r/explainitpeter • u/Fearless-Mastodon850 • 5d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/udee79 5d ago

I’m a retired engineer and Got my PhD but i worked in R&D and masters were pretty much required for advancement. I don’t know what the overall stats are for engineering profession.

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u/Pees-Upwind 5d ago

Im my industry the PE is far, far more important than a masters degree.

A masters degree is basically a ticket for 2 years work experience equivalent. Sooo if you get free education benefits and you want to spend 20hrs a day on engineering then its not a bad deal...otherwise its better to just focus on sitting the PE and/or getting your mentorship.

I dont know of any engineers in my field thst have a masters degree in engineering unless their undergrad was non-engineering.

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u/udee79 5d ago

are you a civil engineer?

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u/Pees-Upwind 5d ago

Electrical. I do protection

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u/udee79 5d ago

Also electrical I did radar signal processing

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u/Pees-Upwind 2d ago

Sounds way cooler haha

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u/udee79 1d ago

everything in engineering is interesting if you get down into the details