• Question: What made you decide to go into engineering?

    Asked by ohhheyjodie to Ant, Dan, Matt, Mike, Steph on 13 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Anthony Hollingsworth

      Anthony Hollingsworth answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      building things is very satisfying work! since you need to work its great to do something you enjoy, and as a bonus its very well paid 🙂

    • Photo: Matt Maddock

      Matt Maddock answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I have always loved science and learning about how the world works, but it turns out I also really love building things making things, getting my hands dirty! Engineering lets me do all that!

    • Photo: Dan Veal

      Dan Veal answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I liked maths and physics at school, but also like tinkering with things, taking them apart. Ever been really frustrated that something didn’t work like you wanted, like your bike, or mobile, or your desk at school, or anything, and did you think of something that would make it better? “If only my desk was 4 inches taller and the chair was tilted a bit more toward the front it would be way more comfortable!” It’s simple, those are exactly the kind of thoughts that may mean you would enjoy engineering.

    • Photo: Mike Salter

      Mike Salter answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      I found engineering interesting and inspiring, and I think that’s really important when choosing a career. I really enjoyed doing science, maths and technology at school, and engineering really mixes all three of them together into one job. You use the skills from these subjects to create something that has a real effect on the world, from designing the latest mobile phone or games console to putting things up into space!

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