Master's in electrical engineering after bachelor's in mechanical engineering?

Hyperfluxe
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:18:58 +0000

@TomServo;
You bring up good points, but the thought of moving to a difference country for a job elsewhere is intimidating. You’re leaving your friends and family, and the city that you love behind for a job where you know no one. I would like to have options, as in I don’t necessarily have to move cities to find employment. I’m living in a different city right now as a first year university student (at McGill University), and it’s pretty tough to be away from everyone. I just don’t want to have to sacrifice everything to find employment. Though, my dream jobs and fields are mostly located in California (tech) and Ottawa (Canada’s only decent tech city).

@BEngineer;
Which year did you graduate in and at which university? Seniors at U of Calgary told me that students for the last few years in EE/SE have had the hardest time finding an internship while their Mech/Chem/O&G counterparts easily found internships. That being said, power is definitely my least favourite field in EE. Is there many EE jobs in O&G in Calgary? People have been telling me that at a typical EPC firm in Calgary, for every ~30 Mech/Civil/Chem/O&G engineers, there’s only one EE.

By the way, thanks for the responses everyone!