Engineers: Georgia Tech vs Kennesaw State (Southern Poly)

[TheSnail]

My Dad has been a GT prof in Statistics for the past 20yrs. My mom a Calculus professor at State. My brother graduated from Tech in 05 with BS in Mechanical Engineering, and a masters in Systems engineering. I, the little brother by two years, went and graduated from SPSU in 2009 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET recognized as ME). Both my brother and I make six figures. I make 20% more money than my brother. I hold over a dozen US utility patents and half a dozen International utility patents. Some design patents as well. My brother has 0 patents. I was worth 1million by the time I was 30 and owned 2 houses outright, 6 figure car & 500k in guns (at 30yrs old mind you). My brother was half of that. My schooling cost about $1200 a semester for 4 years, that was back in the 04-09, not sure what it cost now. My brother's schooling was 5X+ mine easily. Espessially his freshman year where he was at Purdue, paying 20k out of state tuition, which was an unreal cost back in 2000-2001.

Where I'm getting at, is you just need to get your foot in the door. Climbing up the ladder from there, is up to the individual and their personal smarts (not book smarts), drive, ambition & work ethic. Next week I will be looking to hire my own brother, for a position under me. His pride is strong, but he will give in.

So there. That is a direct comparison of SPSU vs GT.

 

[gtalum1996]

Wrong …tech puts out the most unpractical engineers that are not ready to enter the workforce, I will hire a poly kid over tech any day. All the tech grads I’ve hired have been not worth the effort save one employee …tell them if they want the name go to SPSU (KSU) then transfer to tech

Maybe you’ve hired the wrong ones. You have to find the right balance of brains and common sense. Most don’t have common sense. I know when I was there probably 80 percent had no social skills or common sense whatsoever, but every now and then you’d find the right balance. Now that made engineering perfection.

 

[roydamnmercer]

I once had the privilege of watching a firefighter who had an engineering degree from Georgia Tech try to join two female couplings by slapping them together like a couple of lesbians in a porno movie. I said, “Doug, what’s the problem, buddy?” and he gave me his trademarked deer-in-the-headlights look and said, “they don’t fit together!”

I said not so gently, “you think maybe you could go find the appropriate double male adaptor, you dumbass or should I go fetch that for you myself?!?”

Georgia. Tech. Engineering. Degree.

Dumbest fireman I’ve ever met. Glad he didn’t stay employed too long to do any real damage. (Picture included for reference in case any GT grads are confused as to what happened)

 

[rumrunner55]

Maybe you’ve hired the wrong ones. You have to find the right balance of brains and common sense. Most don’t have common sense. I know when I was there probably 80 percent had no social skills or common sense whatsoever, but every now and then you’d find the right balance. Now that made engineering perfection.

Correct, just saying it was a trend with them…and to be honest the new SPSU grads aren’t turning out to be that up to the snuff either…it seems critical thinking is extremely lacking in all of the new grads they don’t even have the sense to just google the problem first …damn shame

 

[ponyboy96]

Generally speaking, graduating from a well known school will net you more career opportunities and salary. However, the name on your degree will only take you so far. It’s also about the person and their abilities that determine long term success. That being said, as others have stated, just about every engineer I’ve met from a big school couldn’t tell you what 1/4 of the tools in maintenance guy’s tool box are. I wouldn’t trust most of them to change my oil. Engineers these days seriously lack practical application experience. It’s all books and tests.

 

[Mister Heavyhand]

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What I learned was mental discipline, the value of hard work, support of good friends, the power of a widowed mom on a mission, and you can't run from a loving GOD.
Don't have to know everything, just gotta know where to find answers when you need them.
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A good engineer is a problem solver, not a trouble maker. Focus on your work and not on the money.

There is no such thing as a very wealthy engineer.

 

[streetroc]

SPSU grad here. It was a great education and I really enjoyed most of my classes. I still keep in touch with a few of my professors and one of them helped me to get a job right after graduation. It's a great company and I'm still working for them.

My degree is in business and not in engineering though.

 

[medium187mph]

As a former SPSU student, I can personally recommend going there. KSU offers more hands on training and graduates more qualified students and tuition is far cheaper and the area is much safer on both campuses. If they want to attend Tech for their bachelor's or masters, go ahead, but I believe your children will have a safer and better start by attending KSU. Hope this helps!

Exactly what my brother did, and he just got his Masters from GT paid for by his company he works for.