Just now it has dawned on me that I entered the wrong line of work. As a systems test engineer with a background in electrical engineering, I test electrical boxes and make sure they fulfil their purpose. For awhile now, I have been thinking that I don't find my job satisfying because I'm always testing items created by other engineers. My career goals have for some time been focused around getting in charge of my own design work, bringing an idea from paper and converting it to a set of schematics, eventually empowering human thought to control real-world actions through the manipulation of the laws of electromagnetics.
If I think back far enough, I can see the path I took towards these goals, sitting through years of electrical engineering courses at USC. I can see myself memorizing theorems in high school calculus and applying them in physics class. If I look back far enough, I think I see the start of this path when I almost failed 4th grade mathematics, got scolded by my mom, and concentrated on math and science to become one of the best in my 5th grade class.
But now that I think about it, I should have just given up on math and stayed near the bottom. I should have given up on those equations and numbers when I was 10 years old and focused more on using my imagination. Instead of practicing my math skills, I should have read more books and practiced visualzing everything in my mind until I could see everything happening on the paper in front of me. I should have practiced my writing skills so that I could convey my own visions to those around me. With these skills I think I would have been able to at least attempt to enter the movie industry. Isn't that what we appreciate in directors like Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and George Lucas? Aren't we all captivated two hours at a time by how they interpret words and put a vision to them? It's probably the reason there are sites like Hollywood Stock Exchange that focus on rating how well these movies appeal to Americans 365 days a year.
Boo. I'm going to think about this all night as I read my outsourcing book for engineering management class. That and how much I wish I was watching War of the Worlds right now.
If I think back far enough, I can see the path I took towards these goals, sitting through years of electrical engineering courses at USC. I can see myself memorizing theorems in high school calculus and applying them in physics class. If I look back far enough, I think I see the start of this path when I almost failed 4th grade mathematics, got scolded by my mom, and concentrated on math and science to become one of the best in my 5th grade class.
But now that I think about it, I should have just given up on math and stayed near the bottom. I should have given up on those equations and numbers when I was 10 years old and focused more on using my imagination. Instead of practicing my math skills, I should have read more books and practiced visualzing everything in my mind until I could see everything happening on the paper in front of me. I should have practiced my writing skills so that I could convey my own visions to those around me. With these skills I think I would have been able to at least attempt to enter the movie industry. Isn't that what we appreciate in directors like Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and George Lucas? Aren't we all captivated two hours at a time by how they interpret words and put a vision to them? It's probably the reason there are sites like Hollywood Stock Exchange that focus on rating how well these movies appeal to Americans 365 days a year.
Boo. I'm going to think about this all night as I read my outsourcing book for engineering management class. That and how much I wish I was watching War of the Worlds right now.
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