Why Engg.?
Within the wide boundaries of the engineering profession, there are thousands of challenging activities, in areas such as research, development, design, manufacture and operation of products and services. Activities which provide stimulating intellectual challenges with diverse and varied tasks, inevitably involving deadlines, and all added to the satisfaction of real output or delivery.
With the exception of a few specialist courses, it is common for all students to take the same subjects in the first year of degree, before going on to specialize in the final year, when they can choose from a number of options. For this reason, when selecting a course it is important to check what options are available, especially if undergraduates already have a specific career in mind. However, specializing in one area whilst at University does not preclude working in another field of the profession later.
Demand for good engineers is high, in practically every country in the world. In the IT and electronics sectors in particular, there are world shortages of Chartered and Incorporated Engineers, and unemployment amongst professional engineers is lower than for almost any other profession.
Engineers have been at the forefront of turning time into a distinguishing feature of the product creation process. With a faster and more even distribution of ‘know-what’ and ‘know-how’ the difference between success and failure can depend on speed-to-market. This requires a high level of engineering knowledge and skill in operational system design and supply chain management to achieve what is commonly termed “time compression”.
Engineers have often found themselves in key positions in industry and commerce. The reasons for this are easy to discern, given the importance of systems technologies in any modern economy and the trends to globalization outlined. However, this trend goes further and broader than businesses that can be classified as “engineering”. To take just one example, the Chairman of one of the UK’s leading banks (Sir George Mathewson of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group) is a highly qualified engineer whose global experience has propelled the bank into major initiatives on behalf of leading international clients. This will be less of an exceptional case as we move ahead in an increasingly global industrial economy.
Huge opportunity is lying ahead for the students of engineering. After passing out from respective college students are hired by companies like TCS, WIPRO, HCL, hp, Tech-Mahindra, IBM, Satyam, Accenture and such other companies. Software companies are always looking for hiring bright computer-engineering graduate in order to make latest technologies in the name of their own companies. If a student completes CS from a premier college and with constant good results, his/her career will automatically blossom. Job opportunities in these particular fields are also increasing with each day so the benefit of studying computer engineering is very beneficial from the point of view of India’s ongoing economic boom.
With an engineering degree, you may follow an interesting career as a professional engineer, which may take you down a technical route, or you may drift into a managerial role as your career progresses. As engineering is concerned with the application of science and thus cannot be studied to an appreciable level without, a suitable understanding of science you may not fully understand what engineering is all about. However, if you are taking some science subjects, these are the foundations of an engineering career since engineering is concerned with converting ideas into reality. Scientists are more involved in basic research, while engineers design and construct the systems, structures and processes of our world.
Engineers are often involved with managing large complex projects so the person likely to make a good engineer will probably like working with others as part of a team. For those who prefer it, there are opportunities for design, research and planning and also scope for an outdoor life. There are also openings for graduates in the design, construction, operation and control of process manufacturing facilities (pharmaceutical, food, etc.). Each engineering project is different so each one offers a separate challenge to your ingenuity and skill, which gives real job satisfaction.
