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[QUOTE="Highbeam, post: 770433, member: 23735"] I have a bachelors in Civil and Environmental Engineering, I always liked playing in the mud. I got my EIT at graduation(highly recommended) and picked up my PE this winter. I did my first four years at a small private design firm where I learned all the things that they teach you in the "technology" type degree. True, I didn't use my heavy calculus or abstract theory, this also tells me that a person who didn't learn calculus and theory in school ain't gonna get it once practicing. There's the problem, a tech degree is great for number crunching but when there is a real problem and the theory comes to the surface I know that the tech doesn't have the same background as the engineer. I have been involved in the hiring process for new engineers and for project managers. In the civil engineering world a tech degree is not equivalent, a major strike, even with the PE you are fighting an uphill battle. You have engineers, techs, and then guys with shovels. You will have plenty of time to crunch formulas and apply the theory once you are working. Your school years are there to prove that you are capable of understanding the theory behind those formulas. I recommend you go for the real deal, suffer through the four years and then reap the rewards. I have never heard an engineer wish he had a tech degree but I have heard techs wish they had an engineering degree. Either way, you can succeed and make money, your potential job market is just somewhat different. [/QUOTE]
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