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audufanatic518

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    Hey Big Blue,

    Sorry for the delayed response; I got caught up in finishing up some work before finals week begins.

    Anyway, I wouldnā€™t 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 donā€™t feel ā€œgood enoughā€ when I canā€™t figure something out and I become extremely frustrated with it. Then of course thereā€™s the other aspect of being cooped up inside all day as with any other white-collar job. Thereā€™s 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, Iā€™m disgusted with what modern tech has done to peopleā€™s social skills. I hate the pace of modern society as Iā€™ve 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 canā€™t stand this notion of consumerism either, people just buy new stuff even when their old stuff isnā€™t broken (and then they wonder why theyā€™re not financially secure). Itā€™s as though life is now a matter of making money to buy lots of stuff and then die; I donā€™t like that notion at all. Every time my mom brings up graduation, all she talks about is the money Iā€™m going to make and buying a new car for myself. I just shake my head in pity, Iā€™d much rather be happy in what Iā€™m doing and thereā€™s nothing wrong with my car. sure itā€™s 13 years old, but itā€™s 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 Iā€™m more than happy. I guess song can sum up what Iā€™m saying better than words; Miranda Lambertā€™s Automatic and Bradley Westā€™s These Days kind of do a good job summing up my feelings. So while I do like engineering at times, I donā€™t want to contribute more to what I see as an epidemic.

    So now that Iā€™ve got the restof the monkeys off my chest, I guess the question is ā€œwhat does a tech guy that seemingly hates tech possibly do?ā€ and thatā€™s what Iā€™m still trying to figure out. Iā€™ve been considering taking the actuarial exams and going that route instead, though itā€™s probably a very boring job. I do like operations research / industrial engineering type work and thatā€™s what Iā€™ve focused on in my math major. However, I canā€™t seem to find work in that area. All places I applied to havenā€™t even given me a call back (thatā€™s 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 ā€œlivingā€ resume).

    Other than those fields, itā€™s a tough call. Again, I want nothing to do with this whole smartphone, Twitter, Facebook, Internet craze. Out of all the engineering classes Iā€™ve 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 ā€œthe 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 donā€™t want to be confined to an office contributing to stuff Iā€™m personally against.

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