[Talking about american university] It’s wierd. I’m not entirely lost as to what I wanna do. I know I want to do some kind of engineering (maybe urban affairs if I go crazy), but idk what I want to do specifically. Currently I’m tagged as Civil, but I’ve only done a couple classes exclusive to civil so I can still change it.
Honestly, I want to work in automation (i.e, making those dark factories in china that have been posted here on Lemmy [not that specifically but the same idea]) but people are not very helpful as to how likely I could do something like that or what degree I should get in relation to that.
My main 4 rn are civil, mechanical, electrical and industrial (although industrial is harder because id have to transfer universities). So anyway, just wanted to see if anyone here has any experience relating to this and wants to give any advice, and people here are usually not as judgemental as they are on reddit and this requires less commitment than scheduling an advisor appointment.Thank you in advance
I don’t have personal experience here, but something I looked into for myself in the past (and don’t currently have much opportunity to get into atm) as a starting point is workforwater.org – more or less similar advice re:look at prospective career paths specific to what you’re looking for. That website/org seems to have a (nation)wide but not super deep network to help connect mentors, apprenticeships/ish (depending on the role/location), and intern programs, at least for both water utilities and wastewater treatment industry. Either way, it’s a leg up in terms of networking for that specific area. Many of the higher positions require engineering, although I can’t recall if it’s mechanical or civil or either/both.
Just thought to put it out there in case you had some interest in that field, infrastructure might be crumbling in this country but it’s still sorely needed, and will be needed always… so, points for job availability and stability.
Dark factories sounds really awesome (best bet would be mechanical->robotics or electrical??) but unless you plan to leave the US I can’t see heavy or innovative automation getting off the ground here unless it’s under the graces of bezos or musk or their ilk, or a startup looking to eventually get acquired by venture capital (this is an extremely precarious position to be in, startups fail all the time but even when they “succeed” eg get bought out, your position may be eliminated in the acquisition process).