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Its not possible to answer a question like that! the hands on building engineers will b on the foor in the factory, the concept engineers will be upstairs in the board room, mathsy engineers will be in cubicals at desks, and my dustbin engineer didnt take my bin away again last week 
My point is engineer is such a generic term anyone and everyone can call themselves one. You HAVE to be more specific!
My point is engineer is such a generic term anyone and everyone can call themselves one. You HAVE to be more specific!
this depends on whether you apply for a general engineering degree (i think the only respectable one out there is from Cambridge) or you chose a specific type of degree to begin in the 1st year.
Cambridge you try everything for 2 years, and specialise in the last two.
most other places, you will be doing what you wanna do most for 4 years (or 3 if you're a slacker doing a BEng)
Engineers can work pretty much anywhere depending upon the type of engineering they go into.
My dad's an electrical engineer, and he can work in a factory (he has a desk in the corner to design stuff) or he can go up to a recording studio if someone wants him to come out and fix something (because he specialises in recording equipment).
Civil engineers are usually based at a desk, but often they are required to go out and visit construction sites where their work is taking place.
and, a domestic engineer stays at home, occasionally doing the shopping, picking up the kids... ahem.
Cambridge you try everything for 2 years, and specialise in the last two.
most other places, you will be doing what you wanna do most for 4 years (or 3 if you're a slacker doing a BEng)
Engineers can work pretty much anywhere depending upon the type of engineering they go into.
My dad's an electrical engineer, and he can work in a factory (he has a desk in the corner to design stuff) or he can go up to a recording studio if someone wants him to come out and fix something (because he specialises in recording equipment).
Civil engineers are usually based at a desk, but often they are required to go out and visit construction sites where their work is taking place.
and, a domestic engineer stays at home, occasionally doing the shopping, picking up the kids... ahem.
Vladek
i wish they'd make engineering like architecture, you can't call your self an architech if you're a bricky, but you can call yourself an engineer if all you do is plug in wires at concert venues, its wrong i tell you!
Engineer = Professional.
Engineer = Professional.
Nah, we're all greasy rags and spanners really!
get hold of this book : 'flying buttresses, entropy and orings : the world of an engineer' by somethign lames, some dude who studied mech eng at caltech and stanford.
its on both warwicks and cambridges suggested prelim. reading list. i flicked thru it a little while ago and it does gve a pretty broad veiw of all aspects of engineering, although some bits r a bit boring it is kinda helpful.
its on both warwicks and cambridges suggested prelim. reading list. i flicked thru it a little while ago and it does gve a pretty broad veiw of all aspects of engineering, although some bits r a bit boring it is kinda helpful.
Vladek
i wish they'd make engineering like architecture, you can't call your self an architech if you're a bricky, but you can call yourself an engineer if all you do is plug in wires at concert venues, its wrong i tell you!
Engineer = Professional.
Engineer = Professional.
That's a good idea, my gran asked me the other day what I wanted to be when I was older and I said "Hmm, I'm thinking about engineering" and she said "What? You wanna be a car mechanic?".
I heard this is one of the few developed countries where a mechanic can call themselves an engineer and get away with it? Engineering isn't associated with highly trained, professional careers like accounting and law, but it should be really, shouldn't it?
yeah totally, i mean the insitutes are out there and they're very good but there's nothing to stop you calling yourself an engineer even if you're not qualified. You can't go around calling yourself a doctor of medicine if you did a degree in nuclear physics, so why should engineering be different?
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