• Question: do you like your job and and why dodont you ?

    Asked by jake.o13_ to Sarah, Mark, Masha on 8 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by isla, _unknown_, 538mtrg42.
    • Photo: Sarah Hunt

      Sarah Hunt answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      The short answer is yes! Engineering has such a wide variety of applications that I believe anyone who is interested in how things work can find a career that suits them. Anything from medical surgical tools, to sports equipment, space ships and aeroplanes! Engineering is about applying science to the real world. So the great thing is, that you’ll often be able to see the benefit of your work. I had a friend in Rolls-Royce who was really into downhill mountain biking. He took a holiday in Canada and ended up not coming back to the UK because he found his dream job design engineering professional mountain bikes. So it’s that easy to change industry if you want to move around a bit! 🙂

    • Photo: Mark Catherall

      Mark Catherall answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      For me there are three key things that add up to loving your job: autonomy (getting to decide what to do), mastery (being good at what you do) and purpose (feeling that you’re doing something worthwhile). I work for myself, running a company with two of my friends, so I have a lot of autonomy. We’ve built the best simulations in the world, so I’m doing well on mastery. I do think that building a valuable business is worthwhile, but racing cars are pointless, not useful like jet engines or planes or medical devices or things like that, so I guess I could improve that aspect.

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