i shall be completing my bachelors in Computer engineering next year (may 2006). I am confused. This is not the field for me. What other options do i have from here. What is out there for people like us. MBA?. I have no clue. Help me out.
- Gamma
Re: life after a degree in computer engineering.
Gamma, these days there is a great emphasis on project management for engineers. Our university even specializes people in management of the fast pace network world. If you are not into engineering, definitely go for an MBA.
If you don't thin MBA is something you would wanna do, some engineers go for teaching, either after their masters in community colleges or just in high schools. Teacher certifications aren't hard, especially if you can show the board you can teach math.
Re: life after a degree in computer engineering.
^ lol... teaching is not my thing
Re: life after a degree in computer engineering.
Project Management is almost imperative for a good engineering-related position, and I know a lot of schools have integrated it as either a core or at least as a recommended elective component. So if you don't have it yet, you'd need to get an industry endorsed credential in your portfolio.
As far as an MBA goes, yes... that's always an option but for any good school, you'll require 3+ years of f-t work experience which is why you'd hafta work before you can get in... and if you haven't worked f-t for that long, then I gotta ask what makes you say that engineering aint your thing? Life outside school is very different.
You also need to remember that engineering doesn't always have to be hard core - you can work in softer areas such as being part of an NPD team, Business Analysis, Operations Consulting etc.
Re: life after a degree in computer engineering.
I was once offered a job for marketing the RTOS that the company produced along with arranging classes and seminars about it. I would have taken the job in a heart beat but it required about 50% travel and I just had a new born daughter.
Re: life after a degree in computer engineering.
^ kewl - training can be a good venue - but again you need to have an aptitude for teaching. I paid tuition in my final two years of undergrad by working for companies which would train me on new apps and then I'd have to train their clients - sort of a training intermediary :)
oh btw RTOS and Embedded/Native Apps - eeeks... not my cup of tea.:o