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Old 07-27-2012, 02:29 AM   #1481
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Originally Posted by Calum View Post
A friend of mine from high school took chemical engineering, she graduated literally at the head of her class. I joined the Navy. Until I changed trades and purposely took a pay cut I made more then her each and every year. Now after loosing over $14,000 a year in pay, I'm still only a few thousand a year behind her. Not to mention I've been working and getting paid for years longer and she still has student loans.

To the EE, I wish you the best of luck, but more importantly I wish you happiness.
Mom wanted to go to school for Chem E, but decided against it at the last minute. She ended up doing EE a decade later and had way less trouble finding a job than any Chem E.
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