• Question: was being a engineer your first job and how long did it take for you to become one ?

    Asked by Brodie to Chris, Paul, Priyanka, Ryan, Sarah on 8 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Sarah Hargreaves

      Sarah Hargreaves answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      I went to Manchester University to study Aerospace Engineering, which took 4 years. 1 year was spent on a work placement and the other 3 were spent studying.

      When I finished University I found it difficult to get a job because of the credit crunch, which meant that a lot of aerospace engineering companies were not employing people. So my first job after finishing University was working at McDonalds as a shift supervisor. It was the most glamorous of jobs but I did learn a lot from it about how to work and manage teams. My first Engineering job was working for a company called Hyde Aerospace on the design of a helicopter for Barack Obama.

    • Photo: Priyanka Dhopade

      Priyanka Dhopade answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      Yes it was my first job right out of university. I also studied Aerospace Engineering at university for 4 years.
      Like Sarah, I also graduated during the credit crunch in 2008 and was one of the few lucky ones to get a job in the same field as my engineering degree. I worked for a company that makes landing gears for aircraft (those things with wheels help the plane take off and land). It was pretty interesting and I learned a lot about how landing gears can break!

    • Photo: Christine Coonick

      Christine Coonick answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Good question Brodie. It took me a while to get round to engineering and I’ve had lots of jobs in the run up (banking, property developer, letting agent, even worked in a cattery for a bit). But when I decided that’s what I wanted to do I put myself through Uni and got a job in engineering straight away.

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