• Question: Did you always know you wanted to be an engineer?

    Asked by time022jam to Tom, Sanjeev, Orla, Fiona, Eimear, Cillian on 3 Mar 2020. This question was also asked by jnr engineer 5891.
    • Photo: Orla McGee

      Orla McGee answered on 3 Mar 2020:

      No, I actually considered a pharmacist and a dentist too. I knew I wanted something medical but I didn’t want to be a doctor. Biomedical engineering allowed me to stay in a medical-related job but also allowed me to do design and solve mathematic and scientific problems too which I love to do.

    • Photo: Fiona Malone

      Fiona Malone answered on 3 Mar 2020:

      No way, I love music and art so I thought I was gonna be a rock star or an artist. But I was good at maths and science and wanted a job that helps people and makes people happy. Biomedical engineering does that and I can always play music and paint even while being an engineer, but it’s hard to do that the other way around!

    • Photo: Eimear O'Hara

      Eimear O'Hara answered on 3 Mar 2020:

      No I didn’t even consider it until Leaving Cert when I took up Engineering as a subject. The maths side didn’t appeal to me much but once I realised how fun it was to apply all the concepts of maths and physics to something I was hooked!

    • Photo: Cillian Thompson

      Cillian Thompson answered on 4 Mar 2020:

      No, I wanted to be a helicopter pilot from a young age and then moved into wanting to be a paramedic or fireman when I was like 15 and then as I realised how much I liked maths, physics, and biology I was then considering engineering or science when I was in leaving cert but I am very happy that I chose engineering!

    • Photo: Sanjeev Kumar

      Sanjeev Kumar answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      No. Actually, during the final year of my senior secondary studies, I was interested in both Biology and Mathematics (apart from physics and chemistry). Initially, I was confused between medial and engineering as my career. However, I was interested more in medical, and I wanted to be a doctor to help cure patients. I wrote competitive examinations to take admission into a medical college. However, medical entrance examinations in India are highly competitive, and I could not succeed in this pursuit.

      As I was also good at mathematics and engineering was my second choice, I decided to make my career in engineering. Today, I am a happy and satisfied engineer. I love my job, and it gives me satisfaction when I design something new. Recently, I have been involved in developing the devices, which can be used for wireless health monitoring of the patients in a hospital.

Comments