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May 12, 2014 at 10:20 pm #56203audufanatic518Participant
Hey Big Blue,
Sorry for the delayed response; I got caught up in finishing up some work before finals week begins.
Anyway, I wouldnāt necessarily say I hate my field though I probably came off that way earlier (and often times I tend to let my emotions take charge and blame the field rather than pinpoint the problems more directly). I do like building things as an engineer. I guess I donāt feel āgood enoughā when I canāt figure something out and I become extremely frustrated with it. Then of course thereās the other aspect of being cooped up inside all day as with any other white-collar job. Thereās only so much of that I can take. During my internship last summer it almost felt like a sin to waste perfectly sunny summer days inside on a computer.
Finally, as I said, Iām disgusted with what modern tech has done to peopleās social skills. I hate the pace of modern society as Iāve already made clear. I cringe every time I see people taking selfies and posting them on Twitter and I wonder what this world has come to when I see people playing on their smartphones at the dinner table with family or friends. I canāt stand this notion of consumerism either, people just buy new stuff even when their old stuff isnāt broken (and then they wonder why theyāre not financially secure). Itās as though life is now a matter of making money to buy lots of stuff and then die; I donāt like that notion at all. Every time my mom brings up graduation, all she talks about is the money Iām going to make and buying a new car for myself. I just shake my head in pity, Iād much rather be happy in what Iām doing and thereās nothing wrong with my car. sure itās 13 years old, but itās an Audi; I treat it well, it looks sharp, rides super smooth, and it has everything I want and need in a car. I have no need for all the toys in modern cars, just give me a radio and Iām more than happy. I guess song can sum up what Iām saying better than words; Miranda Lambertās Automatic and Bradley Westās These Days kind of do a good job summing up my feelings. So while I do like engineering at times, I donāt want to contribute more to what I see as an epidemic.
So now that Iāve got the restof the monkeys off my chest, I guess the question is āwhat does a tech guy that seemingly hates tech possibly do?ā and thatās what Iām still trying to figure out. Iāve been considering taking the actuarial exams and going that route instead, though itās probably a very boring job. I do like operations research / industrial engineering type work and thatās what Iāve focused on in my math major. However, I canāt seem to find work in that area. All places I applied to havenāt even given me a call back (thatās not a surprise though, even the tech companies I apply to never call me back despite me having a seemingly perfect resume and a personal website where I keep a ālivingā resume).
Other than those fields, itās a tough call. Again, I want nothing to do with this whole smartphone, Twitter, Facebook, Internet craze. Out of all the engineering classes Iāve taken, my favorites by far involve embedded systems. I was recently asked to do my PhD with one of my professors where I would study 3D printers; that is something I could see myself doing. But again, embedded systems are becoming incorporated into āthe internet of thingsā and that is something I do not like.
I guess I might be better off working for myself doing consulting work where I can make my own hours and hold meetings on the beach if I choose to. I just donāt want to be confined to an office contributing to stuff Iām personally against.
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