Life Choice, Update page 2, read the first post though Options

[devilsden97]

ok, so this is gonna be another "piss and moan" thread...sorta.

So as some of you know, I am a college student, studyign to become an Engineer. My current place of employment has me working hand in hand with engineers, so it gives me real-time job experience in the field that I want to go into.

Well...so I thought that is what I wanted to go into. The last year of college (my first year as an Engineering student) has kicked my ass. [Prior I attend college for CAD. (computer aided drafting)] I failed Calc I, two times, and it has really messed up my scheduleing. (as if that was the worst of it.) After about the first 3 weeks, I honestly, legitimatly, hated getting up to go to class. Not because its early, or because its class, because i knew everyday was going to make me mad, or make me feel dumb.

I am begining to think I can't do the work that is associated to become an engineer. My calculus teacher says that I am not trying hard enough. Which could very well be true, but at the same time, i value friends, and other relationships to be as important, or more important then 35 calculus problems. So comes the notion of, "just try harder."

Maybe I just don't want to try harder, and becoming an engineer to me isnt worth the time, or dare I say sacrafice. I like the work I do now, even tho somedays I really hate, most days are decent.

When it comes to what else id be interested in doing, i cant think of anything that really intriques me enough to major in it.


I know some of you guys on here actually know me in person, and have talked to me. I also understand all dont know me very well, but I am just looking for any insite or personal experiences that may help me make some sort of a decison.

Thanks.

Miguel aka "Migga"


(really wasnt that pissy and moany...but its pretty complainy.)

ps. any questions just ask. Ill basicly share whatever, because i want some REAL unbias opinons.


Edit: Update Page 2.

This post has been edited by devilsden97: Jun 23, 2007 - 12:33 AM

[devilsden97]

BlackCelicaGT94 - thanks for the offer but i dont plan on moving away quite yet...after all im only 20, and as discuseed here i dont have a degree in nething.

97lestyousay - I believe i want to be a mechanical engineer, right now i just really dont know if i wanna pursue it any more, or go in another direction.

orvillescelica - discourage. So here is a question for u, Was it worth it? did the end satisfy the means for u?

Boss-Celica - Ive changed my major once already, which really isnt a big deal, but besides engineering, i cant think of anything else id like to do. But all jobs have days that u would rather murder your boss, then go on working.

GTSOwner - I know its not always about how much u make, or whos the smartest. My think right now is that i REALLY dont think i can do it, and I honestly cant think of anything else id like to...i guess "try".

Iluvmycelica95 - Ive given up going out many a weekend/week so i could do hw. My point is, I work, go to school then come home and do hw. I give up weekends and weekday nights for hw. My buddy calls, asks to chill, and i say no, i have hw. He cant believe how much work i do. (neither can i sometimes).

I believe one of my MAJOR problems is that what i think is enough, isnt (obviously) but im not willing to give nemore. I'm really not willing to disappear off the face of the Earth for 4 to 5 months while class is in session. Yes, there is time to go out, and do things, but at the same time, im not gonna spend 75% of my non-school (classes)/work hours doing hw.

keep the opinions coming people. i appreciate it.

[orvillescelica]

orvillescelica - discourage. So here is a question for u, Was it worth it? did the end satisfy the means for u?

It all depends on what day you talk to me. I sort of went through the same thign my junior year of college, questioning if i made the right choice. Thankfully i earned an internship at the Air Force Research Lab that summer and that really drove me to excel my senior year and apply to grad school.

Engineering is a thankless job. Being an engineer, you are a builder of society. It is not the politicians, lawyers or businessmen that move society forward, but our ability to create and invent that moves society from one age to another. Despite this, engineers will never make the amount of money nor gain the recognition that other proffessions do. You will work hard and do great things, but no one will care and you will not be paid an equal amount for your effort. My motto is, if i am doing my job right, most people wont know that im doing anything at all.

So is it worth it? Absoluetly! with engineering you have to step back out of the grind every now and then and look at what youa re doing. Currently im helping design these engines where the next time they fire, they will be helping land a rover the size of a mini cooper on Mars. It will test soil samples where there might have been water. And if they find any remains of a single cell organism, we can show that life is a spontaneous process wherever there is water. Thats world changing stuff!! As an engineer, everything you do could literaly change the world. Knowing that and seeing that makes it worth it. And so now the question is, If you knew for a FACT that you could help change the world in your own way, how hard would you try to make that happen?