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WHEN CHANGES ARE NECESSARY “...you may end up working in a completely different field..:”
“You will work in the field of your studies”. I hear
knowledge, among others. ESTIEM is, obviously, a
this quite often even though the reality is that
big help in this matter. Every single student from
studies are actually just a source. This whole
the same university finishes their studies with the
pandemic situation created a situation where
same certificate, but if you take advantage of the
loads of engineers all around Europe had to
possibilities that this association gives you, you
change and get used to working in a new way,
will make a big difference. If you want to focus
place or field. So did I.
your career in some way or another, differentiate yourself from the rest and redirect your learning
Back in February, I was working in an aerospace
path. In my example, Data Science and Lean
company in England. Everything was going
Six Sigma helped me to find new opportunities
smoothly until I came back to Spain due to the
and will help me to find my next job, since the
virus outbreak, and they asked me to work from
recruiters are asking for skills like those, increasing
home. Big changes require big moves, so they
exponentially year by year.
Raúl Sotillo Guzmán Local Group Seville
required me to work in a completely different project. During the quarantine time, I got to know
Engineering, in the end, is a whole. It is the science
Data Science. Catalogued as “the sexiest job in the
of problem-solving. Problems can be seen from
21st century”, it seems to be a good example of
infinite different perspectives, and that is why we
a nowadays very useful engineering supplement,
need all the different names. Remember though,
as many others can be. It was a really useful step
that in your entire academic studies they are just
since I was dealing with data analysis for a large
teaching you how to solve a problem. You may
part of my work. It really helped me, in addition to
end up working in a completely different field,
the Lean Six Sigma course I took with ESTIEM (even
something you did not choose or somewhere
applying these concepts in Python programming
you did not expect to be working on. Always
language), to understand precisely the information
premeditate the right choices, but never overthink
I was working with.
them because they will never end up exactly where you wanted. Who said that unexpectedness is not
Depending on the focus of your engineering
a key part of the whole adventure after all?
degree, there are plenty of different extras, such as design, language programs or Lean Six Sigma
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