Top 10 Reasons – Why should one be a Mechanical Engineer ?

1.You get the opportunity to create something tangible and useful.Ur creations will be used by others.It gives u the greatest joy.

2.Its the broadest branch of engineering…so your career options are open even after u graduate:-

Defence,Civil services,High end R&D,Manufacturing,Design,Energy sector,Management,Entrepreneurship,Masters(ME/MS)

3.Variety to be learnt- u learn how to design and make things ranging from a Safety Pin to a Spacecraft.

4.Easy to imagine and visualize whatever u learn

5.Develop a range of skills – u learn the work of a machine operator (machinist), a smith, a foundryman, a mechanic,a plant manager,a researcher and a policy maker.

6.U work with massive machines (majestic in nature) to tiny precision instruments,micro and nano devices.

u’ll be savviest engineer.

7.Importance of ur work.U form the human resource that is required for the survival of any industry and forms the backbone of modern human life.u r the person who may generate power/energy from natural resources,make equipments and processes to mine minerals,make cars, bikes ,buses, trucks, planes,ships(transportation can be compared to human blood that transports nutrients), make machines that manufacture products ranging from food to surgical instruments to weapons,mange factories and businesses.

8.Get paid handsomely(after gaining a few years experience even if not as a fresher).

9.Not much of girls hanging around(they usually don’t prefer to opt for this course,its thought to be a manly course).U dont have to worry about getting dressed perfectly for class or for girls giggling at u for some silly or not so silly but serious reason.Ur in a man’s world.But there are a few out of the ordinary and brainy girls who do take up this course and luv it.

10.It sounds and feels nice to be called a Mechanical Engineer.

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My Rendezvous with Mechanical Engineering

I don’ quite remember the exact moment when I decided that I was going to be a mechanical engineer.Though I had always wanted to be an engineer, i had never ever thought of specialization (but i did have a great deal of interest in Aeroplanes and Spacecrafts) until I had undergone a career counselling programme.After being made to write tests for hours that gauged my aptitude,skills,personality and discovered my interests i was advised by the counsellor to take up careers in any of these streams-Architecture,Mechanical Engineering,Industrial Design,Genetic Engineering,Interior Designing,Astronomy/Astrophysics,Bookkeeping ,etc.I was suggested to choose a course that required artistic and clerical abilities.but I wasn’t much interested in career planning coz it was too early…i was in my 9th standard and there were a jolly good 3 years to think about joining a college! All I wanted was to be associated with the world of technology that had immensely changed my nation.

As i moved into my eleventh standard I felt very comfortable with science chapters related to mechanical engineering like statics, dynamics and fluid mechanics and the thermal sciences.As i moved into class 12 I started feeling uncomfortable with electricity and electronics primarily because it became difficult to imagine and visualize the concepts of these sciences as compared to the mechanical sciences.

I still loved Computer Science because I was good at programming and my CS Mam was an excellent teacher.But then young India was too obsessed with Software and electronics ….especially the top rankers chose these courses…and i wanted to be different..hence I decided – to go for Mechanical Engineering .I brooded over the topic and came up with umpteen no. of reasons and decided my career…

and joined a UG Bachelor of Engineering(Mechanical)course .

Top 10 reasons why I chose to be a Mechanical Engineer on my next post

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