Structural engineering

[john2s]

Hello

I have been lurking for a while, and I decided to join as this seems to be a pretty cool place, and there are smart people here.

On to my question...

Are there any Structural engineers here who can tell me about their job? All aspects of it would be useful, how you found it at Uni, salary, prospects, pretty much anything to do with it would be useful.

John

 

[john2s]

Wow, a lot of replies.

Thanks for all that have helped me.

I have a choice to make, I'm going to do an OU degree and have choice between either Engineering or Computing. These are the only two that really interest me, and the OU is the only option I have, for a few reasons that I don't really want to go into.

I'm not sure if the Engineering degree would qualify me to work as a Structural engineer. I know that a lot of jobs only ask for any degree, but I'm pretty certain you would need an engineering degree for it.

Does anyone here know anyone that has done an OU engineering degree or if it would qualify? I checked the website, but it is not a huge help.

I also know that this is not the only factor, but which out of software development/programming or structural enginner would pay the most?

I'm trying to weigh up my options, and am a little bit stuck.