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Curious Guy
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:40 pm    Post subject: microelectronics vs petrol/chem Reply with quote
Can anyone give insight on working in microelectronics vs
petroleum/chemical instrustry as a chemical engineer.

I've worked in microelectronics (sort of) for past 4 yrs... and while
I enjoy it... I wonder what I passed up.

Compansation wise, I'm making at the 6 figure mark (bonuses included),
but then again- I've got a PhD. Is this comperable to what I would get
in oil/gas/chemical industry?

thoughts?
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intell1
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:07 pm    Post subject: Re: microelectronics vs petrol/chem Reply with quote
Curious Guy wrote:
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Can anyone give insight on working in microelectronics vs
petroleum/chemical instrustry as a chemical engineer.

I've worked in microelectronics (sort of) for past 4 yrs... and while
I enjoy it... I wonder what I passed up.

Compansation wise, I'm making at the 6 figure mark (bonuses included),
but then again- I've got a PhD. Is this comperable to what I would get
in oil/gas/chemical industry?

thoughts?

Your salary looks about right, maybe above average, for your
qualifications and work experience. Detailed salary surveys are
available online from ACS:

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/83/8316startingsalary.html

As far as job content (--not-- compensation), I cannot imagine that a
career in petrochemicals would be more interesting. In fact, if your PhD
is more science than engineering, you could even get into the life
sciences/genetics sector. That could be --REALLY-- exciting imho.

Regards,

Nikolas
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Curious Guy
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:13 am    Post subject: Re: microelectronics vs petrol/chem Reply with quote
On 2005-10-07, intell1 <intell1@thestep.gr> wrote:
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Curious Guy wrote:
Can anyone give insight on working in microelectronics vs
petroleum/chemical instrustry as a chemical engineer.


career in petrochemicals would be more interesting. In fact, if your PhD
is more science than engineering, you could even get into the life

Thanks for the reply. That makes me feel better. For personal reasons
- I may actually have to leave my job. If I do leave it - I will try to
stay in the microelectronics industry and more on the science/research
side of things.

I guess I'm not so dissappointed anymore that I'll never be able to use
a McCabe-Theile diagram!
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