Electrical engineer

[kimtae]

Anybody here have or know someone with an electrical engineering degree? Knowledge of Korean language would be a big plus but not necessary.

[Dirac]

Everyone in my office! No Korean speakers I'm afraid

[awong]

in that major now ....but i dont think i know enough...

[DijabutiA]

What do you need / want to know?

[kimtae]

I'm developing a business plan for a company I want to set up in the US. I need someone with a basic knowledge of electrical engineering, industrial batteries specifically. The company that I would be franchising from provides all of the training and it's not very difficult. I could do it myself but customers would probably feel better knowing a "qualified" person was handling the technical side of the business. It's not hard, battery charging, installation, and AS. The earliest would be in the second half of 2008 or maybe early 2009. This is a green energy solution developed in Korea by a former associate of mine and he is nearing market saturation in Korea and has eyed the US as his next move. He already has the export permits and patents in place.
Knowledge of Korea would help but is not necessary. This is an easy job and would suit a young recent grad. Awong, when do you graduate.

[bill]

I've just graduated from electrical engineering but sadly I don't know any Korean nor do I know much about Korea. Kinda wished I did a different course tho... Engineering really does suck!!

[Scowl]

I've just graduated from electrical engineering but sadly I don't know any Korean nor do I know much about Korea. Kinda wished I did a different course tho... Engineering really does suck!!

You'd probably be able to get by with only English. If I had any useful skills I'd be working overseas by now. I'm still working on that.

[bill]

To be honest a career in Electrical engineering really doesn't appeal to me; most people say its a good thing to do but I hardly enjoyed my time doing this course. And engineering is saturated by foreign students as it is basically maths and requires little communication, skill or imagination to get through imo.

Btw what kind of useful skill are you working on??

[kimtae]

If you want to work overseas, one of the absolute most useful skills is refrigeration and AC engineering. I shit you not. Being able to install commercial AC or work on industrial cold storage units is in demand and growing all over the world. And you don't have to go to college for it either. There are a lot of trade schools where you can get certified in a year. You can choose pretty much any part of the world or opt for work on reefer container ships, trampers, and other massive vessels. With more and more food being shipped in bulk and with more and more countries turning to industrial farming this is a very fast growing and high demand field. Something to think about for you young'uns.

[Scowl]

To be honest a career in Electrical engineering really doesn't appeal to me.... Btw what kind of useful skill are you working on??

I can't blame ya. I'm working on computer networking, hopefully getting into IT security.

If you want to work overseas, one of the absolute most useful skills is refrigeration and AC engineering. I shit you not. Being able to install commercial AC or work on industrial cold storage units is in demand and growing all over the world. And you don't have to go to college for it either. There are a lot of trade schools where you can get certified in a year. You can choose pretty much any part of the world or opt for work on reefer container ships, trampers, and other massive vessels. With more and more food being shipped in bulk and with more and more countries turning to industrial farming this is a very fast growing and high demand field. Something to think about for you young'uns.

I'm in the same boat as bill; just hearing the word "engineer" makes me yawn. At the same time, though, I can't completely discount something that's in such high demand. I'm a bit wary of trade schools, though; I was looking for one for networking, but after a little research I saw accusations of fraud for all of them.

[DijabutiA]

And engineering is saturated by foreign students as it is basically maths and requires little communication, skill or imagination to get through imo.

You must work in one shitty industry, cause most of the meetings I go to turn into shouting matches and we do a lot more talking than anything else...

However i agree, engineering SCHOOL is total bullshit.

My chinese supplier is a bunch of f'ing asshats who need their hands held. The brazilian supplier I met today seems like he knows his shit but their work record has been questionable in the past. I'll see how it turns out, I hope it's not anything like my prior foreign dealing.

[bill]

It seems to be one shitty industry to work in judged from my experience at university, unlike most other courses it was mainly lectures and we had no seminars to discuss things - no wonder why hardly any women do engineering. Even the french foreign exchange students complained that there were no workshops nor demonstration on how the theories taught during the lectures would come in handy in real life.

Now that I have graduated, I feel that I should do what I want in terms of my career choice. The opportunity is there but uni has put me off engineering for now. Too much equations hurt my brain and I now fancy doing something more vocational and learn a skill. Shame that chinese parents don't see it that way...

[awong]

thats what I am feeling when I am in my classes, all I see are theories and equations

[Dirac]

I studied physics and now I'm in an engineering job. It can open a lot of doors for you, especially as (in England at least) less and less people are studying engineering. Still, I wasn't the most enthusiastic student myself. I don't regret doing my degree but I can't see myself still being an engineer in twenty years.

[kimtae]

I have a buddy, he works as a refrigeration engineer. He works on cold storages and commercial office buildings in Thailand. The companies put him up in hotels for 6 months out of the year while he's in Thailand. Then he goes home to San Diego where he takes on occassional small projects just to stay busy. He's never sure if his vacation is his job or vice versa. I guess it depends on the field but there are some engineering jobs that are definitely better than others.