Readers Respond: Working as a Chemical Engineer

1. What do you do as a chemical engineer?
2. What is the best/worst part of your job?
3. What training did you need? Was it easy/difficult to find a job as a chemical engineer?
4. Are you happy being a chemical engineer? Why?
5. What advice would you give someone interested in chemical engineering?

glad to be a chemical engineer

I am happy to be a chemical engineer because a chemical engineer contributes his knowledge in every field of any kind of chemical industry.

—Guest farhad

I kind of hated it

I got no jobs immediately after college. Then, I got a job at a small nanotech firm in Chicago, but I quit because of the technicality of the job. Now I'm a software engineer :-) !

—Guest Guest Boumsong

Chem Eng

If you are going to be an engineer, become a chemical engineer. There are so many diverse industries that you can get into as a chemical engineer. My forte is petrochem.

—Guest SG

Loved being a Chemical Engineer

1. I have worked in the oil fields of Texas, a chemical manufacturing plant, a semiconductor wafer fab and an supply chain engineer for a helicopter manufacturer. 2. I love chemical engineering because there is so much you can do - there is no area that couldn't benefit from a chemical engineer. 3. I have a BS in chemical engineering and BA in chemistry. I did go back to school to get a MBA so I could move into the business side of things. 4. I loved being a chemical engineer, but decided to become a stay at home mom when I had kids. I do miss working as an engineer, but am grateful to be home with my kids. 5. Get your degree and be confident that you can do what ever you want. I was able to jump into radically different fields because of my degree and I loved learning so much about each industry. It was a very exciting and interesting career path for me.

—Guest Karen