Hublikar Aditya Hublikar Dean Rankin October 2, 2013 Honors Introduction to Engineering Interview with an Engineer As part of this Interview, I chose to interview my father, who has been a practicing Engineer for over 25 years. He majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering in India as an undergraduate, where he was a part of the first computer engineering class in his school. After that, he went on to get a masters degree in the same field from the most prestigious engineering school in India, IIT. When I asked him what motivated him to become an Engineering, he was quick to answer that he has always had a fascination with understanding how things work, fixing things that are broken, and has an attitude for problem solving. As an entry level Engineer, my father started off with an expectation to put the skills he learned during his 1
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Hublikar
Aditya Hublikar
Dean Rankin
October 2, 2013
Honors Introduction to Engineering
Interview with an Engineer
As part of this Interview, I chose to interview my father, who has been a
practicing Engineer for over 25 years. He majored in Electrical and Computer
Engineering in India as an undergraduate, where he was a part of the first computer
engineering class in his school. After that, he went on to get a masters degree in the
same field from the most prestigious engineering school in India, IIT. When I asked
him what motivated him to become an Engineering, he was quick to answer that he
has always had a fascination with understanding how things work, fixing things that
are broken, and has an attitude for problem solving.
As an entry level Engineer, my father started off with an expectation to put
the skills he learned during his schooling to work and working with his hands. Much
to his dismay, however, he soon found out that his job entailed much more than
simply solving problems. His job, even at the entry level, required him to get
involved in sales and help sell the product his company was trying to market. Rather
than complaining about his unwanted position in his company, he embraced it and
thrived; in no time, he climbed up from his entry level position and expanded more
and more into the sales side of his company.
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Nowadays, he spends his time distributed about evenly between working in
operation, sales, design, and attending meetings. Of these several responsibilities he
has within his company, he dislikes attending daily meetings the most – he would
much rather spend his time working with his hands. His job working as an Engineer
has been an extremely positive experience and he is very satisfied with his job.
Engineering is a definitely a difficult profession, but at the same time it is highly
rewarding; as with most things in life, what you put into it is what you get out of it
but if you are willing to put in the work required to become an engineering,
becoming successful in the field should be a piece of cake.
Skills I Need to Work On
1. Interacting with my professors regularly – I have noticed in my brief time at
Rutgers University that I am not interacting closely with my professors as I
should be doing. I recognize that developing relationships with my
professors is of paramount importance, and form now on, I am going to make
it my goal to speak to at least one of my professors personally at least 3 times
a week.
2. Spending time on Campus – As a result of living a mere 10 minutes away
from my dorm and having my car on campus, I’m finding that I’m spending at
least one day each weekend at home and not on campus. I realize that being
in an academic environment is important to the learning process and I am
going to have to tell my parents that coming home every weekend is no
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longer an option. As much as I miss home cooked meals, being at school is,