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Why I became an engineer

This week is National Engineers Week in the US. I was asked to write a very succinct summary of how I ended up being an engineer. I have written about this topic in more detail before, but this time brevity was required. Here is what I came up with:

When I was a kid, I asked questions.
Often it was: how does this work?
When I approached adulthood, I became fascinated with finding out how things work for myself.
The next step was to ask myself: how can I make this better?
That is why I became an engineer.

Colin Walls

I have over thirty years experience in the electronics industry, largely dedicated to embedded software. A frequent presenter at conferences and seminars and author of numerous technical articles and two books on embedded software, I am a member of the marketing team of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, and am based in the UK. Away from work, I have a wide range of interests including photography and trying to point my two daughters in the right direction in life. Learn more about Colin, including his go-to karaoke song and the best parts of being British: http://go.mentor.com/3_acv

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This article first appeared on the Siemens Digital Industries Software blog at https://blogs.stage.sw.siemens.com/embedded-software/2016/02/25/why-i-became-an-engineer/