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Would you encourage your children to become Engineers?

cstanton

Or perhaps they have naturally gravitated towards it themselves?

Some say if you have the tendency for engineering, technology, the sciences, the 'knack', then you'll gravitate towards it - but as an Engineer or perhaps a practical or technical Maker yourself is Engineering a career or hobby that you've encouraged? Or did you find that they naturally picked it up?

Or would you actually prefer they steer clear of it and why? What potential pitfalls from your experience would you advise against or to prepare for?

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  • Yes - I encouraged all my kids to be an engineer, be a badass like dad and mom (yes both are EEs) , it was an no brainer. Regardless of their final destination in life, all my kids naturally can wire houses, do auto maintenance, use DVMs and troubleshoot equipment, and are masters with electrical tape & duct tape.

    The kids were rebellious tho about being engineers professionally. No way. No how.

    2 sons did end up engineers on their own volition.

    My 3rd son studied communications (as a user) and is a sports media director for a local university. He does have the coolest job tho of all the kids, hob-knobbing with famous college athletes and coaches and is occasionally on the TV during away games. Home games -> the director is in the control room. He has an advantage over others that he likes work on the equipment.

    My daughter didn't appreciate engineering either, went into nursing. She beat us all - nursing is really a lucrative field right now. She is better on house maintenance than her hubby. 

    I have a 4 year old grandson that is registered in my Early Engineer Training Program with a plastic gear set & legos. He loves my robots. It wont hurt my feelings if he would choose another vocation path, because his youth engineer training will last a lifetime.                

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  • Yes - I encouraged all my kids to be an engineer, be a badass like dad and mom (yes both are EEs) , it was an no brainer. Regardless of their final destination in life, all my kids naturally can wire houses, do auto maintenance, use DVMs and troubleshoot equipment, and are masters with electrical tape & duct tape.

    The kids were rebellious tho about being engineers professionally. No way. No how.

    2 sons did end up engineers on their own volition.

    My 3rd son studied communications (as a user) and is a sports media director for a local university. He does have the coolest job tho of all the kids, hob-knobbing with famous college athletes and coaches and is occasionally on the TV during away games. Home games -> the director is in the control room. He has an advantage over others that he likes work on the equipment.

    My daughter didn't appreciate engineering either, went into nursing. She beat us all - nursing is really a lucrative field right now. She is better on house maintenance than her hubby. 

    I have a 4 year old grandson that is registered in my Early Engineer Training Program with a plastic gear set & legos. He loves my robots. It wont hurt my feelings if he would choose another vocation path, because his youth engineer training will last a lifetime.                

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