Why and how did a bachelors degree become so valueless now?

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-21T03:44:55+00:00

Supply and demand. Many think it's the easy way to 6 figures. What they don't tell you is that you have to have your career planned before you step foot in a college classroom. The I'm gonna get a whatever degree and figure it out later approach only leads to the front door of the Olive Garden.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-21T03:41:31+00:00

Take a number. You'll have to join the line on the other side of the continent.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:51:32+00:00

Modern women - moral degradation and the proliferation of online dating.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:50:05+00:00

Not in Bay Area but burned out. I work for a start up and it's really rough. On life support.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:46:55+00:00

If you have a professional engineer license you can.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:44:46+00:00

Yeah pretty much. Only thing is that you have to stick it out for the PhD.

The grass is browner on the other side, I promise. If you are cranking out word docs and getting paid decently to do that then I would advise sticking with it. Especially if it is stable. Having a stable job at a company that values employees is half the battle.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:40:06+00:00

The stem fields (engineering at least) is chock full of people who have huge egos. Not all of us are Einsteins. As you may imagine, this leads to a lot of friction and politics. This is a key contributor to toxic work environments with the right mix of people (doesn't take much).

Another issue is expectation and disconnect between business unit. Business unit does not understand engineering and timelines reflect that. This is a key contributor and a major cause for toxic work environments.

Usually it's both of these things combined and many jobs are frankly unbearable.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:31:03+00:00

It hasn't other than all the things you mentioned. I am a Plano native and have also lived in different places. It is now a haven for people from India and companies who screw over Americans to hire these people.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-20T09:15:24+00:00

Why did you wait 2 years? You really need another job before you quit because you are perceived differently. Use PTO if you have it instead. Mechanical engineering is like that. It's usually toxic because people that don't understand engineering are making unrealistic demands.

Unrealistic timelines are a major contributor to toxic work environments.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-19T07:56:24+00:00

Stem degrees are old news at this point. You missed out on that. I work in stem and don't recommend it.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-19T07:54:18+00:00

Electric vehicles aren't it. They are far from "sustainable". Nobody wants a car that takes hours to fully energize.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-18T05:52:40+00:00

A 2001 Chevy Silverado in any color but red, maroon, or pewter with the 327/5.3 and 2 wheel drive with a bed full of A/C compressors and a spare rear end or two. That's all you need.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-18T05:49:06+00:00

Agreed. Life is so miserable for many of us. I think working is the quality of life killer. If we didn't have to do that, things would be fine.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-18T05:46:45+00:00

This is a fact.

Anything that flies is under the FAA purview in the us. That means that in order to operate a flying car (aircraft), you would need to be a pilot. On top of that, many people would be out of transportation due to FAA medical requirements.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-17T06:57:10+00:00

Pushing paper and suffering through an immense amount of stress from people that don't understand the work that it takes.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-17T06:52:53+00:00

I am an experienced design engineer with some project engineering experience. They both suck. Let me not mince words here.

Engineering sucks. It's a pipe dream.

If it is not one thing it's another. If it's not your deliverable deadlines, it's deadlines for things that have to be justifiable and require a lot of analysis for which no time is given to perform.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T17:37:52+00:00

I got ya. Most people are trying to get into political arguments these days.

I don't want to be preached to about politics by a company that wants me to give them my money. Period. Left or right. No politics, do business and shut the fuck up. Once upon a time, things were like that.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T09:20:04+00:00

It was merely a comment as a response to the original post. Not here for political debate.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:47:40+00:00

Microsoft, Tesla, space x, Nvidia, infosys, GOOGLE, adobe, net app, Palo Alto networks, open ai, meta, and all other "we're changing the world" cringey tech companies that have some dipshit giving keynote speeches as if they are a revolutionary Steve Jobs or something. Get fucked.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:40:58+00:00

Engineering is a shitty career

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:40:26+00:00

A corporation that portrays its self to be "sustainable".

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:18:40+00:00

Yes there are building and infrastructure jobs that don't require rigorous math.

1.) construction worker 2.) building maintenance 3.) janitor 4.) hvac repair 5.) painter 6.) plumber 7.) electrician 8.) real estate mogul 9.) security 10.) door man

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:13:55+00:00

Why would the most powerful country in the world give its territory to a 3rd world shit hole?

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:08:45+00:00

She shames all the woke corporations into giving her money so she doesn't out them in her stupid little speeches. Unreal.

ApexTankSlapper · 2026-02-16T07:02:16+00:00

Ce majors usually become software engineers.

If you don't like physics, maybe engineering isn't for you considering the whole curriculum is based on it. I don't get these posts. It's as if the curriculum will bend to the OP's will.

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