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Old 01-06-2009, 12:16 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Phanuthier View Post
I'm starting to think that myself. For me, I'm doing my masters in electrical engineering right now (MSEE, for the thread - Two A's and a B, stupid probability I was sure I got a A-) but I wonder how much I really enjoy it and if I would have been better off just trying the trades. I went to university and did engineering, cause I didn't know what else to do and I was always good with numbers. I hate the idea of university lectures, I'm bored in class and for the most part, uninterested. We'll see how I feel after this thesis goes, I got 2 more semesters.
I did the same thing (going into ENGG because I was good at it), but after a year I just couldn't handle it anymore. It wasn't that the classes were hard, it was more that I couldn't envision myself ever enjoying a career in ENGG.

I took a year off to concentrate on playing hockey (figured that would be my last shot) got badly injured, moved to Vancouver and started working with people that had a KNES degree. Found that I really enjoyed doing that stuff, and suddenly I find myself enjoying schools.

My main problem with ENGG in Calgary was that at least half my teachers were there for a research grant and really didn't speak English or explain what the hell they were doing. Suddenly a gamma would appear in the formula and we had no idea what was going on.
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