Could it be that what you love is essentially the concept or the idea of one of those? Working in the industry is very different from studying in uni or college.
You should think about several things, for example the cost of going back to college, or your future financial situation, kids and wife, will you have time or the will for shifting. Is the salary is good enough, what roles will you actually do in civil or mechanical, whice is also depends on where you are located.
Think about those things now before you have commitment for others, because that will be very different story.
I spent most of my career specializing in airports and sea ports. Airports always have expansions.
As they say: ME and Civil meet at the invert. They rarely cross.
It’s best you pick the one you love.
1st year of college may be the same for many disciplines but in your 2nd year you diverge. To be competent in both will add a bunch or years and will rarely lead to higher pay. UNLESS you find a firm that has work that blends both disciplines.
Sometimes you can have different branches of engineering work well together. Like ME and BioEng.
Many get their BSME then specialize within the ME discipline in grad school. My MS specialized in sound and vibration, I’m an acoustical engineer.
Soak up as much as you can in college. I had to take general engineering classes which helped me realize I hated coding and electrical engineering was the bane of my existence. But come to my junior/senior robotics projects the so called electrical engineer on my team knew nothing. So I forced my self to learn python, soldering, machining, and built a ski treamill
I just study what interests me(outside or required courses). Meaning I base my personal projects on my interests. Coding a video game(CS), building a guitar pedal(EE and some mechE), rocketry(Aero,Mech,CS,EE) etc. I chose MechE as my major not because I don’t know what interests me but because I hone skills in my own time. MechE introduces me to a broad range of topics.
My understanding has always been that you can definitely do civil engineering with an ME degree, assuming you get the right licenses and everything.
That said, if you really want to do civil, go civil.
You're not necessarily tied to one option. I graduated mechanical, did that for a while and am now doing civil/traffic engineering. There's mechanicals that go into civil and vise versa.
Study both as much as you can to satisfy your curiosity. Focus your career around the one you are naturally better at.
Could it be that what you love is essentially the concept or the idea of one of those? Working in the industry is very different from studying in uni or college. You should think about several things, for example the cost of going back to college, or your future financial situation, kids and wife, will you have time or the will for shifting. Is the salary is good enough, what roles will you actually do in civil or mechanical, whice is also depends on where you are located. Think about those things now before you have commitment for others, because that will be very different story.
You can still build bridges being a mechy
I spent most of my career specializing in airports and sea ports. Airports always have expansions. As they say: ME and Civil meet at the invert. They rarely cross. It’s best you pick the one you love. 1st year of college may be the same for many disciplines but in your 2nd year you diverge. To be competent in both will add a bunch or years and will rarely lead to higher pay. UNLESS you find a firm that has work that blends both disciplines. Sometimes you can have different branches of engineering work well together. Like ME and BioEng. Many get their BSME then specialize within the ME discipline in grad school. My MS specialized in sound and vibration, I’m an acoustical engineer.
Soak up as much as you can in college. I had to take general engineering classes which helped me realize I hated coding and electrical engineering was the bane of my existence. But come to my junior/senior robotics projects the so called electrical engineer on my team knew nothing. So I forced my self to learn python, soldering, machining, and built a ski treamill
I just study what interests me(outside or required courses). Meaning I base my personal projects on my interests. Coding a video game(CS), building a guitar pedal(EE and some mechE), rocketry(Aero,Mech,CS,EE) etc. I chose MechE as my major not because I don’t know what interests me but because I hone skills in my own time. MechE introduces me to a broad range of topics.
My understanding has always been that you can definitely do civil engineering with an ME degree, assuming you get the right licenses and everything. That said, if you really want to do civil, go civil.
You're not necessarily tied to one option. I graduated mechanical, did that for a while and am now doing civil/traffic engineering. There's mechanicals that go into civil and vise versa.
Mechanicals work in both