for one of the first times in my life

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Another one bites the dust.

Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

I am not really sure what I want to specialize in. engineering is very interesting but perhaps I am just approachign it correctly. I have always been somewhat of a loner...or a leader


So far, I have not had a chance to be a leader in engineering and have therefore resorted to being just a loner...and it is lonely....


I really don't know.

If anything, I will contineu taking EE clases but liberal arts classes as well...lots of 'em

There is no point in not even getting an associates in ANYTHING simply because I have a mental block in something that is proving difficult to me...

but is the loneliness due to the engineering classes, or more due to your behavior? I was lonely at times, during parts of my time at uni, but that was because I had bad social phobia and avoided getting to know people.

 

[desk]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I can do it.

I have shown that I can do it.

But whether or not I really want to do it is in the air.

I was speaking with someone and they advised me to look into other fields of study and perhaps keep my wavering in engineering as a hobby or side-item.

From what I write I doubt anyone doesn't know that I have a very entrenched respect for the field, but the more I have failed at it, and the more I have paid attention to why I have failed, the more I realize that it might not be for me.

right now, as I sit here writing this getting ready to go walk my dog, all I can tell myself and the world that I am sure about is that I like to write.

wow, you sound like me. thats probably a bad thing. i just quit my engineering job a couple weeks ago to go hike the appalachian trail.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: desk

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I can do it.

I have shown that I can do it.

But whether or not I really want to do it is in the air.

I was speaking with someone and they advised me to look into other fields of study and perhaps keep my wavering in engineering as a hobby or side-item.

From what I write I doubt anyone doesn't know that I have a very entrenched respect for the field, but the more I have failed at it, and the more I have paid attention to why I have failed, the more I realize that it might not be for me.

right now, as I sit here writing this getting ready to go walk my dog, all I can tell myself and the world that I am sure about is that I like to write.

wow, you sound like me. thats probably a bad thing. i just quit my engineering job a couple weeks ago to go hike the appalachian trail.

lol...have fun

Like I wrote, I am trying to be honest with myslef, and it seems that either engineering, or my lopsided approach to it is not for me....

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
It's jsut that I seem to be subconciously blocking any success in that field. I am irressponsible, late, sparadic...my heart isn't into it at all like I once tricked myself into believing. I could trick myself into believing that I loved it and study for 20 hours straight ( that wasn't really a big thing when I did it, or so I thought) but I was simply enjoying the challenge and not the material.


Hell, today I helped a bunch of people out at work wit htechical crap and it didn't make me feel better.

..and then, when the day was coming to a close and I was all grouchy and bitchy something great happened.

A guy broke down in the middle of the street. No one would help him.

What did I do. In the rainand humidity, I helped him push his minivan about 50 yeards UPHILL so that he wouldn't get towed (cops were right there)

Somehow I feel that I am destined to be a people person...a politician or something....but an incorruptible one...

I bet I could corrupt you. I have it all planned out in my head already...muahahahaha.

That movie sucked

/me is confused again.

HAHA! IT IS I WHO HAVE CORRUPTED YOU!

:roll:

Damn you goosemaster!!! I'll get you next time.

/me puts hookers and pint of vanilla ice cream away.

Where are you keeping that ice cream anyway?

well, I put one in the fridge and the other I ate.

I will let you decide what went where.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
If anything, I will contineu taking EE clases but liberal arts classes as well...lots of 'em

Good idea. When I was getting my BS Comp Sci I made a point to take as many interesting classes as possible for the "breadth of study," and to take expository writing instead of technical.

I also joined the honors program for access to some interesting smaller classes in art, literature and history, but didn't have time to finish it with all of the Math and CS classes I was taking.

In some ways I enjoyed classes like "Non-Western Music" and "Art of the Renaissance" more than Data Structures and Compilers, partly because the CS classes were something I was already pretty good at and didn't stretch my mind as much.

 

[ajayjuneja]

I felt lonely sometimes in engineering classes. The feeling is normal. Remember though, not all people with engineering degrees do engineering in the end. I'm a people person too.

Here's a sample of what my friends are doing now that got engineering degrees:

1. Business development for Sonos (people job)
2. Sales for an internet TV company (people job)
3. working for microsoft/IBM/oracle/VMWare/other tech company as a programmer. (not people jobs)
4. Business development for Altera (people job)
5. Sales for immersion technologies (people job)



and I myself am starting a company, which I am finding is also more a people job than a coding job.

So regardless of the fact that the CLASSES may lack the people interaction you seek, you can get the people interaction from after school interactions. You can choose a career path that leads to a people job too if you want - in fact you'll probably naturally veer in that direction.

good luck!

<-- has CS degree

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: ajayjuneja
I felt lonely sometimes in engineering classes. The feeling is normal.

explain. why are engineering classes any more or less lonely than any other class.