To all graduates chasing Lucrative Petroleum Engineering Degrees, you might want to pause now, look at the pink slip you are holding in your hands and ask your self if you should have been chasing that six figure salary straight out of school. There are no shortcuts in life and you are learning this the hard way this week.
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im graduating in May with a PE degree, im supposed to start at Baker in June....
See this: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/graduates-question-six-figure-oil-jobs-as-layoffs-swell
I know a kid, straight out of college, 4 year degree, he was bragging that he made over 140K his first year