By all means, if you are interested in following an engineering career, yes! I graduated with a BS at 32 and am planning to get my graduate degree in the next 5 years.
Don't do it for the money. Aside from the fact that there is no money in engineering, your search for it will make you...
Seems the professional societies are leaning towards the notion that that an engineer have a masters as a condition for becoming a PE.
I'm working part-time on a masters, but am also doing some coursework outside my area of specialty, including studying foreign languages. I think versatility...
It seems like the degree to which a job may be outsourced is related to how repetetive or mechanical the job tasks are. Tasks such as raw calculation and programming are much more easily outsourced than tasks like field work, project management and face-to-face communication.
First position was maintaining computers and DEC VAX. 8086, 8088 and 80286's and windows 2.1. When intel came out with the 386, we thought it was blazing fast. Windows 3.0 came out with the first "multitasking" environment, GUI was new, that really blew our minds in hardware!
Got burnt out...
I think you are on the right track with your pursuit of a renewable/alternative resource focus.
Environmental education, working for a land trust, etc... can also be a great way to become involved in the field. The pay isn't so good, but whatever; for some it is better to be happy than rich...
I think a lot of these posts are right in saying that you cannot compare generations. Work ethic is often quantified in terms of output. I don't think this is easily comparable between generations.
I would say per work day, I do less hard engineering than a peer engineer did 50 years ago...
When looking for a job keep, in mind that you are probably applying for entry-level positions that are supposed to be filled by engineering grads with little or no professional engineering experience. Don't let the no-experience thing discourage you or get you down. If you are not getting hits...
