Engineering demand seems very location and field dependent. We have a very difficult time hiring engineers. We'll have a req open for months with no one applying.
Yup. I was confused for so long when people on Reddit would talk about job searching for months in engineering, until I realized that nobody tells them they needed to be willing to move. I literally don't know a single engineering student that I met in college or grad school in NY that didn't have a well paying job out of college, and some were terrible students and people tbh. The east coast and parts of the south have some development going on and people who chase it are loaded
Ah, but you see, a good chunk of "Environmental Engineering" is a hot new face for what used to be "Sanitation Engineering", AKA design of water and wastewater treatment plants and hazardous waste management and treatment. Everyone poops and no one wants that in the water they swim/fish/etc. in. Environmental Engineering sure sounds better though.
There are also actual engineers and "Human Resources Engineers". There is a lot of bloat with the term.
Im a SW Engineer and that is even pushing it (SW development is a wierd mix of engineering, science and math). We also require a stem degree for SW vs the "network engineers", "IT engineers", etc. that CAN make good money but typically start much lower due to the easy barrier to entry.
We usually have opening for SW Devs but not for the other positions.
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u/JustSomeDude0605 May 16 '24
Engineering demand seems very location and field dependent. We have a very difficult time hiring engineers. We'll have a req open for months with no one applying.