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Originally Posted by sperry
I like the part where you assume you'll be able to easily get a high paying engineering job right out of college when there are engineers with 10 years experience getting laid off every day.
I also like the way you believe a modded car won't have higher operating costs. Things break on modded cars that don't break on stock cars. Like motors. Especially if you do a budget job with the mods. I know from experience... 4 motors worth of experience. Now, mine were blowing up at the race track running time trials, so I wouldn't expect you to break stuff as easily as I did... but you should keep in mind that if you're gonna get on the modding bandwagon, you have to expect to pay to play, which means being able to still get to work every day when your motor spins a rod bearing or your tranny turns into a coffee bean grinder.
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I can't really comment on the second paragraph, since all the experience I have is with my current vehicle.
As for the first paragraph, I've had an internship with DOT for the last 4 summers, and as long as I don't fuck it up, I plan on working there when I graduate. No one has ever been laid off from NDOT. Also, when I graduate in a year and a half, the economy should be on the rebound, and the state's hiring freeze will just be ending. A bunch of higher-ups are retiring now, because of all the talk on the legislature about fucking with retirement, so there will be a lot of room to not only get on with the state, but also to move up rapidly. I've had a shining recommendation from my bosses every one of the 4 years, and my boss this year is basically giving me assignments to build my resumé. He and my boss from the last 2 years have already told me that they would write me a letter of recommendation. I'm willing to bet I will have some of the most job experience out of all of the applicants anywhere I apply. And god dammit, I need to save some of this fire for an interview! Lol
And while the state won't be the best paying civil engineering job, it will be good pay, I'll get paid hourly instead of salary (paid OT), great benefits, and an even better retirement. I'll be able to retire with full retirement benefits after 30 years, at about 53 years old.