just got accepted to maryland
02-17-2007, 06:49 PM
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Re: just got accepted to maryland
Originally Posted by jagojon3
Mechanical engineers make weapons.
Civil engineers make targets
Civil engineers make targets
Originally Posted by BirdmanMD
ummm because there is a place around here named Bechtel. They're a huge engineering/construction firm. I interned for them last year and was offered a job out of high school. They have a place for me waiting after college with their civil engineering department working with either bridges or parks and rec. I just want the mechanical experience in case.
haha im an ol country boy, itll be a change for sure
haha im an ol country boy, itll be a change for sure
02-17-2007, 08:14 PM
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Re: just got accepted to maryland
Originally Posted by Racintweek
which campus b-more or PG county??
what did you have to do to get the job at bechtel?? i heard they pay pretty well even for under-educated people
what did you have to do to get the job at bechtel?? i heard they pay pretty well even for under-educated people
Im going to the College Park campus. Didn't apply to umbc in baltimore because im not chinese so i wouldn't be allowed there.
Bechtel averages like 30-40k for their DRAFTERSSSSS. which means someone else hands you a drawing, you try to make sense of it and draw it, and they tell you to change some stuff around. They hire some people out of high school to do that. It's crazy. The company master drafters and positions ill be working in would be more like 60-80k, but im not expecting anything more than 30 RIGHT out of college. You should see the parking lot. BMW, mercedes, BMW, lamborghini, viper, bmw....its crazy
always wanted to do something with automotive engineering but i figure if the job is there and has the security...ill have the extra money to do what i want with cars.
Ford and GM use the car wind tunnel at Maryland, so ill try to post pics of some of the cool ---- there next year.
02-17-2007, 08:31 PM
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Re: just got accepted to maryland
---- i took drafting in HS. but i have been out of school for almost 8 years now, i'm prob a little rusty :1
60-80k for a college grad seems like BS to me
another couple years of selling VW parts and will be in the mid-60's, w/ a GED and no college
60-80k for a college grad seems like BS to me
another couple years of selling VW parts and will be in the mid-60's, w/ a GED and no college
02-17-2007, 08:53 PM
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Re: just got accepted to maryland
Originally Posted by BirdmanMD
sry, 60-80k for a masters degree, forgot to clarify. whats 11 an hour? thats what i was getting at my uncles a/c shop just being shop bitch. wasn't bad money for a 17 year old
22,800 is 11/hr
02-17-2007, 09:28 PM
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Re: just got accepted to maryland
Originally Posted by BirdmanMD
tweek your from around here, you know bechtel. theyre crazy big
i mean, just think dubai in saudi arabia or the hoover damn. crazy big
i mean, just think dubai in saudi arabia or the hoover damn. crazy big
there are TONS of major companies w/ huge facilities around here. MedImmune(created Flu-Mist), Boeing, Lockheed, NorthropGrumman, Chugach, and the list goes on.
