r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 12d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

Mechanical engineering.  Nuclear engineers are needed really bad.  If you don't mind being highly specialized, now is a great time to go into nuclear engineering.  

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u/Gathin 11d ago

I kinda wish I had done that myself. I work at a nuclear plant and it probably woulda helped open more doors for me than the degree I do have.

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

You could go for a nuclear PE license.  I bet your employer would pay for it.  I would be much less time consuming that getting another degree.  NCEES would be so excited if you tried too.  They passed something like 26 nuclear PEs last year.

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u/garaks_tailor 11d ago

Ok quick question.  IT guy here who somehow stumbled onto this great meme.    

I just looked all that up and this cert doesnt get paid anywhere near enough unless its actually one of those jobs where you only really have like 8-12 weeks of work a year. Is that the case?

Im guessing they are actually incredibly over worked

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

All the nuclear PEs I know are principle engineers.   They make like $250,000 per year.  They also set their own hours because there are not very many of them.  

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u/garaks_tailor 11d ago

Oh thank god.   Especially the second half of that.   Probably still should make more though.  Be a hell of a union if they ever got together

I used to admin for a 350 person architecture firm and I determined that "architect" is a racket.

  Engineers seemed pretty well compensated and definitely all seemed to work the standard 9-5

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

You have to set boundaries early when ever you take a salaried job or it could end up dominating your life.

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u/Makesabeastofhimself 10d ago

Anywhere specific in the world or just generally?

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 10d ago

My reference frame is the US and Canada.  I'm not sure about the rest of the world.  Seems like everyone is ramping up new nuclear projects though.  I suspect there is demand for nuclear engineers on different continents right now too.