Comprehensive analysis and comparison
Mold engineers are more professional, more technical, the salary is also higher, but mold engineers need to be very strong practical, it takes a long time to be getting started. Mechanical engineers have a wider range of employment, the need for a lot of industries and enterprises, do not need a long time to get started, but the treatment is much worse than mold engineers.
The specific choice of which position depends on your ideas and ability. If you are very strong hands-on ability, willing to start from the basics to learn 1, 2 years time then you can choose mold engineer, if you are eager to make money or not too much like too specific operation work can choose mechanical engineer.
My personal feeling is that mold engineers have more prospects and money.
A mechanical designer's friend's opinion
I also think that the domestic mechanical design really has no future, to my 'experience, in Zhuhai, a Hong Kong-funded enterprises to do a year of equipment research and development engineers, the treatment of only 3K, change to Shenzhen to come, is currently leading the non-standard equipment research and development and management of the Ministry of Engineering, payroll deduction of food and housing is less than 4K. Between students, I am still considered to be a better mix, although just graduated more than 3 years, inexperienced, but also independently designed a number of non-standard machines. Mechanical design this line makes me feel very boring and no future. Want to change jobs, but do not know which line to turn, depressed. I'm not so sure about this line of mold, but the hydraulic side or don't go, at first I was doing hydraulic start, feel even more unpromising
Summary
Whether you do mold or machinery, as long as you enter an industry will feel an industry is very sleepy. An industry is very down. But if you are in an industry a stage , and have a more in-depth input and pay. You will definitely have a better harvest. 360 rows, rows and rows of talented people. As long as you pay attention and try to do, you will become a good designer.
Specialization, you just need to drill through him, you will become a good talent. Earn money that is still a problem?