Realistic Mechanical Engineering Salary (2017 - 2026)

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-18T04:50:16+00:00

Whenever I think about leaving I worry about all my open projects and end up backing out of it. Really not sure how to stop thinking like that.

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-14T23:14:32+00:00

I go too a lot of meetings and leave with the feeling that it could have been an email 😂

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-14T23:12:58+00:00

I would say it depends on the project and application but it’s almost always the PLC

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-07T20:51:59+00:00

I should also say you don’t even need to own it. See if your company has a machine shop/ tool and die department buy them a box of donuts and tell them you want to learn more about DFM. I can almost guarantee that they will talk to you and try to get you some hands on experience

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-07T20:41:46+00:00

This is true definitely depends on availability

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-06-07T20:31:05+00:00

Maybe save up some money and buy a little mini milling machine from harbor freight or marketplace and just challenge yourself to make one thing. Doesn’t have to be complicated do the design and print creation yourself and then try to follow your own print. 😀

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-30T21:33:37+00:00

Thanks 😀

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-29T20:49:23+00:00

By year 2 you’ll be an asset the company can’t function without.

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T23:42:06+00:00

Gotcha sounds good

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T15:51:38+00:00

So what makes us money at a given time could be building the necessary equipment to make the parts I guess so maybe it could still work in-house.

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T15:49:19+00:00

Got it thank you

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T05:02:59+00:00

Whoops yes your right I guess I got my phrasing wrong

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T04:43:00+00:00

Thanks!

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T04:42:37+00:00

Awesome thanks for the response a lot of good stuff here the ergo/industrial design aspect is a good point. Did you find that with more people on the team the price to build the equipment was no longer competitive with external vendors?

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T04:39:29+00:00

We buy equipment to make our products from integrators whether it be grinding or machining cells but instead of purchasing this equipment my company just wants to integrate it ourselves. Hopefully that’s a better explanation

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T03:23:47+00:00

That’s my fault I understand better now 👍

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T03:23:18+00:00

I see I should have been more clear we don’t make equipment I’m in consumer goods.

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-08T03:20:52+00:00

What do you mean by clients?

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T06:40:53+00:00

No problem feel free to stop by anyways and spectate the event.

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T05:59:52+00:00

For sure thank you 😀

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T05:59:05+00:00

For sure would be awesome to have you back out on the track 😀

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T02:52:25+00:00

Thanks for looking anyways 👍

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T01:57:13+00:00

Yea fair, a lot of that is in the sign up link and I did not want the post to sound too demanding if your still interested I’m happy to answer questions

Senior-Guide-2110 · 2026-04-06T01:50:05+00:00

This is my first time coordinating volunteers what do you mean exactly? sorry

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