suggestion for changes in engineering education

ken285
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:49:36 +0000

I agree that engineers don’t know enough upon graduation (even after a MS), but I feel that the industry acknowledges that and is compensating for it through on the job training. New graduates start out more like apprentices than anything else. What it comes down to is do you learn in the classroom or in the field? I think both ways work.

I have experiences similar to aibarr, as do many of my friends who graduated with me 3 semesters ago. Your degree will give you the basics, but by no means are you even close to being an engineer on the first day of your job.