sometimes we need to think about what we want to do in the future, especially if graduation is creeping closer.
there are people that go into university...
1) ...knowing what they want for sure
2) ...thinking that they know what they want but need more assurance from actually trying it out.
3) ...not knowing what they want at all, so they just pick something a little bit more than randomly.
i really hope that i'm the second one, but in reality it's a pretty close fight between the second and the third.
a good strategy to think of a future career is to think about what are some things you enjoy and that you consider yourself to be good at. i used that strategy for picking a program for university, and i ended up in engineering. i can't say i enjoy it thoroughly, but i've certainly learned a lot of good things along the way that i appreciate very much. so i'm gonna use my strategy again.
this past term, i've done a few things that i think i've done a pretty good job at. the first thing is writing. i've wrote some half-decent blog entries for the past few months, which have triggered a lot of interesting thought in many peers. i've spent a lot of time writing a story with a friend (which probably won't materialize due to certain circumstances, but it's been said to be a good story so far). in addition, i've written two 3000 word papers, generally all in one sitting, for my "paul's life and letters" religious studies course, rs209. and they aren't crap, they decent..ish. i've also wrote 3000 word technical design reports in one sitting. that's a lot of 3000 words eh? frickin yea.
and i've also been doing bible studies this term, which is kinda nice. and i read a lot of books. i can't say i KNOW A LOT about the bible, christianity, theology, apologetics, religion, cultural/social theory, and the like, but i have had, at the least, cognitive encounters with all these things, which can be strengthened and improved in time. i also find this kinda stuff really interesting, and i enjoy learning more about it. plus, there is generally a human element involved in this stuff, which i also enjoy.
lastly i can also say i do a lot of.. engineering, since i study that. that doesn't have too much to do with anything i've just said, but i think engineering harbours a lot of problem solving skills, which are useful anywhere. this too can be improved, of course. i feel that i'm a very simplistic problem solver, where if i'm given a bunch of knowns and a bunch of unknowns, through the series of techniques as well as conditions, then i can solve the unknowns. perhaps there are better ways of solving problem solving than just that, but for now, this isn't so bad.
so if i put all these three things together... i don't know. it sounds like i may have something like.. someone that writes about christianity/religion/life issues who can even meet with them to help people solve their problems.
what do you think?
3 comments:
Interesting... You beast, I think what you wrote this term is more than I will write in years.
Anyways, as fellow engineer, I do understand that course materials are not always joyful, but the problem-solving skills that is developed and refined in our minds is very useful and nice to have. Definitely, it can be very useful in non-engineering fields.
Whenever I talk to you or read your blog, there's always interesting and challenging thoughts that come to mind, and I do really appreciate that from you =)
I don't know... I hope that in this last year of school, you will be able to determine the "unknown" of finding what you want to do.
Once you find it... go nuts.
sggn
ha j/k.
Interesting idea. It's certainly an exciting thing even on my end to read about a specific direction that is being considered. If nothing else, a specific thought like this will be a solid platform from which will spring other meaningful self-reflections and directions.
I thought about writing as well. So many thoughts I've been injected with that I passionately want to share but have not he time nor opportunity to share with the masses. On the other hand, I realize that as good as the material may be, there's always the issue of people not picking it up and giving it the chance and time it deserves. Dunno..... interesting to consider..
Let's each write a book next term.
i think there may be an extension of the first category: knowing what they want for sure and then somehow ending up somewhere else and enjoying it much more.
it sounds like you might be a good analyst or consultant (or a similar role - systems architect/analyst?) - someone who enjoys reading, writing (business and use cases, requirements, etc.) and liaise between groups of people (e.g. between business and technical folks)
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