Om25, thanks for clarifying the fees.
Mcaero the biggest influence on your career is if you choose to remain permanent staff or become a contractor rather than if you obtain chartership or not.
My experience if you want to stay dealing with the technical side of things and not progress into management then in ten years time if you remain permanent staff then your career will hit a ceiling, including your pay; this is the reason many of us choose the contracting route (at least get paid decent money to do a frustrating job).
Middle management looked a complete nightmare, getting all the flak from above with all the hassle organising those below, plus having to deal with company politics.
Interesting point about that your BEng course was four years, in England three year Batchelors are still offered, but the four year courses lead to an award of an MEng, so I am intrigued to hear how the "Scottish" system is structured.
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