Aisyah Added Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM Is Engineering mostly a corporate job? How's your day like? Hi! I've always been interested in engineering because I thought I would be building and designing things. Until recently where I met someone who is a Civil Engineer (the field I'm thinking about) told me that she 98% work in an office-- in a cubicle-- and that its meetings after meetings. The reason why I'm interested in Engineering is because of the hands on and the variety of projects, I didn't expect to work in an office and I feel like I would die if I do. So how often are you using your ... Answers 2 Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace Answered Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM It really depends on the type of engineering role you get, and the industry. There are a lot of different job types for engineers - design, stress, test, manufacturing, research, specialty analysis (aero, thermal), quality, project. For example, a ...
Sidney asked Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace Added Monday, September 20, 2021 at 1:48 PM If I'm not good at math but awesome at science, can I be an engineer? Answers 0
Claudia Ketcham asked Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace Added Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 12:57 PM How much does the college you go to matter? I worry that because my school isn't well-known for its engineering degrees (we only have 2) that it will make it difficult to find a job because employers will hire people from schools with bigger names, so I feel like I should transfer to a more well know school to have a chance. How much does school name really matter in the hiring process? Am I overthinking this? Answers 1 Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace Answered Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 4:19 PM I am sure people have differing opinions on this, however, from my standpoint, the school matters a lot less than what you did at that school, what your grades were, and what you got involved in. I went to a California state school, and while it was ...
EngineerGirl Team asked Amber Hall, City of Somersworth Added Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 3:02 PM Do engineering professors really want students to fail their classes? I've heard that engineering professors and professors of related subjects are really tough and try to fail out half of the class. I don’t want to be in a field where people are trying to get rid of me. Is this really true? Do professors do this, and if so, why? And what do people do about it? Answers 9 Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace Answered Monday, August 10, 2020 at 9:29 PM This question already got a lot of good feedback regarding the difficulty of the curriculum so I will not repeat it all, but one professor sticks out to me. He was known to fail a lot of his classes and was the professor that sorted through those that ...