Cruser meets Van

**Dare** · 24th August 2009, 15:59

Originally Posted by jono035

Edit: You mention the fact that most engineers come out of the degree basically unemployable due to only being book smart, bear in mind that this was the complaint of the guy that I worked for, the complaint of the guys in the years above me, and my complaint as well. It has been a common theme for a very long time and is an understood point by anyone with any practical skills.

Is this the mechatronics degree? I'm doing a 'creative technologies' degree and we have the opposite problem, am considering doing mech at some point.

Originally Posted by ital916

I think andrew and jono that we should stop debating among ourselves and unify on the point that realwolf must stop writing.....agreed?

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**jono035** · 24th August 2009, 16:32

Originally Posted by Dare

Is this the mechatronics degree? I'm doing a 'creative technologies' degree and we have the opposite problem, am considering doing mech at some point.

This is for all of engineering. I think it holds true for most university degrees actually, but for engineering I wanted to see more practical skills developed.

In hindsight I think that it is actually a good thing. Practical skills are actually better suited to being learned from people who aren't lecturers but are actually practising engineers. You only have so much time to learn stuff from theory/books really, so the university makes the most of that window.

**motorbyclist** · 26th August 2009, 13:46

Originally Posted by jono035

So that's what you crazy kids are calling it these days... Back in my day we called it failing!

i think it's called master of engineering studies or something like that. either way it'd be silly to decide either way until this time next year anyway

Originally Posted by ital916

I plan on graduating and then working in areas of interest.

just had a job interview at Rakon this morning - imo it went pretty well too