I chose to do my career project on Software Engineering, based on my last blog post. I'm still not a hundred percent sure about it, but it does seem like an attractive option so far. The salary is good, various articles make it sound like there's a fairly good job market and it's only increasing, and all those logistic things don't seem to be much of an issue.
There's a couple more things I've been thinking about so far, though. A few people have mentioned that software engineering would be too much of a "cubicle job", since you just sit a computer and code all day. Now, I don't really have a problem with the actual coding part - as I discussed previously, I'm good at it and it's a fun sort of puzzle - but I don't know how long I'd be satisfied with not doing anything else, just sitting there. I don't know if I'd feel like I'd be living life to the fullest, as cliche as that sounds.
I've also been considering various other types of engineering, ones that might involve similar problem-solving strategies. A friend of mine is considering chemical engineering, and aerospace sounds pretty cool too. These would all be a lot more...active careers than software engineering, but they're still not quite the same. I don't think I'd enjoy being a mechanical engineer, though. The possibilities are a bit too infinite, if that makes any sense.
At least you know generally that you want to do engineering of some sorts. My dad is a software engineer and he's always trying to get me to let him teach me how to write certain codes haha. Anyways, I am sure that you will excel in whatever field of engineering you decide to pursue. :)
ReplyDeleteHey Jane,
ReplyDeleteI think you would be good at software engineering, and it seems like you like it. There are different ways to be active in cubicles! But if you don't like that, why don't you come with me to biomedical engineering? Of course you don't have to, but why not look it up?
Possibilities will always pretty much seem infinite, so far that hasn't slowed me down. All I would tell you is to try as many things as you can because at least you can change later on and not get stuck, so you can prevent a horrible midlife crisis!
~Danielle