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07-28-2005, 08:25 AM
#41
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The shuttle has now been officially grounded. STS 114 will be the last as said by NASA administration.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
07-28-2005, 11:33 AM
#42
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[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 28 2005, 09:25 AM']The shuttle has now been officially grounded. STS 114 will be the last as said by NASA administration.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
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Hey, can you get me a couple of copies of the MDR brochure? The dark haired chick on the front is a friend of mine.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
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Hey, can you get me a couple of copies of the MDR brochure? The dark haired chick on the front is a friend of mine.
07-28-2005, 02:11 PM
#44
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 28 2005, 09:25 AM']The shuttle has now been officially grounded. STS 114 will be the last as said by NASA administration.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
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so that's where you work? cool.
i wouldn't worry too much about it. the fleet is just grounded pending further review of the external tank.
i don't think it's going to be nearly as long of a wait until the next mission.
i've been watching Nasa TV on the internet, there's some pretty cool live video. i was watching last night and one of the astronauts was complaining about a problem checking his e-mail, lol!
*calling tech support*
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05072...e_grounded.html
so as Canada's primere space robotics company who's only product is the Canada arm, and the canada arm's additional attachment to the space station sitting in our clean room and no more shuttle launches.... It looks like I will need to update my resume when $hit hits the fan...
bummer...
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so that's where you work? cool.
i wouldn't worry too much about it. the fleet is just grounded pending further review of the external tank.
i don't think it's going to be nearly as long of a wait until the next mission.
i've been watching Nasa TV on the internet, there's some pretty cool live video. i was watching last night and one of the astronauts was complaining about a problem checking his e-mail, lol!
*calling tech support*
07-28-2005, 03:43 PM
#45
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[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 28 2005, 12:51 PM']I don't think i've seen that one before... i'll haev to look for it.
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http://www.mdrobotics.ca/careers/students.html
Forgot she was in a lab coat, behind the azn dude!
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http://www.mdrobotics.ca/careers/students.html
Forgot she was in a lab coat, behind the azn dude!
08-04-2005, 02:38 PM
#46
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So to all you mechanical engineers, scince i am looking at becoming an engineer being that i am only 16 i still have a little while to deside. Is there many jobs available for a mech engineer? What is your aprox. wage? Also since car suspension/chassis design would be what i would be looking at getting into, are there any other coarses suggest to take along with the mech. engineer coarses? Its either this or becoming a welder/pipe fitter and going up and working in the oil sands, my dads freind just went up there and his first year salary is 70,000$ a year plus the 40,000$ sign up bonus. Seems like no one wants to actually work, and just wants to sit at a computer.
08-05-2005, 07:24 AM
#48
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[quote name='mike_rudy' date='Aug 4 2005, 02:38 PM']So to all you mechanical engineers, scince i am looking at becoming an engineer being that i am only 16 i still have a little while to deside. Is there many jobs available for a mech engineer? What is your aprox. wage? Also since car suspension/chassis design would be what i would be looking at getting into, are there any other coarses suggest to take along with the mech. engineer coarses? Its either this or becoming a welder/pipe fitter and going up and working in the oil sands, my dads freind just went up there and his first year salary is 70,000$ a year plus the 40,000$ sign up bonus. Seems like no one wants to actually work, and just wants to sit at a computer.
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avg start I would say is 40k to 42k gross. I have heard of people taking 38k, can't really do much if you can't find work, the banks are knocking on your door for student loan payments and you haven't had any luck for the past year.
If you are smart you will hopefully get promoted fast... so within the first 2 to 3 years you might reach 60k. But it plateaus at that point. To break 60k you need to cut it. You can hump 60k until you retire if you have zero ambition.
Anything to do with car design is far and few. Unless. you have USA passport, or went to a top USA engineering school such as Texas A&M, University of Michigan. If you are wanting to stick in canada the majority of my classmates found production engineering jobs with the mech degree. So setting up automation equipment in factories and such... PLC programming, robotics etc. Only person I know who is doing car stuff is a buddy being the shift manager at GM in oshawa i think, and Jamie in the engineering building doing suspension work.
if you like sitting behind a desk with a computer for 8+ hours a day with voicemail and phone and surrounded by beige cubicle walls then engineering is perfect for you.
It is definitly not what I expected it to be.
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avg start I would say is 40k to 42k gross. I have heard of people taking 38k, can't really do much if you can't find work, the banks are knocking on your door for student loan payments and you haven't had any luck for the past year.
If you are smart you will hopefully get promoted fast... so within the first 2 to 3 years you might reach 60k. But it plateaus at that point. To break 60k you need to cut it. You can hump 60k until you retire if you have zero ambition.
Anything to do with car design is far and few. Unless. you have USA passport, or went to a top USA engineering school such as Texas A&M, University of Michigan. If you are wanting to stick in canada the majority of my classmates found production engineering jobs with the mech degree. So setting up automation equipment in factories and such... PLC programming, robotics etc. Only person I know who is doing car stuff is a buddy being the shift manager at GM in oshawa i think, and Jamie in the engineering building doing suspension work.
if you like sitting behind a desk with a computer for 8+ hours a day with voicemail and phone and surrounded by beige cubicle walls then engineering is perfect for you.
It is definitly not what I expected it to be.
08-05-2005, 10:59 AM
#49
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[quote name='mike_rudy' date='Aug 4 2005, 03:38 PM']So to all you mechanical engineers, scince i am looking at becoming an engineer being that i am only 16 i still have a little while to deside. Is there many jobs available for a mech engineer? What is your aprox. wage? Also since car suspension/chassis design would be what i would be looking at getting into, are there any other coarses suggest to take along with the mech. engineer coarses? Its either this or becoming a welder/pipe fitter and going up and working in the oil sands, my dads freind just went up there and his first year salary is 70,000$ a year plus the 40,000$ sign up bonus. Seems like no one wants to actually work, and just wants to sit at a computer.
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Cheers is right and wrong.
I work for GM doing suspension design. My job is mostly making design changes to current produciton stuff. It is not as cool as it sounds. If you want to get into the hard-core, "clean sheet of paper" stuff, be prepaired to move to Michigan.
Salary wise (be prepared to be sick) I started in 2003 @ 56k, and I am now at 60 and change.
As far as supplimenting your education, there are 3 things you can do, and I am very serious about these:
1. Get a subscription to Hot Rod Magazine, and a subscription to Grass Roots Motorsports. Do this right now. There is TONNES of useful tech in these, and you should be able to handle the level of the wrtiting no problem.
2. As you get older/more education, check out the SAE books available. Tom Gillespie's vehicle dynamics book is great, though there is a good deal of Calculus. "How to make your car handle" is a pretty good starter book as well.
3. Start working on cars. Since the age of 14, I have owned/had/worked on...let's see... 14 different cars. There are not too many days that go by when I don't call some of this experience into use.
As far as the overall automotive industry goes, it breaks down like so:
OEM's (GM, Ford, etc.) pay very well, but the work is not that interesting. Basically, you make other people's designs fit into your vehicle.
Suppliers (Dana, Delphi, Visteon, etc.) basically do the hard-core design and testing. Much more interesting work, but they pay much less. My wife (also an engineer) designs/builds/tests intercoolers, but gets paid a lot less than me.
That's all for now. PM me if you want a "what I know now what I wish I knew then"
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Cheers is right and wrong.
I work for GM doing suspension design. My job is mostly making design changes to current produciton stuff. It is not as cool as it sounds. If you want to get into the hard-core, "clean sheet of paper" stuff, be prepaired to move to Michigan.
Salary wise (be prepared to be sick) I started in 2003 @ 56k, and I am now at 60 and change.
As far as supplimenting your education, there are 3 things you can do, and I am very serious about these:
1. Get a subscription to Hot Rod Magazine, and a subscription to Grass Roots Motorsports. Do this right now. There is TONNES of useful tech in these, and you should be able to handle the level of the wrtiting no problem.
2. As you get older/more education, check out the SAE books available. Tom Gillespie's vehicle dynamics book is great, though there is a good deal of Calculus. "How to make your car handle" is a pretty good starter book as well.
3. Start working on cars. Since the age of 14, I have owned/had/worked on...let's see... 14 different cars. There are not too many days that go by when I don't call some of this experience into use.
As far as the overall automotive industry goes, it breaks down like so:
OEM's (GM, Ford, etc.) pay very well, but the work is not that interesting. Basically, you make other people's designs fit into your vehicle.
Suppliers (Dana, Delphi, Visteon, etc.) basically do the hard-core design and testing. Much more interesting work, but they pay much less. My wife (also an engineer) designs/builds/tests intercoolers, but gets paid a lot less than me.
That's all for now. PM me if you want a "what I know now what I wish I knew then"
08-08-2005, 08:36 AM
#50
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[quote name='Cheers!' date='Aug 5 2005, 08:24 AM']if you like sitting behind a desk with a computer for 8+ hours a day with voicemail and phone and surrounded by beige cubicle walls then engineering is perfect for you.
It is definitly not what I expected it to be.
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damn, again with the negativity (or as you may call it reality)
what do you guys think of government jobs?
they seem to pay really well, but the jobs seem real boring and it seems you need to stick to it for a looong time. i'm working at a government place right now and i have been asked to come back after i graduate...
but yeah, it seems moving to the states is the easiest way to get a good paying job for engineers, although i don't like the idea of living there.
- Aaron
It is definitly not what I expected it to be.
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damn, again with the negativity (or as you may call it reality)
what do you guys think of government jobs?
they seem to pay really well, but the jobs seem real boring and it seems you need to stick to it for a looong time. i'm working at a government place right now and i have been asked to come back after i graduate...
but yeah, it seems moving to the states is the easiest way to get a good paying job for engineers, although i don't like the idea of living there.
- Aaron