• Question: is your job fun?

    Asked by Morgan to Pete, Matthew, Philippa, Neil, Paula on 6 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by Liamn19, charen, Stampy long nose, Chicken.
    • Photo: Pete Symons

      Pete Symons answered on 6 Mar 2015:

      It can be Fun, I would lying if I said it was always Fun! I spend a lot of time with people both team members and clients and depending on the people it can be good fun. I like to think I build good relationships with people, so more often than not it is fun.
      Also some parts of the job are more fun than others, visiting aircraft, having a go on flight simulators, witnessing military testing are always fun!

    • Photo: Matthew Gall

      Matthew Gall answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      I think my job is fun, but lots of people look at me in horror when I say what I see on a daily basis. I’m not going to say the job is fun (and if you think any job is fun all the time, you’re going to be disappointed) all the time.

    • Photo: Philippa Jefferis

      Philippa Jefferis answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      It is definitely fun, but that doesn’t mean I jump out of bed every morning shouting “Yippee” before rushing to the office. It is a different kind of fun to say going to a theme park. I think the fun comes from the job satisfaction, the challenging yourself to come up with solutions to difficult problems and then when you get the answer, that’s when I shout “Yippee” – or at least just do a mini fist pump.

    • Photo: Neil Taylor

      Neil Taylor answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Hi!

      I think my job is fun, yes! However, like most things in life, you feel most proud/happy with the achievements that were the toughest. And I think that’s what engineering is about… it’s not an easy profession, and you will have to work really hard – but the sense of achievement and personal improvement you get from it really is amazing.

      It’s a very rewarding profession!

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