How did you come about choosing the field of engineering you are in?

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In my case, my family is full of mechanical engineers, and most of them have good jobs, that led me to study mechanical engineering and I already have 8 years of work experience.

My college had an introductory level course that exposed us to every kind of engineering they offered. I LOVED the electrical engineering module and I just stuck with it. No regrets here!

Went to school for mechE, got an internship in testing/reliability and another one in measurement technology so basically fell into quality.

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