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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a civil engineer with only a tiny bit of experience cos I switched to software. That holds true. Environmental and other ethical concerns are not even an afterthought in vast majority of engineering projects.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a civil engineer with only a tiny bit of experience cos I switched to software.

Holy shit, I'm not the only one?!

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

I think this is true of most civil engineering majors I know. After getting their degrees, very few actually ended up working in civil engineering because the money was better in software or other tech.