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Theoretical-Dragon
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Hey guys :)
I've been hanging around here for years now, and the time has come for me to enter higher education. So I thought I would come and bug you with my questions (the never ending questions ... ) :D
I'm currently in my last year of high school in France, and I will be entering my first year of classes préparatoires ( 2 general years of sciences and engineering classes destined to prepare you for the entrance exams for the grandes écoles, where a significant portion of people wanting to do engineering or science go).
I'm currently taking engineering classes, and some topics are interesting, and some just aren't. I really like my science and math classes as well, and I want to do something related to these fields.
But when I read about what an engineering job is like, it seems to involve a bit of technical work, and a lot of bureaucracy and meetings etc. And even the technical part is sometimes described as just being "following the procedures".
I'm very easily bored, I wouldn't last very long doing the same thing every day. I like a challenge, and the thing I love most is solving puzzles. The nature of the puzzle itself doesn't really matter, it's the process and the satisfaction of finding a solution that I enjoy.
I also do some programming in my own time, and I like the process of writing some code, testing it to see if it does what I want it to, modifying the code, testing it again etc. until it works.
I'm aware that pretty much any job in this field would probably require meetings and things like that, which I don't mind at all. I just don't want to spend most of my day pushing papers around.
Are there any engineering jobs that have a significant technical aspect to them ? Ones where I would be solving problems, meeting up with people to discuss the progress that has been made, and moving on to more problem solving ? Maybe in R&D or a smaller company ?
Should I be considering a different field altogether ?
Thanks for your time and any answers you can provide :)
I've been hanging around here for years now, and the time has come for me to enter higher education. So I thought I would come and bug you with my questions (the never ending questions ... ) :D
I'm currently in my last year of high school in France, and I will be entering my first year of classes préparatoires ( 2 general years of sciences and engineering classes destined to prepare you for the entrance exams for the grandes écoles, where a significant portion of people wanting to do engineering or science go).
I'm currently taking engineering classes, and some topics are interesting, and some just aren't. I really like my science and math classes as well, and I want to do something related to these fields.
But when I read about what an engineering job is like, it seems to involve a bit of technical work, and a lot of bureaucracy and meetings etc. And even the technical part is sometimes described as just being "following the procedures".
I'm very easily bored, I wouldn't last very long doing the same thing every day. I like a challenge, and the thing I love most is solving puzzles. The nature of the puzzle itself doesn't really matter, it's the process and the satisfaction of finding a solution that I enjoy.
I also do some programming in my own time, and I like the process of writing some code, testing it to see if it does what I want it to, modifying the code, testing it again etc. until it works.
I'm aware that pretty much any job in this field would probably require meetings and things like that, which I don't mind at all. I just don't want to spend most of my day pushing papers around.
Are there any engineering jobs that have a significant technical aspect to them ? Ones where I would be solving problems, meeting up with people to discuss the progress that has been made, and moving on to more problem solving ? Maybe in R&D or a smaller company ?
Should I be considering a different field altogether ?
Thanks for your time and any answers you can provide :)