Im about to graduate next month with a engineering masters degree. Should I just have started a trade 6 years ago instead of pursuing this bullshit? How is it that an elevator mechanic makes 200k but my job prospects are retarded excel monkey 80k jobs after doing 6 years of fucking Fourier Transform homework
>>16933483You get women.That's the reward.
>>16933483the salary for a job is defined by the professionals' scarcitytoo many engineers and too few mechanics because people dont want to get their hands dirty or risk their physical integrity
>>16933670The physical danger for the guys getting paid more than OP is the real reason for their paycheck. Engineers only kill others, not themselves, if they produce shitty work.
>>16933674Elevator installers aren't getting paid more because of the risk, it's because the elevator installer unions have pushed for insane rent-seeking regulations to deliberately drive up the cost https://archive.is/uFxqo
>>16933483>Should I just have started a trade 6 years ago instead of pursuing this bullshit?Yes. Anyone going to university for a high paying job is retarded.
>>16933483I want you to do something on /x/, photograph shadows that look like figures until you photograph this
>>16933483what kind of engineer?
>>16933483Was it fun? I am doing computer science because I like discrete math and algebra more than calculus and analysis. I mostly just like algebra. If you just wanted money, want to work longish hours, and want to do a pretty good job, then trade probably would have been a better option I assume.
>>16933695Fair point. I update my stance to this cause.
>>16933483I'd rather do excel in an office with women to meet for $80k (starting) than fall down an elevator shaft and die for $200k at a sausage fest construction site
