Engineering


Question by Nick:

Engineering?

I am in High school and I am taking all regular classes and a 4 year pre-engineering high school class. I was wondering if I could get any advice from engineers on what they do, how much they make, how to prepare, etc.




Best answer:

Answer by Christopher J. Holland
This is what an engineer does.
1. You get a problem and a deadline. Your job fix it by deadline.
2. Decide on what you need to accomplish your goal.
3. Make cuts and adjustments based on cost and deadlines.
4. Start implementing your design.
5. Attend weekly meeting to discuss your progress and the progress of others.
6. Bring you project online and work out the bugs.
7. Meet the deadline.
8. Ship the product.
9. Turn the product over to sustaining engineering so when new bugs are encountered, engineers can fix those bugs.
10. Goto Step 1.

How much you get paid is directly proportional to how quickly and cost effective you are in designing your project.

Do more with less.

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