[AT] tractor related employment preparation

[Cecil Bearden]

Back in the day... ( about 1972 )  when I first went to OK state Univ.  
I was enrolled in Mechanical Power technology it was a 4 year program.  
I spent a semester in that program and then changed to Agricultural 
Engineering.  Then spent the next 20 years trying to explain to people 
that I was not the guy to ask about growing tomatoes.....!!  I really 
wanted to major in hydraulic power as it was at the forefront at the 
time.  When I started college, Oklahoma State Univ was the leading 
university for hydraulics due to the agricultural emphasis.  By the time 
I got to courses in my major, the professors and the program had 
transferred to Oklahoma University due to grants from major construction 
manufacturers. It was too late for me as I had a scholarship to OSU.  I 
remained in Ag Engineering and got special permission to major in large 
tractor systems.  When I graduated, the big guys were in merger and 
acquisition phase and I could only find one job within 1000 miles of 
home.   That was in the NE portion of OK designing straw choppers for 
combines.   After 2 years of contracting earthwork and sprinkler systems 
I went to work for the State and spent the next 30 years trying to farm...
Cecil

On 11/3/2019 6:20 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> My only point, which is not addressed in either of the links provided, 
> is that engineering technology is a 2-year program while engineering 
> (to the Bachelor's level) is a 4-year program.  To be perfectly clear, 
> I mention this in direct rebuttal to James' previous comment which 
> implied engineering technology degrees are 4 years.  That said, my 
> knowledge and experience is in the mechanical engineering field.  
> Perhaps there are other branches (Aerospace?  Chemical?  Nuclear?) 
> where the techs have 4 year degrees.
>
> SO
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 8:39 PM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Neither a 2 nor a 4 year degree in liberal arts or basket weaving
>     would gain you admission to the third year of a 2+2 engineering
>     technology program.
>
>     https://www.communitycollegereview.com/blog/2-2-programs-going-strong-at-community-colleges-nationwide
>
>     I have known BSME graduate engineers who took 2 year Electronic
>     Technology programs.
>
>     [Stephen Offiler]  Four-year engineering technology programs? It's
>     been a while for me (BSME '84) but the technology programs I am
>     most familiar with are two-year.  I suppose, if you spend a couple
>     years in Liberal Arts and Basket Weaving, then you buckle down for
>     the next two, it would be a four-year program.
>
>     [James] <snip> The public was not aware back then of the process
>     of getting an associate degree that qualifies you to be an entry
>     level mechanic and then getting a four year degree in Engineering
>     Technology by taking the 3rd and 4th years. I was not at the time
>     or I would have done so. <snip>
>
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