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Allison
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How has working as an engineer helped you in your everyday life?
I want to pursue a career that helps me to learn daily, but also helps me to grow as a person. #engineering
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Simon Robson
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Simon’s Answer
Unfortunatly I’m not a very “deep” person, so engineering gave me a well paying career that allowed me to retire at 58. Besides the money engineering allowed me to make life better for hundreds, if not thousands, of people through my engineering work. Having a job you like is just as important as the salary. I felt good about my work, the people I worked with, and looked forward to going to work almost every day. I loved learning about, and fixing problems. I liked teaching and encouraging others to be excellent engineers in my later years of my career. Whatever you choose, give it 100% and you will be rewarded. Good luck.
David Dolch
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You really have to look at the question the other way around. How will your everyday life help you in engineering. Your life (passions, skills, personalioty, etc) should define your job, not the other way around.
Engineering works as a job for me because I am naturally good at math, I have good spatial awareness, and have the sort of personality that fits with engineering (I like things orderly, I like define processes and procedures, and I like validated answers.
If you go into a carreer that does not fir your personality, at best you will find in unfullfilling, at worts you will be miserable.
-dave
Nicole Baillie
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Hi Allison E. I see that you posted this question a little while ago so I hope my answer to you (or others who may read this response) is still helpful.
Keying a bit off of David's answer, I agree that the person makes the job and not the other way around. In other words, a person who is successful in engineering (or any job really), is a person who brings their true self to their work. Like David, I too prefer to have things orderly. I generally struggle with activities that aren't orderly or that don't have some sort of logic to them. Oftentimes, I have found myself in the initial stages of a project that is anything but orderly!:) But part of the satisfaction in getting that project off the ground and to closure is to design an orderly process. Which brings me to another point, similar to what David raised. Successful engineers understand how to bridge their technical knowledge with providing common understanding to their clients. In other words, if an engineer can't "speak the language" of their clients, they likely will not be successful. Closer to your question, if a person has a hard time understanding and/or translating what is happening around them, there is some probability that that lack of awareness can spill over into one's work space.
In general, it is important to note that people who are successful in their work find effective ways to grow, particularly growing their knowledge. That growth in knowledge generally leads to growth in confidence which can have very positive impacts on the type of work (and non work) experiences one can have.
Hope you find this response helpful. Best of luck!
Keying a bit off of David's answer, I agree that the person makes the job and not the other way around. In other words, a person who is successful in engineering (or any job really), is a person who brings their true self to their work. Like David, I too prefer to have things orderly. I generally struggle with activities that aren't orderly or that don't have some sort of logic to them. Oftentimes, I have found myself in the initial stages of a project that is anything but orderly!:) But part of the satisfaction in getting that project off the ground and to closure is to design an orderly process. Which brings me to another point, similar to what David raised. Successful engineers understand how to bridge their technical knowledge with providing common understanding to their clients. In other words, if an engineer can't "speak the language" of their clients, they likely will not be successful. Closer to your question, if a person has a hard time understanding and/or translating what is happening around them, there is some probability that that lack of awareness can spill over into one's work space.
In general, it is important to note that people who are successful in their work find effective ways to grow, particularly growing their knowledge. That growth in knowledge generally leads to growth in confidence which can have very positive impacts on the type of work (and non work) experiences one can have.
Hope you find this response helpful. Best of luck!