• Question: When did you want to be a engineer

    Asked by lewishughes1 to Neil, Jess, Aron, Alexander, Adam on 10 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by kerry395.
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      Aron Kisdi answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I always wanted to find out how things work, build and improve things, be at the forefront of science and explore new ideas. There are many paths to this dream, I always liked the idea of engineering because of my granddad who was a civil engineer but I think I made the choice of engineering over physics during my university application while visiting departments and talking to people.

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      Jessica Marshall answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I guess I didn’t know I wanted to be an Engineer until I was actually doing the job – that is because I didn’t know what an engineer could do! I always wanted to do something technical and to make or invent new things, so that is an engineering role, but I studied Physics as I loved science and hadn’t thought about studying engineering. Not that that was a bad thing – as I am now doing a job I love.

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      Adam Scott answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      I learned I wanted to be an engineer after going to college to be an auto mechanic. I felt that fixing cars was ‘too easy’ – somebody designed and built it so how hard can it be to fix? I wanted to be the guy designing that car (originally) so that I didn’t have to scrape my knuckles fixing it – I’d rather work less hours, get paid more and stay clean!

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      Neil Bowles answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      Pretty early on, though I also studied physics (still do to a certain extent). I blame lego and the Voyager missions to the outer Solar System for driving my current interests. I’ve wanted to understand what makes stuff go, be it a computer program, robot or engine.

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      Alexander Finch answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      I always knew I was going to be an engineer. I played with lego when I was growing up a lot and it seemed natural. I knew I was going to be a space engineer when a space-themed wallpaper was put up in my room. I fell asleep each night staring at a wall of spacecraft and asteroids!

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