• Question: what advice would u give to someone who whats to become an engineer?

    Asked by devilking to Ed, Keith, Tish, Nicola, Rachel on 8 Mar 2013.
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      Keith Beattie answered on 8 Mar 2013:

      study maths & science – as these subjects can help you develop analytical thinking. In engineering, we base decisions on facts & data, not intuition and feeling. However, having an understanding of other people and the way they think and interact with technology is also useful. Ask questions all the time of lots of different people, genuine questions that you would like to knoe the answers to – sometimes there is no known answer, but even that tells you something.

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      Nicola Lazenby answered on 10 Mar 2013:

      Do it because you enjoy it – not because you think you’ll earn lots of money or designing a mega famous bridge! Remember to do your research – there’s a lot of different types of engineers, so make sure you find the type of engineering you’d enjoy most! Try and get some experience with different companies so you can suss out what you like and don’t like to help you make an informed decision!

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      Natasha Watson answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      I agree with Nicola, get some experience with different companies. Engineering is so so broad that what you experience in one company will be totally different from another.

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      Edward Taylor answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      All great suggestions, I couldn’t agree more. Another good exercise is to pretend you already have a degree in a particular type of engineering, then go on real job sites and see what jobs are available with that degree. It’ll show you what’s likely to be on offer when you come out, and will also show you what the employers are looking for (grades, work experience etc), which will give you a good guide to follow!

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