In our class meeting on Friday, Sept. 5, groups of students summarized 20 randomly-selected engineering job advertisements from August 1997 issues of The Washington Post . Dr. Brubaker assembled the data . On Wed., Sept. 10, students worked in pairs to examine different fields of the database and make some statements about engineering jobs. The private sector dominates over public sector in terms of numbers. Ads don't give numbers for salary.
More competitive jobs have higher salaries.
Job Duties Many involve designing, supporting, etc. Duties are diverse, including studying law, surveying, and semiconductors. Work with people and work with things. This set of jobs reflects more hands-on, less management, work. Requirements Generally require B.S. at least.