Any Engineers here?

[mxrider42]

I am a Civil Engineering/ Surveying Major. I work for a Geotechnical Engineer. I learn what to do on the jobs and learn why we did it that way in school.
I have done two co-op rotations with GE Energy. I would highly suggest doing a summer co-op/internship and find out what is out there.
I also agree with daniel1983, join the NSPE and any other student clubs you can. They offer free food at meetings plus you get to network with a lot of companies.
Trey

[fishmommy]

I'm in NSPE - in fact I go to their national meeting every summer - this year it's in Oregon

Every state has the law about needing a PE license to call yourself an engineer when selling services. So, if you are employed by a company that wants to call you an engineer, that's perfectly fine. Heck they can call you the Pope and that's fine too, but if you try to go out on your own you cannot use the word Engineer without a license.

Lot's of people do violate these laws. It burns me up because it's difficult and expensive to get and keep a license active in each state you work in.

[Repti-Rob]

Network engineer here. Licensed Electrical Engineering but have my MCSE from Microsoft. Work for a medical supply company as a Network Admin/Infrastructure Engineer.....so basically I sit in front of the computer all day playing on BP.net