• Question: are there any more engineers in your family if there is is that why you wanted to be an engineer?if there is not why did you want to become an engineer?

    Asked by 399amph45 to Andres, Andy, Emma, Shahil, Sheryl, Zoe on 7 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Andres Rivero

      Andres Rivero answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      Yes, both my parents are electrical engineers, so I kind of grew up with it. However, I can’t say that they pushed me to do engineering. They always motivated both my sister and I to go to uni, but they never pushed us towards a specific degree. I can’t really say that my parents being engineers steered me in a particular direction. However, I admire them both and they are one of my sources of inspiration.

      Andres

    • Photo: Andy Woods

      Andy Woods answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      My uncle is an electrical engineer who did an apprenticeship. I was in the first generation of my family to go to University.

      I wanted to be an engineer to solve problems and fix things.

      I’m lucky that I was able to go to University relatively cheaply and see the benefits of it.

    • Photo: Sheryl Williams

      Sheryl Williams answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      No, I am the first one in my family to go to University. I loved maths and when i couldn’t get into medical school, i had to do something else so took up electronics with maths at university and loved it so continue on that path as an electrical engineer. I am also the eldest of my siblings so I am always setting the pace in my family and hoping they will follow.

    • Photo: Emma Ryan

      Emma Ryan answered on 16 Mar 2017:

      There’s no engineers in my family – my mum is a teacher and my dad is a historian. They’re still not sure why I’m so good at Maths!

      I wanted to be an engineer because of wonderful teachers I had who made science and technology really interesting and fun. They challenged me and really got me to think about problems (one of our teachers made us calculate the diameter of the Earth from using the shadow of a stick), and I realised I loved solving problems using the knowledge and skills I had. Engineering is very much problem solving!

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