Year 12s: what will be the first way you research your future options? >>

POLL:Which career pays more?

Computing or engineering?

i mean i surfed a few career websites and majority of engineering jobs earn after a few yrs of experience round a bout £40,000 - £50,000, how ever compared to computing jobs such as analyst or developer it s about £40,000 - £80,000

so what do you think?

Reply 1

hallucination

Do something you enjoy rather than something that pays well. Engineering and Computing are both good careers to pursue and are often linked one way or another.

Go For The Money!!!!

Go for something you enjoy, also VERY important to make good contacts. Sometimes it's who you know, not what you know. So start begging friends with people in high power :biggrin:

(I have a few professor friends at Gresham College already!)

Reply 4

SlyPie

Money money money money MONEYYYYYYYYY (like that song)

However isn't engineering going to be a more steady career choice compared to computing?

Reply 5

liverpool

you wont go far if u go for money

u wont enjoy what you do and wont do good work and wont to your full potentoal while what u like uwill do very well and £50 000 a year isnt bad at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply 6

act smiley

Either way, it depends how many promotions you get, doesn't it? Do whatever you enjoy and you're more likely to get promoted to that level, rather than just drop out. If you get onto either of those pay brackets at all, you're loaded and have nothing to complain about, so go for the subject you enjoy.