Can a Writer Transition to Electrical Engineering?

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Hi all!

I've worked in entertainment (Film/television, then publishing) for about 12 years, and I'm currently swinging for the fences with a career switch-- two years into my education in electrical engineering. Two more to go until, hopefully, I'll have earned a masters degree.

While formal education takes care of the serious stuff, I perform my own wacky engineering experiments. I came to ask a specific DIY question (I'll post there,) but wanted to say "hey" here first.

Thanks for having me.
 
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Hello there, and nice to meet all of you! My name is Olga, I am from Russia. I have a PhD in laser physics, and I work at the local university. I study chalcogenide lasers. I am a pure experimentalist, and I love working with my hands, et cetera, and I do math only when I have to. Sometimes I work with biologists. I do nothing exciting in research, and after my defence, I hardly can call myself a scientist because we have a lack of financial support, and most of my time I spend on teaching...
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