• Question: why did you choose to be an engineer?

    Asked by 542canj35 to Yetty, Tom, Laura, Jack, Gina, Chris on 9 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by finlayl123, Windows. XP.
    • Photo: Yetunde Kolawole

      Yetunde Kolawole answered on 9 Jun 2017:

      Hi,

      When I was a kid, I was always interested in how things worked. I got into trouble for breaking up my toys to find out why they sang or spoke! And in high school, my favourite subjects where physics and maths. That’s why I choose to become an engineer and I’m glad I did!

      Yetty

    • Photo: Jack Irwin

      Jack Irwin answered on 9 Jun 2017:

      Hello,

      I studied maths, physics and art at A level. I created sculptures at A level that were as big as a buss and I wanted to continue designing and building larger things.

      Jack

    • Photo: Tom Rooney

      Tom Rooney answered on 9 Jun 2017:

      I remember getting my first technical lego set when I was 6, it was a tractor with working steering and a rear cog that turned with the rear axles to drive a lego thresher and a lego muck spreader… I was hooked! This got me into trying to find out how stuff worked and used to take things apart to learn about them. I was not always very good at rebuilding them… I never found all the pieces of the spring wound alarm clock after it exploded in my hands… but I often found new and interesting things to do with the various parts left over 🙂

    • Photo: Laura Walker

      Laura Walker answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      I used to love Knex and lego, I wanted to build the biggest and most complicated things I could out of them. I also wanted to understand how things worked. I rememebr when I saved up some money to buy a “200 in 1 Electronic Projects Lab Kit” whre you could wire it up and make it into a radio, I found it fascinating.

Comments

  • Photo: Misty2007

    Misty2007 commented on :

    do you love to be creative when you are not doing anything

  • Photo: Laura

    Laura commented on :

    I Draw and play piano outside of work – my new venture is customising trainers 🙂

  • Photo: Tom

    Tom commented on :

    I play guitar, write songs and I’m writing a book of funny (mostly true) funny stories. I’ve collected a big pile of drift wood over the last few years from the beach next to my office… I’m planning on building some sculptures with it.