• Question: What is the skill level of your engineering type?

    Asked by delou to Jamie, Kristen, Sheun, Simon, Will on 17 Jun 2015.
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      William Scott-Jackson answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      If you’re asking about my personal skill level in engineering; I graduated with a Master’s degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and am half way through a PhD in Electronic Engineering. This makes me very highly skilled in my field and as a result people with my qualifications are highly desired my employers.

      If you’re asking about level of skill required to do my kind of engineering:
      I’ve noticed that people who are interested in electronic engineering learn to love it, can understand and it quite easy to do so. As long as they have the interest it’s not as difficult as it may seem. As long as you have the maths and physics A-level grades it should come to you quite naturally. And when you get a degree in it, you will be very desirable to companies.

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      Sheun Oshinbolu answered on 18 Jun 2015:

      From an academic point of view, I graduated with a Masters in Biochemical Engineering. Most people start out engineering learn a huge range of things from a broad spectrum. As they gain more knowledge and learn their preferences, they then specialise in a particular field and build up the skills in that area. So there not one specific level as people are always constantly learning and improving themselves.

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      Jamie Johnston answered on 23 Jun 2015:

      As far as qualifications go, I have a Bachelors in science rather than engineering, which for an engineering role is often considered a slight step down on the ladder. However once your foot is in the door of the industry the qualifications become less relevant and the work that you do becomes the most important thing.

      I don’t think you can put a number on skill types, all engineering skills are valuable, the question is whether your skill sets match what the job requires, if they do then that makes you valuable.

      For example:

      For my role, a bachelors in an engineering or technical degree is required to show that I know my theory.

      But equally important is a keen interest in the practical side, as I am required to do a lot of development and prototyping with very little managerial supervision.

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