• Question: what interested you into picking the job that you currently do?

    Asked by joel z to Paul T, Kip H, Adam C, bethandavies, Diane, Kali, Daisy P on 16 Oct 2025. This question was also asked by sawn532peat65, agee532mobs, mays532just45, desk532guar84.
    • Photo: Adam Cleaver

      Adam Cleaver answered on 16 Oct 2025:

      I didn’t really know much about my job role before I applied. I’ve always found it hard to be interested in ships because I didn’t have a great dealing with them when I was younger however the longer I do my job the more interest I have found in it. I’ve always been interested in engineering, however it is a much bigger subject than I realised

    • Photo: Bethan Davies

      Bethan Davies answered on 21 Oct 2025:

      I knew I wanted to do something Chemistry related but did not want to be stuck in a lab unable to see how my work impacted the real world – when this job came up, it seemed a good fit!

    • Photo: Paul Trusty

      Paul Trusty answered on 14 Nov 2025:

      I work for myself now. So I wanted the freedom to dictate my own hours, working on something I love doing, and getting paid for it! šŸ™‚

    • Photo: Kalina Dimitrova

      Kalina Dimitrova answered on 30 Jan 2026:

      Honestly? I picked structural engineering because I liked the idea of doing math that actually holds things up šŸ˜„
      Iā€™ve always been fascinated by how massive, heavy, ā€œthis-should-definitely-fall-overā€ thingsā€¦ donā€™t. Bridges just chilling while thousands of cars drive over them? Buildings standing there like ā€œgravity who?ā€ Absolute magic. Structural engineering felt like being part wizard, part problem-solver.

      Also, I love that itā€™s a job where you get to turn abstract numbers into real-world stuff. One minute youā€™re staring at equations, the next minute youā€™re like: ah yes, this beam will bravely carry the hopes, dreams, and furniture of many people. Heroic, really.

      And letā€™s be honest ā€” thereā€™s something deeply satisfying about knowing that if you did your job well, nobody notices anything at all. No drama, no collapse, no news headlines. Just quiet success. Structural engineers thrive on that calm, nerdy victory.

      Plus, I get to say ā€œload pathā€ in casual conversation and feel powerful. šŸ’ŖšŸ˜Œ

    • Photo: Daisy Pickup

      Daisy Pickup answered on 13 Feb 2026:

      It is linked quite closely with my PhD work, so it seemed like a natural progression!

Comments