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45 comments on From ASPO-USA to MinExpo - a Study in Contrasts

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Todd on October 1, 2008 - 12:15am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Well, I have a chem degree too. What I found is that I hated research - I had a real deal of an openended sort of corp. grant to investigate TLC and electrophoresis. I also worked in electroplating research which I also hated - dealt mostly with cathodic corrosion potential. In retrospect, I didn't have the intellectual maturity to pull these off. But...

I moved over into production and process development management and became a quasi-ChemE. I loved it. But...

If I had it all to do over again, I should have been an Ag major. My rationale at the time is that I could simply get a job. I have always regretted my choice.

Todd

A BTW, my degree was ACS (American Chemical Society) certified as far as curriculum went which meant I missed out on stuff I was simply interested in. I could only take on elective course during undergraduate study.

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wkwillis on October 1, 2008 - 2:07am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

My younger sister graduated from RPI (one of the better engineering schools) into the teeth of a chemical industry recession. One member of her class of chemical engineers got a job in the chemical industry.
Prepare for flexibility. Say, as a financial analyst for merchant banking types deciding which chemical industry project to finance.

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