I don't have chicken soup or duck soup here. It's all in the vernacular. People with technical backgrounds are probably a little stubborn, but they are very pragmatic. They always think that as long as they master the technology and learn it well, they can get an ideal salary. But this sentence can't be said to be unreasonable. Everything must be based on specific circumstances (this sentence is a P). It is not true.
I have a friend who used to sell some electronic control devices such as relays, contactors and air switches. When he saw that some people who were engaged in electrical design had attractive salaries, he complained that the sales job was so hard to break his legs that he could not earn two points. Qian, so he made up his mind to start learning electrical design and signed up for a technical training course focusing on PLC. After a few months, he finally got his diploma and got a diploma, and the training institution introduced him to a company that makes non-standard equipment , but he His face was full of sorrow, because the company leaders also asked him to do electrical after-sales. After being persuaded by the teachers of the training institution, he finally figured it out. He entered the industry first and then went deeper. The hard work paid off. Designing and writing PLC programs for some non-standard equipment, but the salary is still lower than the level of other engineers.
There is such a big difference in electrical automation. My friend has no other unique skills except PLC integration and simple servo applications. Those high-paid electrical automation engineers keep up with the trend of industrial development. In-depth study of upper computer software programming such as industrial robot programming and robot vision integration application, and understanding of new industrial control standards, expanding industry horizons, not limited to small equipment and small projects, dare to challenge difficulties and take greater responsibility.
Here I will give you a few cases. The reality is that there is no void unless you fantasize.
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Figure 4 above is PLC + CCD + host computer skills + robot
The purpose of this article is not to attack those friends who have been learning PLC, but to remind everyone to keep pace with the times and master advanced technology so as not to be eliminated by the times. PLC is a rare function of logic. You need to know the process flow to program PLC. To put it bluntly, only understanding PLC is not very useful. It is best to know C language. You also need to understand servo motors, frequency converters, information processing, touch monitors, etc. Wait. Knowledge of machinery is also very necessary. Now there are many industry professionals who are not good enough, and many industries need all-rounders. Even professional PLCs are constantly learning, this thing is constantly updated, you can't stop, and finally learning makes people happy .
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I am in Suzhou, the manufacturing industry is very developed, and there are many non-standard equipment companies.
I have been working in industrial control for four years. Among the people I know, most of the electrical engineers who are engaged in PLC in automation companies are college graduates, and most of them are leaders. Graduate students, I really haven't seen it.
Electrical engineers are generally not well paid. Large companies rely on overtime pay and short-term compensation and find ways to invoice by themselves. Small companies basically rely on business trips to make up for the difference, and there is no overtime pay. In short, if I want to get more money, I travel desperately and go to the factory with harsh environment to squat for debugging. In addition, even if you take into account the miscellaneous income from making up the difference, there are not many people who can get 10,000 a month. Unless you go out and do private work on your own.
Undergraduate students who graduated in the same year have already earned an annual salary of 180,000 for embedded projects. Purely soft-oriented java development or front-end development is basically 150,000 to 250,000. No need to travel frequently.
Having said so much, everyone remember to pay attention to the first comment below, there are dry goods~