Should i major in computer Engineering well specifically Hardware engineering or major A&P Mechanic?
Computer Engineering will take Four yrs for a bachelor degree at NCSU or 2 yrs to recieve my A&P mechanic certificate at a Aviation School at PTI Please give me all the info about each ie, salary, which will have more jobs open when i complete the degree job security will i get laid off because of the dame outsourcing to foreign markets please i really need help with this one Also i get paid woth Veterans Benefits so the education free and i get $881 a month Also whould it be a good idea if i should take both because my benefits will not go away until i turn 26 im 18 right now and i have the ability to go back and forth i know a lot people who have a A&P certificate and all of them make 25 a hr or close and another just went oversees and was making 3000 a month no lie i really want a steady job thats gonna make me financially secure and u might say i have my whole life to plan this out but our wrong i have to do this here and now so please look around and find ppl or info about both
I’m a mechanical engineer but I actually work in aviation. The aviation industry is very very inconsistent. Its literally a rollercoaster ride where at one point you’ll have plenty of work..and then nothing to do at all…which may lead to lay-offs. This is nationally in the US…not just where I live. A lot of aviation companies took a nose dive during 9/11.
If I were you I would still push for the bachelor degree. With a bachelors you could always resort to some other field with relatively good pay and not have to take any other certification courses.
With your A&P certification you will be making okay money (by the way 3000 a month is not that great, depending where you live), plus aviation industries will only pay A&P guys so much…there’s not much room for advancement if you don’t have a degree. Plus…if companies were to lay off employees, your only options are to look for another similiar company (which can be hard to do), work retail, or work fast food.
First of all, job security cannot be easily achieved nowadays. And second, getting hourly wages is definitely not good enough.
I’m 22 right now, spent 5 years in college and just graduated with a 2-year diploma, which I didn’t learn much from. I kept switching programs because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. I went from Digital Media Design to Business Systems Analyst to Computer Systems and Network Technology. Did just basic computer stuff and networking.
Working full-time as a computer repair technician for 16$/hr, which gives you roughly $2500 a month. That’s definitely not enough, especially if you’re going to be living by yourself. I live with my parents now, and I can barely afford a new car + insurance, and I also help to pay for the house.
With this kind of pay grade, you’re constantly worrying about money, which easily leads to stress, followed by sickness and disease.
Right now I’m considering going to university to get a degree in Computer Engineering. Sure, I’ll have to endure another 4-5 years (depends if you have co-op work or not), but at least after that I’ll be on higher salary from the get-go, and not worry about having to live cheque to cheque.
I used to think that college would be the fast way to jump into the workforce, but I really didn’t learn much from college. Not just me, I think everyone in my program were complaining alot too.
My 2 cents.