LoveNotHate wrote:
Where I work, we are always looking to hire electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering grads.
I would recommend a getting a M.S. in electrical engineering.
Where do you work?? I know a guy with a BSME who has about 8 years experience with HVAC-R design. He passed the PE exam last year. He needs a new job. His current office seems to be suffering from gross mismanagement. If you're in the Pittsburgh PA area, I just might drop you his resume.
Back on topic:
A half-good life in America is still very possible.
You just might have to redefine what "a half-good life" is. It no longer means a great job with excellent benefits, a pension, and an ample salary. It no longer means a nice house and a newer car and cool toys. The post-WWII "American Dream" is, to be frank, deader than dogshit..
As someone else has said, it was a historical anomaly anyway.
There are all kinds of other ways to live a "half-good life." The first thing you have to do is figure out what "a half-good life" means to you.
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