:47:24 am ---
--- Quote from: NSCI0T7 on October 09, 2020, 04:13:56 am ---Thanks for the reflection.  I'm now considering going for an MBA.  Electrical engineering, you have failed me.

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And what are you going to do with that? What company are you thinking of applying to work for? Electrical Engineering didn't fail you, you are failing to do what it takes to get a job that utilizes the degree you earned. If you're in a small town and unwilling to relocate then you're likely to be very limited in your prospects. Certainly explore the local industry, decide on a job you want and then get the education you need to get that job. Don't just get a degree and expect a job to materialize out of nowhere and fall in your lap.

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I agree. Now is not the time to go back to school, given that we are in the grips of you know, the thing so to speak.   ;)

Networking is the key. I'm not talking about running Cat5 cables. I'm talking about finding out who near to you has a need you can remedy quickly and efficiently. Build up a trust among your peers and your niche will present itself.

rstofer:

--- Quote from: NSCI0T7 on October 09, 2020, 04:13:56 am ---Thanks for the reflection.  I'm now considering going for an MBA.  Electrical engineering, you have failed me.

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If there are no EE jobs where you live and you don't want to relocate, it isn't EE that has failed you.  It just isn't going to happen until your constraints change.  I've been retired for 17 years so I have no idea what is happening but I'll bet there are jobs in Silicon Valley or up north in Seattle or Portland.  Austiin is another possibility.  I might focus on defense contractors simply because the classified work can't be outsourced.  But that probably won't happen in your area.

Just because your degree is in EE doesn't mean you can't apply your skills (notably math) in other areas.  I never spent a day in electronics engineering but I still used my education to make a decent living.  I relocated - twice.  But I had the freedom to do that.

The reason I brought up MBA earlier is that it doesn't tend to have a lot of undergrad requirements.  An MSEE program will insist you have a BSEE but this isn't usually the case for an MBA.  They may insist on undergrad math but EEs have that covered in spades.  You may need to brush up on statistics.  An MBA is the most general of post-graduate degrees - there should be applications just about everywhere.

OTOH, from bls.gov we can see that job growth is in CS, not EE.  How many classes to get a dual major in CS?  That's a job that can be done remotely and the idea of Work From Home is becoming permanent and popular.

coppice:
People with an MBA are so common it really has no value. You certainly don't learn much in an MBA course that is of general value. Wifey has an MBA from a respectable university, and I followed what she was studying.

Electro Fan:

--- Quote from: coppice on October 09, 2020, 02:50:33 pm ---People with an MBA are so common it really has no value. You certainly don't learn much in an MBA course that is of general value. Wifey has an MBA from a respectable university, and I followed what she was studying.

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Must be a lot of people who already knew a lot if they didn’t learn much of general value when they got their MBA.

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