What People Don’t Get About My Job: From A(rmy Soldier) to Z(ookeeper)
I am an engineer. Most people are scientifically and mathematically illiterate. Consequently, most people cannot fathom how much pleasure and delight I derive from my work. Of course I am also lucky to have a great job with great coworkers. But the pleasure of analyzing, say, the overall efficiency of a combined heat and power facility is hard to describe.
Well, this is partially true. My wife actually gets irritated that I never mind going to work. She does not feel exactly the same about her job.
I also wish children could understand how much fun I have. Because we need more engineers in this country for sure if we hope to remain globally competitive.
That goes for scientist, too, as far as I’m concerned.
I also think this is why we need more things like bridge builder (http://www.bridgebuilder-game.com/), lego, meccano and similar.
I found playing with a lunar/planet orbit simulator, or aviation and space simulators just as fun as any other computer game as a kid. Bridge builder too, but I was a bit older when that came out.
I know I’m a bit odd, but this still probably applies to other children. If people would just expose them to things like minecraft or world of goo (and make similar things based on other concepts) I’m sure we’d get a lot more engineers and scientists.