An illusion ! What are you hiding ? <| sep |> I picked up my online order today , too . On the plus side , they actually called me to tell me my order was in , minutes after I got the email . I was impressed with that . But they did not ask me for any form of ID , so I could easily see something like this happening . Sorry man . <| sep |> Pakistan will demand that India honour UN resolution which is not going to happen . That ' s all we really need to know basically . India is unwilling to remedy the basis of the issue . <| sep |> Mechanical engineer here . I think you ' ll find that industrial and mechanical are a bit different , but you ' ll often find overlap in the real world . Also the real world is where you ' ll do a lot of your learning . So ten years down the road your job experiences will qualify you for your next job a lot more than what your degree says . At least as far as within the engineering field is concerned . Mechanical engineering is a pretty good catch all it seems . I ' ve seen people with that degree end up all over the place . In my limited experience I would have to say I think that ' s probably the most versatile degree . But drawback is that since it ' s so versatile it ' s not going to be as strong as some others in certain cases ie the aerospace guy will get that NASA job before the mechanical . Internships help . Real experience will look good on a resume and also really help you tell employers you know what you ' re talking about and will be a benefit to their company . I don ' t know what there is for industrial , but for mechanicals there are school actives such as Baja or formula SAE . Looks great because it ' s hands on experience . Would look good regardless of the degree I ' m sure . As far as degree mixes just look to the future . Industrials will generally deal more with manufacturing process , supply chain , logistics , etc . Mechanicals will design machines and take care that they keep running . Electricals will do the same as mechanicals just on the electrical side . There is a lot of bleed over between those two in manufacturing environments . Electricals can also do programming to make the machines work the way they need to . Masters degree in an engineering field will look good and probably give you a pay bump in most companies . Might provide a hiring edge . What it won ' t do very well is provide means for career advancement . Masters of industrial engineer will only mean you ' re slightly more educated as an industrial engineer . Is that really the job you want to do for 40 years ? You ' ll have a better idea after internships . Biggest pro will probably be the pay bump . Most employers know that a BS and two years experience is going to be more valuable than a BS and a masters . The companies that value a MS most are the huge companies Boeing , NASA , Lockheed Martin that get 5000 applications per job so they can be as picky as they like . A better masters to look at would be something in engineering management which would help you move up the line in a manufacturing environment to maybe a production or engineering manager position or even a plant manager position . Even better may be to get an MBA . That ' ll let you move all the way up to those jobs , but it could take you even higher . Engineering salary is great to start , but might not stack up to everyone else when you ' re 55 . That ' s why people who can will keep on climbing . TLDR get as much hands on experience as you can and for schooling past undergrad think more for the long term than the short term .