| Or you could be an engineer like me. I have a degree in mechanical engineering but I never had much interest in tinkering with things. I am a power plant engineer and most of my job consists of monitoring processes for performance issues and doing a lot of contractor management and project planning and execution. I don't do much in terms of designing systems and processes. The engineers in the project engineering HQ do that stuff and I will eventually rotate through that office within the next few years.
I was not able to succeed in a college program that was very theoretical and required you to dwell a lot on assignments. I transferred to another school that was much more direct and to the point by teaching fundamental engineering skills without all of the fancy projects. The major part of my job is figuring out how to manage resources so that the plant can keep running. |