Introduce Yourself

[LeOn]

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hey all,
I'm 21 student from Lille in France (just here, well located I think). I've got a big interest for the work of Yamamoto, Kawakubo, Owens, Demeulemeester, Simons and Slimane. Oh and my english is f*****g bad, quite laconic.. sorry! I'll make an effort for my next posts [75]

[Chinorlz]

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[quote user="LeOn"]hey all,
I'm 21 student from Lille in France (just here, well located I think). I've got a big interest for the work of Yamamoto, Kawakubo, Owens, Demeulemeester, Simons and Slimane. Oh and my english is f*****g bad, quite laconic.. sorry! I'll make an effort for my next posts [75]
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Welcome Leon!

.... and if you are capable of using the word laconic... your english is just fine my friend :)

[Faust]

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[quote user="LeOn"]hey all,
I'm 21 student from Lille in France (just here, well located I think). I've got a big interest for the work of Yamamoto, Kawakubo, Owens, Demeulemeester, Simons and Slimane. Oh and my english is f*****g bad, quite laconic.. sorry! I'll make an effort for my next posts [75]
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Welcome. I like that every foreigner that has a good command of English says it sucks. [86]

Albert, funny story about the word "laconic" - the root of the word is adapted into Russian - so when I just came to the US and blurted out "laconic" in my Crooklyn high school, the teacher looked at me in shock, as if he encountered a secret genius [86]

[ironman]

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hi, my name is Ryan. i'm a 19 year old student, starting my 3rd year of nuclear engineering in september. i do see myself spending the majority of my expected 6 figure income on fashion.. =/

i'd say i'm pretty open-minded in terms of designers, as favourites vary season to season, and i do appreciate some stuff i wouldn't wear. i have consistently enjoyed julius (what i've seen of it), burberry prorsum, lanvin, and dior homme (up to like..f/w '06?). i also tend to not enjoy spring/summer collections as much for some reason

[philip nod]

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[quote user="ironman"]hi, my name is Ryan. i'm a 19 year old student, starting my 3rd year of nuclear engineering in september. i do see myself spending the majority of my expected 6 figure income on fashion.. =/

i'd say i'm pretty open-minded in terms of designers, as favourites vary season to season, and i do appreciate some stuff i wouldn't wear. i have consistently enjoyed julius (what i've seen of it), burberry prorsum, lanvin, and dior homme (up to like..f/w '06?). i also tend to not enjoy spring/summer collections as much for some reason


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[Chinorlz]

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aaaahahahahaha

Reality check Tony Stark, you'll graduate and start out making $40-55k. Your 100k+ future is still about a decade away. In school I had tons of friends that talked up their engineering degrees and sorry to say it's just not true. Pretty much the only academic undergraduate degree that is going to pull you in $100k a year at the tender age of 22-23 is going to be i-banking.

[ironman]

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[:(] i don't think it's unreasonable, as there's big money in the energy industry. here in Ontario (Canada) we've just decided to add two more nuclear power plants, and many of the current workers are soon to be retired. besides the main company Ontario Power Generation, there's many other companies like Bruce Power, Areva, Cameco, Suncor, Westinghouse, and other energy companies that have taken in our nuclear engineering graduates.. and i could always go to France (59 power plants?) or China, but i don't know how much they pay lol

the industry is well paid; there's about 8000 people on this list who make over $100k. for comparison, Hydro One employs roughly 5000 and OPG roughly 11000

http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/publications/salarydisclosure/2008/electric08.html

as per opening salaries,
"At Bruce Power, starting salaries range from $90,000 to $120,000 for engineers and $60,000 to $80,000 for draftspersons."

http://jobboomcc.canoe.ca/News/2006/07/12/1680903.html

and as for what i personally know, one of my colleague's older brothers who is doing his 4th year this september made about ~$55k ($27/hr?) just on internship this past year, without a completed degree. his dad, (who is on that list, ctrl+f "freeburn") makes ~$130k with no post-secondary education but with 20 years experience in mechanical maintenance. comparitavely, another colleague of mine has a friend who was in college and went to OPG after and he made ~$75k opening salary for the same job

judging by the salary, were the engineers you knew were mechanical and/or electrical?

[philip nod]

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fuck the energy business. fucking rapists.

[Chinorlz]

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if you're referring to making a 100k+ salary POST graduate degree then sure. Very realistic. With just a BS/BA and fresh out of school you're not making anything close for quite some time as your examples have shown there. Perhaps there was some misunderstanding.

My friends in the engineering dept are biomedical engineers and others are MechE. Georgia Tech, UWash and MIT among them.

[maldoror]

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nuclear engineering is like the poor man's rocket science.

[soultek]

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[quote user="ironman"][:(] i don't think it's unreasonable, as there's big money in the energy industry. here in Ontario (Canada) we've just decided to add two more nuclear power plants, and many of the current workers are soon to be retired. besides the main company Ontario Power Generation, there's many other companies like Bruce Power, Areva, Cameco, Suncor, Westinghouse, and other energy companies that have taken in our nuclear engineering graduates.. and i could always go to France (59 power plants?) or China, but i don't know how much they pay lol

the industry is well paid; there's about 8000 people on this list who make over $100k. for comparison, Hydro One employs roughly 5000 and OPG roughly 11000

http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/publications/salarydisclosure/2008/electric08.html

as per opening salaries,
"At Bruce Power, starting salaries range from $90,000 to $120,000 for engineers and $60,000 to $80,000 for draftspersons."

http://jobboomcc.canoe.ca/News/2006/07/12/1680903.html

and as for what i personally know, one of my colleague's older brothers who is doing his 4th year this september made about ~$55k ($27/hr?) just on internship this past year, without a completed degree. his dad, (who is on that list, ctrl+f "freeburn") makes ~$130k with no post-secondary education but with 20 years experience in mechanical maintenance. comparitavely, another colleague of mine has a friend who was in college and went to OPG after and he made ~$75k opening salary for the same job

judging by the salary, were the engineers you knew were mechanical and/or electrical?
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Dude, I'm an electrical. Donno the nuclear industry but it can't be that different. I'd say best you'll probably do is 75k-80k straight outta school. This depends on the industry and city you work in. Expect a 2-5% 'inflation compensation' raise for the rest of your life--of course this all depends on how much REAL engineering your doing. Only way to make money in engineering is to sell out (ie become a manager or go into sales), get more schooling (at some point your earning will plateau), or start your own firm.

Chinorlz is spot on. finance is the only thing that will get you 6 figures with a BA/BS

[ironman]

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chinorlz: well i do plan on getting my master's right away, as it's only 1 extra year for me instead of 2. my examples aren't that great, since the article stating 90k starting is up for speculation. the only one worth noting is the 75k starting for mechanical maintenance. i assume that an engineer starts with more, but my point was that working in energy pays more than it probably should. i cannot know for certain how much one makes starting salary post-undergrad until next year, after my friend's brother graduates

maldoror: i don't see how; i think they're two completely different things. i have 1 friend in aerospace engineering and he hasn't spoke of anything extra hard. i chose nuclear because the job prospects were and continue to be high

soultek: i didn't mean any offense, it's just that i have many friends whose parents are mechanical and electrical and i find they don't get paid as much as i think they should. i'm expecting 80-85 starting, and can ask my student advisor and dean if any graduates spoke of their salaries. and i don't know anything about any inflation compensation, but when searching for those things in my previous post i came across some articles complaining that OPG and Hydro One are overpaid. does that have something to do with it?
anyway, i plan on getting my master's as stated, and am in my program's "management option" so yes, i will be selling out as you called it lol

[random]

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i like this thread

[Faust]

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[quote user="Chinorlz"]

aaaahahahahaha

Reality check Tony Stark, you'll graduate and start out making $40-55k. Your 100k+ future is still about a decade away. In school I had tons of friends that talked up their engineering degrees and sorry to say it's just not true. Pretty much the only academic undergraduate degree that is going to pull you in $100k a year at the tender age of 22-23 is going to be i-banking.

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But that also requires you know what.

[Faust]

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[quote user="philip nod"]fuck the energy business. fucking rapists.
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he's going into nuclear energy, not oil. if anything, he'll be the one saving us from exxon-mobil.