For an engineering job, would another bachelors be better than a masters?

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@Tyjay516

There are too many variables in the job market to make definitive statements like “You wont get an engineering job with a physics degree”.</p>

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<p>I however think that “academia” types are being dishonest and disingenuous in suggesting that employers regard a physics degree as a type of engineering degree. They don’t. Its hard to hear but it’s the truth.

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<p>So you cite too many variables for one statement and make a similarly overbroad statement immediately following it? There are way too many variables for that, too.</p>

<p>Again, though, this thread was not about whether a BS in physics gives the same chance at an engineering career as a BS in engineering. The question was whether a BS in physics plus an MS in engineering was better than a BS in each of engineering and physics, and the answer to that is unequivocally yes. Employers will, by and large, not care that your BS is in physics if you have that MS in engineering that proves you are engineer enough to earn an advanced degree in engineering and you have skills specialized in the area they seek.</p>