If an engineer does 'hands-on' then I would expect them to be paid at a level intermediate between an engineer working at a conceptual or managerial level and the trades person they are attempting to replace. Since the engineer might be less skilled than than trades person they would be somewhat inefficient. read more
I know this should belong in careers, and I'm not saying engineering ITSELF is boring, but it seems like most engineering jobs are not how they were described when they recruited you as a freshmen. read more