> > And about those illusions of grandeur, the last field that a bent megalomaniac would pursue would be engineering, which is what I plan to study when I move out to college this summer. :-)
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> > --Light"Engineers love their jobs because they sure don't do it for the money. Or so I've heard"side
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> Is that right? I can't wait to hear what Monkeyman Don has to say about this theory.
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> Gri"conquering the world with mind-bending designs"shny

Well, I wasn't going to say anything about it, but since you asked...

I went into engineering as a coincidence. However, I took chemical engineering in Calgary, which is arguably the world's greatest center of petroleum industry knowledge. My first job after graduating university put me in a position where I was (am) earning a salary higher than what I have always thought of as "a comfortable salary" and higher than what both my parents were making put together. (My dad is now driving truck for the oil industry and making more money by himself than I do, if January is any indication.) I don't love my work, but I have a car, my VISA is paid off, and I will be debt free (COMPLETELY) in four years, with my RRSP contributions maximized.

All that aside, if you do go into engineering, do it because you will love it. I still think almost daily that I may have picked the wrong career. I can vouch for the truth of the old cliche "money isn't everything," because I am living it. And you are right-- not all engineers get a lot of money. Most engineers work a lot of unpaid overtime (I sure do) as well, and work pretty hard for the money they do get.

Don "It's not THAT bad, really, but I'm a little depressed right now about work. I'll get over it, I would think." Monkey