• Question: Hi my name is Osman, i though this would be a great question to ask as you are a engineer Why did you become an engineer as I want to be a mechanical engineer

    Asked by Osman A to Rob, Jessica, Gemma, Carys, Abigail on 4 Jun 2021.
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      Gemma Singer answered on 4 Jun 2021: last edited 4 Jun 2021 10:52 pm

      I chose to become an engineer because I was good at science, but also loved being creative and engineering seemed to combine both science and creativity.
      I studied mechanical engineering because there are so many different careers you can choose to have with a mechanical engineering degree (from designing cars, to working in a bank, or becoming a teacher) and I wanted to have all the options!
      I was also interested in things like using engineering to make 3D printed bones and I knew that I could choose more bio-mechanical engineering lessons near the end of my degree at univeristy if I wanted too… which is what I did in the end.

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      Carys Kelly answered on 5 Jun 2021:

      Hey Osman! I actually did Mechanical Engineering at university, although this isn’t my job now. When I was at school I loved Science and the reason for this is that I loved learning new things then seeing how we could use this in real life. When I did my degree we looked at things like bridges, buildings and cars which was so interesting.

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      Rob Gilbert answered on 7 Jun 2021:

      I think I liked the idea of building useful things for people (for example, bridges) and being able to say to people that I helped make it happen.

      I also love seeing how things work and thinking about ways to improve them, so engineering is a great choice for that too.

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      Abigail Seager answered on 8 Jun 2021:

      I didn’t actually know I wanted to be an engineer. I studied Physics and thought I wanted to be a scientist and then I found a graduate training scheme at the BBC in engineering, which looked really interesting. So I did that for two years and had so much fun I’ve never left 🙂

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