Like other professions, there are some pros and cons to this field. If this is the case these areas become big cons because they are used constantly in this career. Basically, chemical engineers take our most basic natural resources, such as petroleum, natural gas, minerals, and our basic agricultural products and through the use of chemistry convert these basic resources into a very large number of products, ranging from computer chips to paper towels, from gasoline to corn syrup, from penicillin to paint, and from batteries to shampoo. In doing this, they frequently end up working in places that have high temperatures, that is what he meant when he said hot places. It will be difficult for someone to succeed if they have problems with math, chemistry and can't deal with hot places.
Chemical engineers are now more than ever employed by lots of different kinds of companies.
Food producing companies, computer companies, oil companies, clothing companies, chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies, paper companies and many more all need chemical engineers. Dr. Zukoski waited a few years before going back to school for his doctorate. So I asked him how he felt about waiting to go back to school, if he thought it was better to wait or if someone should go right after obtaining their bachelors degree. Some corporations send you back to school if they know that you want to go, just so that they don't lose you, but others are not as accommodating. So it's up the individual.