<p>I was given this advice by someone online to lead a successful career as an engineer who can make good money and travel a lot. Tell me what you think (assuming all goes well in college)
-BS in Engineering (mechanical?)
then
-Work at a company for 3-4 years
then
-ME in field im working in
then
-MBA in engineering management</p>
<p>does this sound like a good way to have a very attactive resume to work in higher end engineering management?</p>
<p>That is a good plan. It’s almost the same as my plan only I plan to work and get my master’s at the same time after a year or two of work.</p>
<p>do you know what kind of careers would be available upon completion? also, could you go to law school instead of business school if you wanted to do that?</p>
<p>Project leaders, lab supervisors, and standard management are types of jobs one could have after completion. You can definitely go to law school instead of business school. Intellectual property law is perfect for engineers.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan. Mine is similar, working on my MS right now, will do MBA after working a few yrs. I have a good friend whose father works for TI. He has a degree in CS or maybe EE and a MBA, and he’s a manager there who leads an entire team of people. I know he does very well money wise and and gets to travel to exotic locations like Thailand. I’ve seen pictures of some of the places he travelled to, and they were simply amazing. I don’t know how much he makes, but I know for a fact he makes 6 figures, since he hired someone starting at 100k.</p>
<p>As far as law school goes, make sure that’s interest you. You can do very well in an enginering career financially, although you can potentially earn more as a lawyer. I personally wouldn’t want to do anything I have no interest in though.</p>
<p>well law is interesting to me, im just making sure the posibility is open. for now im more interested in engineering. I jsut want to do well financially because it is important to me. So this sounds like a good idea. what you described about your friends dad sounds like the perfect job. do you know what the title of that is? something like director of engineering or what…im just trying to get titles so i can look them up and read up on them. thanks so far!</p>
<p>ps what makes intel property law perfect for engineers?</p>
<p>Intellectual property involves patents and design rights. Engineers immerse their work on one side of these legal issues so it would be easy for them to go to the other side.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, his title is Manager: Testing Technology: Semiconductor Group. </p>
<p>Just to throw some numbers out there. I have a friend who just graduated with his MBA at Purdue. He has a friend who graduated with a MBA along with him who already has a MS in mechanical engineering from Penn State, who was offered 100k starting at Raytheon before sign-on bonuses, and turned it down. On the law side, the same friend whose dad works at TI, is a 2L law student at Notre Dame right now. She tells me for next summer she’s looking at summer jobs that pays $1500-2700/week for 6-8 weeks at a law firm.</p>
<p>Either way I think you will do just fine. But make no mistake, both are going to require A LOT of hardwork and sacrifice. Maybe I’m biased, but I think going to the engineering route is a bit harder :)</p>
<p>do you enjoy doing engineering. Do you suggest it? I guess i can do BS in engineering and then decide between law school and eng. management. The money sounds better for law, but still good for eng. and eng seems more interesting. Its gotta be ahrd though. What are your opinions on it? Thanks sooo much for the help btw</p>
<p>ps about money, could an engineer with 5-10 years experience and an MBA make 150k + in eng management or is there a low limit?</p>
<p>Do I personally enjoy engineering? Yes. I’ve wanted to know how electronics work ever since I was little. Do I suggest it? Only if you have an interest in it. I’m not going to lie to you, at times I have raised up my fist and cursed the high heavens, or wishing I was in bed rather than in a lab at 3am in the morning. But at the end of a project when you see the finished product your hard work helped to shape come to fruitation, it is the most amazing feeling in the world. High on life? You betcha. </p>
<p>As for law school, yes it’s difficult too, but your undergrad (philo is popular for pre-law) is usually not nearly as tough as engineering. I dunno, law school just seems really boring to me. I have several friends in law school right now, and it just seems like all they do is read and memorize.</p>
<p>As I said before, life is not about amassing massive amounts of wealth (to me anyways, many people on this board will beg to differ). Either way you will be able to live comfortably, so do whatever gives you the highest amount of personal satisfaction.</p>
<p>As for what you can expect to earn after 5-10 yrs, once you are in management then it depends how far up you move. So I don’t really have any reliable data for that.</p>
<p>I read that you can become a patent agent without going to law school.You just take some exam and pass it.</p>
<p>im more interested in engineering, i was just worried about the money as id prefer to live a lavish lifestyle so i figured i might need to go into law (which i enjoy, but not nearly as much)</p>
<p>is there anywhere i can go to find out what its like to be an engineering manager or a patent lawyer? Like a day in the life kind of thing like princeton review has for these tw</p>