I'm in Engin obviously. Tech specifically. It's totally an office job. Boring as hell like an office job. Maybe occassional travel. Like Houston, California, North Carolina. My co-workers do Shanghai, Shenzhen and Yokohama area usually. It ain't like partying at New York every night like big bankers, but it's not that bad. But "只係好多人鐘意坐office 唔想走黎走去" show that the common perception of Asians on Engineering is that it's a very hands on job, and not glamourous. Which I do agree to some extent, but definately not in the pay department when compared to your average Vancouver accontant, and not in terms of being like a mechanic or a technician....
When I am talking about engineering, I am talking about Apple/Google/Samsung/etc. Alberta is also one kind of engineering, for oil and gas. Very good money on anything oil and gas of course. Mining hires material Eng, whom I'd think got very little field work for these people also. Some Civil, Architectural, Geoscientist type does have some field work. I can't comment too much on those cuz I'm not familiar with them. But tech is definately growing very healthily (unlike during the tech bubble). Pay is not bad and relatively stable. Worst case job mobility is not too bad either....
Of course if you can be doctors, strategic consultants and iBankers, even tho u most likely need another 10 years of educaiton, or need to get into Ivey League B/Law School to be considered.... don't look back. But if we need to go down to the more Ugrad type disciplines. Engineering, albeit a little tougher during the undergrads (which is nothing compared to trying to ace ur resume and GMAT to get into Stanford/Havard/Chicago), might be worth considering if one isn't too deep into their Ugrad program yet. |
發表於 2012-11-27 12:59
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