We live in a world where having an identity is very
essential and difficult too.
On a funny note I am not talking about having a voter id or
adhaar card.
I am talking about having an identity in your social and
professional life.
What is engineering?
Wikipedia says, "Engineering
is the discipline, skill, and profession of acquiring and applying scientific,
Economic, social, and practical
knowledge, in order to design and build structures,
Machines, devices, systems,
materials and processes".
I know you are thinking this guy
must be a developer, simply copied the definition from Wikipedia. Yes if you
think copy and paste is very simple and anybody can do that. But it’s your
misconception. Reusing of code is very important, time saving and essential
technique in software engineering. In engineering you will have to do many
things. If an engineer builds some
system which already exists, don’t just think that he just built the copy of an
existing system. There will 100 reasons behind building that. There is no end
for evolution which is the major and last phase of SDLC.
What I think is "One day god
was tired of creating new and good things in this world, and then he thought of
creating an engineer, who will do that job". So proud to be an engineer.
In today's world there are 3
types of engineers.
First they want to get a good job
in some very reputed company. Good salary, luxury in life and fun with family.
Second they want to do something
in life, but they are not able put any efforts towards their goals. Constraints
can be many.
Third they want to do something
very special in their life and want to gain a real identity. They dont want to
go behind a Sheep like just another sheep.
Here third category is very
interesting and this category has people like
Larry Ellison (Oracle)
Steve Jobs (Apple)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and
many other great engineers cum entrepreneurs.
Dear budding engineer, analyze
yourself and decide which category you fall into. You are an engineer you
should be hungry for knowledge and should have great urge to build new things
by making use of your knowledge.
Trust me you can change the
people's life with your creations. Mark Zuckerberg has proved it already. And
as the title of this article says you need to build your identity as an
engineer, but how do it. The only way to have a great identity in the world of
engineering is by your work. Trust me "Your work is your identity".
This line exists from ages. But it is still true even in case of engineers.
You are an engineer.
Analyze and think
What is your present knowledge?
What can I build with it?
Do I need to increase my
knowledge?
What do I have to learn to
implement my idea?
Is my idea valid? Discuss with
your fellow engineers
Love your work, Build, change the
world and get your identity. And of
course be proud of your work. There is nothing wrong in it.
by
MAHALINGESH MADANSHETTI
Friends how many of us are doing
a job which was really a dream come true and how many of us are into that kind
of job wherein its just fulfilling our materialistic requirements rather than
job satisfaction. Think over guys. So here is a beautiful article by our friend
Mr. Mahalingesh that triggers your thought process. Understanding his concept
is a vital key to improving the quality of your life.
Very nicely written Mahalingesh...!!!
ReplyDeleteGood article Mahalingesh!! Keep continuing the good work same
ReplyDeletethank you guys
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