• Question: have you ever regretted becoming a engineer ? what would you be if you wernt doing what you do now ?

    Asked by a little to cool for a user name to Alex, Chris, Mohamed, Rik, Victoria on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Rik Allen

      Rik Allen answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Never for very long. Some days I look out of the window and want to ben outside doing something – but there are of course engineering jobs that spend time outdoors, live civil engineering. Other times I’ve wondered about more artistic things – photography appealed for a while – but I don’t think I’d be good enough, and I think I’d get bored in the real world. There are only so many times you want to photograph a wedding.

      I’ve worked with fashion designers, animators, cinematographers, sound recordists, product designers, textile designers, so I’ve seen how creative the stuff I do as an engineer turns out to be – I’ve been able to dabble in more fields than if I’d chosen any one of those on their own. I’d the chances are, I’m more financially secure.

    • Photo: Alex Shenfield

      Alex Shenfield answered on 17 Mar 2015:

      Never.

      I feel really fortunate to be doing something as a job that I’d probably do for fun in my spare time (though don’t tell my boss!).

      If I wasn’t an engineer I’d probably be unemployed! 🙂

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