[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:42:46 In Reply to: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, Nikos, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:33:18 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

My .02 is to go for the job you think you'll enjoy doing most, or if both are 'equal', then go for the one is the place you think you'd like to live. Chances are your first job out of school will not be your last, so don't unnecesarily pressure yourself into thinking this is a 'lifetime' sort of decision.

And yes, if you can at all afford it, take a month off between graduation and starting the new job. Getting paid for being on vacation is wonderful, but you'll find it harder and harder to take more than a week or so at a time off.

FWIW, after I got my BSME I went to work for the Navy at NNSY. Why? Because I thought warships were neat and I wanted to go play with them. I've been all over CVN's 68-72 as well as a bunch of other smaller combatants and spent a week out at sea on the Nimitz during sea trials. After about 5 years I realized I was bored, so I quit and went back to grad school full time. I now work for an academic research lab and have folks from EB coming to me/us to help them get over certain technological hurdles.

best wishes,
Mike

• College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, Nikos, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:33:18
  • Industry, NickR, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:30:02
  • Re: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, MJM , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:42:46 <-- Viewing This Message
  • sort of an answer, Railhead , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:46:37
    • Thanks for the responses, nikos, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:20:29
      • Re: Other parts of Europe to see?, swede-murphy , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:43:54
      • Greece!, ChuckD , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:49:07
  • Stop! See the world first., ChuckD , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:35:40
    • Re: Stop! See the world first., steve, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:53:57
  • Re: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, jeff in MD, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:50:55
  • 37 yrs with feds/engineer/15/NSPS maybe, sloopjohnb, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:11:47
    • One other thing..., sloopjohnb, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:15:56
      • Plastics...., sloopjohnb, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:20:30
  • Re: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, EGD , Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:13:07
  • Re: College Grad...Industry v. Government employment, 79-900t , Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:54:26
  • When I got my BME, I initially worked for private>, Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:33:44
    • Re: Civil Engineer (PE), both Govt . and private, PhilB, Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:44:21
      • PE with 30+ years in private sector....., MI-Roger , Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:36:40

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