How "SAFE" is engineering major or engineering job???

sakky
Thu, 28 May 2009 14:21:40 +0000

…unless you’re talking about active-duty military. They’ve got excellent job security.



Unfortunately, you then have to worry about a different type of safety entirely. Outsourcing risk pales in comparison to gunfire risk.



And to connect to that, military contracting is relatively “safe” as well. Pretty much any engineering field has usefulness to certain military contracts, so if you get a job in that field, it should be “safer” than the average. And you don’t have to worry about outsourcing because most of those jobs require US citizenship at least, and security clearances as you progress.



Safer, perhaps. But hardly perfectly safe.

*Boeing itself sends key military work offshore.

Less than a month ago, for instance, Boeing announced a deal to form a joint venture with India’s Tata Industries, under which the U.S. aircraft manufacturer pledged to ship $500 million worth of defense-related aerospace component design and manufacturing work to Tata’s operations on the sub-continent.

At the time, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems CEO Jim Albaugh said the deal “represents another step in our commitment to India.”

According to Boeing, the agreement’s intent is to “develop new supply sources throughout the Indian manufacturing and engineering communities for both commercial and defense applications.” Boeing stated outright that it plans to outsource work on the Navy’s F/A 18 Super Hornet to its Indian joint venture.*