drawerfixer

Howdy,

Although this post isn't directly related to Tilted Motors, I think I will get a much better response here and it won't much up conversation with the large 'masses'. Mods, if this is inappropriate or in the wrong area, accept my apologies and feel free to move this or talk to me.

Anyway, I'm a freshman in college. As an undeclared student, my parents forced to take a 'career pathways' class. It was basically personality tests and things of that sort, but our semester project involves interviewing someone in our field of study. I really have no idea what I plan to major in, but engineering is one of my interests.

Basically, I'm hoping there is an engineer who visits this board that I could have a quick email or posting interview with. They are very basic questions and you could pick and choose which queries were comfortable. I will post the questions below. Feel free to take a look and hopefully answer.

- How did you obtain your experience and qualifications?
- What is the best way to enter this career?
- What does a typical day look like for you?
- Is volunteer or intership work important in this field?
- How would you recommend someone break into this field?
- What do you find most satisfying about your work? Most frustrating?
- Is Calculus 3 level math used daily, or to what level do you find yourself working at?
- What skills and qualities are needed to be successful?
- In general, what kind of people do you find working in engineering?
- From your point of view, will engineering remain a popular field in the next few decades?
- Are you happy with your choice of becoming an engineer?
- What other advice can you give me?


Hopefully someone will feel comfortable enough to respond. Unfortunately, the project requires the name of your organization, address, and telephone number. This would obviously be addressed over email or PMs, but you do not have to give me this if you are not comfortable. This is for a very small class at an informal setting, and the project will likely be tossed by the teacher at semester break. Although I cannot give a 100% guarantee, I cannot imagine a way for any personal information to be released in a harmful or neutral setting.

Feel free to PM for more information or comments. Thanks.

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