<p>Do I need to know mechanics in order to be an electrical engineer on the job?</p>
<p>Sort of depends upon what kind of electrical engineering you want to do.</p>
<p>If you want to research wavelet compression, then no, you really don’t need to know mechanics.</p>
<p>If you want to go into robotics or avionics or something, then it might behoove you to know something about the highly mechanical systems you’re helping to design…</p>
<p>Well, I’m still investigating that grad school offer. I was told by my parents that as long as surveying and environmental engineering were encompassed in my graduate studies, that I could go to graduate school.</p>
<p>I ask because everyone around me seems to either assign me menial jobs at work that seem very hard for me when they are simple to the construction laborers I work alongside. My boss (my dad) keeps pushing me to really get familiar with mechanics, and I tend to feel a little frustrated when I don’t get mechanics right away.</p>
<p>Anyways, I’d appreciate any more comments on this subject.</p>