Engineering vs. Math -- What to major in?

Exengineer
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:39:18 +0000

“Do not listen to this. This statement is completely false. Speaking from experience, if you are a good engineer with experience, you will not be looking for a new career in your 40s or 50s.”

I vigorously disagree. In the market I am in, Greater Toronto, there is an oversupply of engineers and the difficulty of older engineers keeping employed here was confirmed to me by a member of PEO council, Denis Dixon. That is from Professional Engineers Ontario by which I am licensed. Despite having two passports, U.S. and Canadian and looking in both countries, I am being totally shut out regardless of my great experience and 20 years in my last job. It’s only false if you haven’t experienced it yourself, but you can’t blatantly say it’s completely false. At age 54 I am now a true ex-engineer and have not had even contract work since August. I could have done better with a two year program from a community college.