With dim hopes of obtaining tenure this year, I find myself at 42 with a Ph.D., a wife, a 14-year-old son who thinks he should go to college, 19 years left on the mortgage, and the altogether real possibility of once again looking for a new position. So what is a good job? And what is a good employer? Philosophically, we all know that it is not just high pay. A good company treats its employees with respect and remains profitable to provide one with a steady job. What are the top employers in your state? I posed this question to one of my classes recently. Now let me just say that Colorado is not the best state in the United States for mechanical engineering employment. There is minimal manufacturing, and manufacturing tends to drive the other mechanical engineering jobs, such as design, analysis, research, and development.
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