Recent content by oliequeen

Alright, I appreciate the advice. But like I said before, engineering is a little too far to shoot for at this point, due to money issues. But following your advice, would you say the mech tech with an option to bridge into an engineering program later would be more worthwhile than doing an...

It will be slightly faster but it will cost me more where I live. The community college seems to receive stronger subsidization than the university here. I've registered for both programs in case a spot opens (hvac and mech eng tech) so I'll have to give this serious thought over the next few...

Geez, that's impressive (to go from electrician to mech engineer). I thought most people who went into engineering had some sort of strong affinity for math or physics. I do agree with you on the mundane and repetitive nature which is what I'm a little worried about. I mean I don't want to...

Another question, did you choose electrical engineering (I'm assuming) as your major simply because you were an electrician before that? Or was that the part of physics that appealed to you the most? I spoke to an academic advisor yesterday at my community college and they suggested taking...

Really? Could you be a bit more specific? I'm not disagreeing with you, but could you go into a bit more detail about 'hardcore' chem, physics, mechanics, etc.? Because I don't want to end up in a similar situation. When I did this college diploma course, we were kind of led to believe that...

Thanks for the response and I'd like to keep this discussion going if that's okay. I was hoping to find a tradesperson on this forum. Could you tell me why you went back for engineering rather than starting your own business as an electrician? Could you also send me the link from where you...

Because of time and money issues. Going back to school for 4-5 years for a mechanical engineering degree would leave me with a huge amount of debt. The HVAC course would be the most profitable in the short term, and the mech tech could be as well depending on the company I would work for. Yes...

I realize this. But this is what it's called in Canada, and it is at a community college. There are also bridging options to engineering programs at two universities here that would allow transfer into second and third year respectively.

Hey all, so I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I recently graduated from a community college with what would probably be considered a biological technician or laboratory technician diploma. I've worked for approximately a year in my field, but got laid off a few months ago. There just seems to be...