My degree and PE license are in mechanical engineering. My main focus is HVAC design for commercial buildings, although I also do some fire protection and I can muddle through plumbing when necessary. It's interesting and varied work, but certainly not the most lucrative avenue for an engineer, so I know what you mean about the pay scale. We're a small shop, so I also do my own CAD drafting. When I was coming through college, I interned here in the summers and did plenty of drafting for other designers, both mechanical and electrical. I've even gone so far as to dabble in some 3D drafting in AutoCAD to help lay out particularly nasty mechanical rooms.

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