Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Without disclosing personal info which might identify me to the whole world, my degrees are technical and management related.
Don't worry about it, more curious more than anything else. I figured I would ask because it was contrary to information I have received from different places.
I was in the workforce during the big economic downturn of the late 80's/early 90's...I was fortunate, but most of my friends were not. My opinions on this came from seeing ATP's changing engine oil (automotive) and my college GF living at home and working at moto-photo for about 4 years AFTER she graduated.
Glad to hear you made it through fairly well.
There are enough majors out there that you should be able to find one that both interests you AND has value in the real world.
That would be ideal!
Aero-engineering is an engineering major...it qualifies you to do many related engineering tasks in and out of the aviation realm.
Alright, I was, obviously, classifing it in the Aviation Degree category.
My comments on internships were directed at folks who ALREADY had that opportunity and were related to the best use of that opportunity: Use it at a major, don't waste it on a regional. I would never suggest selecting a school or a major (Esp at $100K+ per year) just to get an internship that may or may not pay off. Please don't selectively edit past history and mis-quote me...see, you should have been a journalism major!
I'll admit I did not read that thread word for word, just the general jist of it, so it is possible I missed some of what you were saying. Yea if I majored in journalism, I could even work for the New York Times!
