I was having a conversation with an acquaintance of mine and I mentioned my ultimate professional goal is to be registered as a professional engineer. He then asked me 'and then?' and I was left wondering what I planned to do after the registration.
Sometimes we aim for a certain goal, not out of our own volition but because of a path we see as ideal and definite since others before us had decided so.
I used to squint my eyes at engineers who had stagnated at the graduate level but now I get it. Maybe they had other plans. Maybe the road they are on or the destination they had in mind did not need them to be a professional engineer. Rest assured, they'll be no more judgement from me.
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Its funny how societal pressure has so much influence that you don't even realize your thoughts have been aligned to follow a certain narrative. It's high time we took a breather and evaluated whether the hustle and bustle we put ourselves through is leading us to where we really want to be.
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