• Question: Did you go into the wide area 'engineering' or start with your specific area?

    Asked by 624sftb43 to Matthew, Neil, Paula, Pete, Philippa on 13 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Neil Taylor

      Neil Taylor answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      Hi!

      I originally studied Mechanical Engineering at university because it is generally considered one of the broadest disciplines (i.e. you can pursue a very wide range of careers after graduation!).

      I then saw an advert through University for a summer placement with a company that was involved in the subsea business, within the oil and gas industry, and I thought “I can do that!”. I really liked the work and the people there, so I accepted an offer to start as a graduate the next year!

      So I started with studying mechanical engineering and found myself in my specific area by following opportunities that were presented to me. However, I have an interest in the energy sector generally (e.g.nuclear, renewables, oil and gas), so I think that would have been the specific areas that I would have eventually gone for, if the opportunity hadn’t presented itself.

      Hope this helps!

    • Photo: Philippa Jefferis

      Philippa Jefferis answered on 15 Mar 2015:

      I specialised with my degree and chose civil engineering, but then within that I have studies lots of different sub-topics and have yet to decide which one I want to fully specialise in.

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