Major Auto Maker Losses Could Cause Economic Recession

[sqwkvfr]

Initial Quality Results for 2004, meaning issues in the first 3 months of ownership, notice Buick and other US makers, Nissan is almost at the bottom.

I've got a buddy that's a parts guy at Brown and Brown Nissan in Tempe...he says that you couldn't GIVE him a Nissan.

He says that the engines/powertrains are awesome, but they're constantly replacing things like power window motors and the like.

I used to be a contractor for FedEx Ground, and we had the Nissan non-dedicated parts account....B and B was consistantly one of my busiest delivery stops.

It's too bad, really...they used to be great cars...I had an 88 Maxima that I loved.

 

[pilotyip]

Bitter Engineer

2020 goes to show, you make a lot more as a pilot without a college degree than an engineer with a degree, $60-$70K for an engineer working with 8 days a month off. Makes $100K in the cockpit with 13 days off per month sounds pretty good.

 

[hindsight2020]

well, ironically as it is, I never shot for an engineering job, I actually got this degree to be competitive for the Air National Guard

My intent was to highlight the lack of incentive towards such a profession in the context of the talk of the economy started by the thread. I do think your counter-example is atypical (considering your signature makes your post look oximoronic) but we both agree it does not pay to become an engineer.

 

[sqwkvfr]

I gotta give you Kudos, 20...an Engineering Masters is hell of a feat.

After I struggled and was forced to drop "materials," my major was quickly changed to sociology.

Quite a difference, huh?

Anywho, I understand your point completely and don't think that anything that you've said is unreasonable...in fact, very few of my engineering lab instructors (grad students) spoke discernable English....we were sort of on our own....and that was in 1992-3

 

[sqwkvfr]

Don't count GM out just yet..


Kirk Kerkorian seems interested....and that means something...

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

My brother was an AE for MD in Long Beach, working on the MD-92 (now the 717) and the C-17. He hated it, mostly because middle mgmt was stupid.

He quit and does engineering work for himself (carbon fiber parts), which he enjoys 10x more. It also helps that he moved from Long Beach to Oregon.

CLiff
YIP (finally made it out of MMIO)

 

[wrxpilot]

well, ironically as it is, I never shot for an engineering job, I actually got this degree to be competitive for the Air National Guard

My intent was to highlight the lack of incentive towards such a profession in the context of the talk of the economy started by the thread. I do think your counter-example is atypical (considering your signature makes your post look oximoronic) but we both agree it does not pay to become an engineer.

You're other post rings very true. I graduated a few years ago w/ a mech engineering bachelors degree. Didn't go in it for the money really, but more for the enjoyment. I'm in aerospace, and I sit in front of a computer for 8 hrs+/day. I get to crunch #s all day, listen to people passionately debate documentation processes, go to meetings, and feel depressed every morning I drive in. Not exactly what I was hoping to do. The money is DEFINITELY not there either. As I've said before, I think a lot of professional pilots in the airlines or corporate forget that mostly people are doing very good to peak around $70-80k. Job security is also an issue, as it is in aviation.

However, I'm extremely fortunate because I am single, not looking for marriage or kids AT ALL, and am plugging away towards a piloting career. Not airlines, and probably not corporate (unless the right thing comes through). Not that I'm in the situation to pick and choose, but I am able to at least set my goals.

The point is that I've learned that the most important things for people are:
1)Family
2)Your job
3)Your hobbies

Money doesn't affect long term happiness, and you can always get by somehow.