Of course, the Mechanical Engineer is the one we can beat up for deciding to put a bolt in a place that you cannot access with normal tools, and thus have to make a special tool and bust your hands removing.
a mechanic is the person who needs to fix mistakes engineers make :)
Wow, $60K!! I need to move to america, I’ll pay my student loans off in a year!
I went into college and university with quite a good knowledge of helping to repair the family cars, brake pads and discs etc. I also had a vast experience of designing flying model aircraft which gave me a very good understanding of fluid dynamics and mechanical principles. I feel I was at quite an advantage being that I was more of a hobbyist engineer than someone just going into it as a profession like the majority of people on my course.
The only bits of maths I really struggled with were the bits they never explained the uses of, but it definitely sounds like we had more design and construction experiences than you did. We were taught CAD software and had several group design projects with peer review presentations etc.
As a mechanical engineering student this was very helpful!
I started out an Automotive tech, got my hands dirty for two years then transitioned to Aviation Maintenance and from there Aviation Engineer. So experiencing both side’s of the fence the best I can simplify it is that being a tech is more hands on while being an Engineer is a lot of troubleshooting. Example: a day in a life of an tech mainly consist of diagnosis and repair. In contrast an Engineer is constantly running test, reading manuals/schematics. It can get tedious and stressful. But the MAIN difference is PAY!!!! Engineers make some 30k more than an average tech. The way I keep a balance is having project cars on the side to keep my hands busy while I bury my head in manuals and paperwork at work all day.
A mechanic has to buy his own tools in the US if he starts at a dealership? Odd. Thought the workshops provided the tools.
It’s a shame that engineers are not very well respected or paid over here in the UK. The term ‘engineer’ is overused by non-engineers and this has devalued it which is a shame to real British engineers!
In germany you have to learn 3,5 years to be a mechanic/mechatronic you learn a lot about motronic and electronic like can-bus after that you can do your “Master” in Mechanic/Mechatronic it’s like a Collage dagree i think. then you be able to visit a University and study mechanical engeneer
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Of course, the Mechanical Engineer is the one we can beat up for deciding to put a bolt in a place that you cannot access with normal tools, and thus have to make a special tool and bust your hands removing.
a mechanic is the person who needs to fix mistakes engineers make :)
Wow, $60K!! I need to move to america, I’ll pay my student loans off in a year!
I went into college and university with quite a good knowledge of helping to repair the family cars, brake pads and discs etc. I also had a vast experience of designing flying model aircraft which gave me a very good understanding of fluid dynamics and mechanical principles. I feel I was at quite an advantage being that I was more of a hobbyist engineer than someone just going into it as a profession like the majority of people on my course.
The only bits of maths I really struggled with were the bits they never explained the uses of, but it definitely sounds like we had more design and construction experiences than you did. We were taught CAD software and had several group design projects with peer review presentations etc.
As a mechanical engineering student this was very helpful!
I started out an Automotive tech, got my hands dirty for two years then transitioned to Aviation Maintenance and from there Aviation Engineer. So experiencing both side’s of the fence the best I can simplify it is that being a tech is more hands on while being an Engineer is a lot of troubleshooting. Example: a day in a life of an tech mainly consist of diagnosis and repair. In contrast an Engineer is constantly running test, reading manuals/schematics. It can get tedious and stressful. But the MAIN difference is PAY!!!! Engineers make some 30k more than an average tech. The way I keep a balance is having project cars on the side to keep my hands busy while I bury my head in manuals and paperwork at work all day.
A mechanic has to buy his own tools in the US if he starts at a dealership? Odd. Thought the workshops provided the tools.
It’s a shame that engineers are not very well respected or paid over here in the UK. The term ‘engineer’ is overused by non-engineers and this has devalued it which is a shame to real British engineers!
In germany you have to learn 3,5 years to be a mechanic/mechatronic you learn a lot about motronic and electronic like can-bus after that you can do your “Master” in Mechanic/Mechatronic it’s like a Collage dagree i think. then you be able to visit a University and study mechanical engeneer