KevinMcGovern
Aug14-09, 02:12 AM
Not sure if this is the place for this thread and after looking through 5 pages of a search, I didn't find a similar topic, but please tell me if I'm wrong.
As you can tell I'm new, so hello, I'll probably be on here more in a few months as I'll be starting grade 11 and may need help.
Anyway, on to the topic hand. For the past few months, the idea of aiming to become a Mechanical Engineer has become very appealing. I'm very analytical and have always been interested in the way things works and building things. My marks are only in the low-80s at the moment, but I'm hoping if I kick it into overdrive I'll be able to pull off good marks. If not, hopefully I won't fall too far away from my goal. But as I read more and more about this career path, I get more and more worried about the work involved. From what I understand, the process to becoming and the schooling of an Engineer is very, very difficult. I'm wondering, is this the same as the daily work of a Mechanical Engineer? Do all of the aspects of University that make Engineering a difficult subject transfer over to make your average day on the job just as difficult? Is it very stressful or are you generally not bugged by managers? Is there a lot of late-night and weekend work or are your hours pretty solid?
I'd just like to know these things because in the future I'd prefer to enjoy my life rather than have a heart attack from the stress of my daily life. I'll leave my wall of text at that for now, I look forward to posting more in the future. I may not know very much now, but there seems to be a large amount of very intelligent people on this forum.
-Kevin
As you can tell I'm new, so hello, I'll probably be on here more in a few months as I'll be starting grade 11 and may need help.
Anyway, on to the topic hand. For the past few months, the idea of aiming to become a Mechanical Engineer has become very appealing. I'm very analytical and have always been interested in the way things works and building things. My marks are only in the low-80s at the moment, but I'm hoping if I kick it into overdrive I'll be able to pull off good marks. If not, hopefully I won't fall too far away from my goal. But as I read more and more about this career path, I get more and more worried about the work involved. From what I understand, the process to becoming and the schooling of an Engineer is very, very difficult. I'm wondering, is this the same as the daily work of a Mechanical Engineer? Do all of the aspects of University that make Engineering a difficult subject transfer over to make your average day on the job just as difficult? Is it very stressful or are you generally not bugged by managers? Is there a lot of late-night and weekend work or are your hours pretty solid?
I'd just like to know these things because in the future I'd prefer to enjoy my life rather than have a heart attack from the stress of my daily life. I'll leave my wall of text at that for now, I look forward to posting more in the future. I may not know very much now, but there seems to be a large amount of very intelligent people on this forum.
-Kevin