SMK_EMII

I'm currently 19 residing in Mexico, a lot of what I've learned throughout the last couple of months is more than what I've learned in over a decade, even though I always knew I was constantly improving when it came to school and other skills I've built in my life. Luckily, school is way way cheaper in Mexico than in the US, it's pretty much free and it doesn't matter where you graduate, you usually learn the same skills you need. When I read TMF pretty much everything resonated with me, especially when I feared that when I graduated, I had to go to work like everybody else and my life would just repeat over and over every week. So much I want to do but for that I need freedom and the budget for the lifestyle I want. The Commandment of Need was my favorite, that's where I realized that letting my selfish desires aside are key and that this is actually possible and compared to where I would end up if I didn't DO this was even scary to think about. All of my efforts of learning engineering gone to waste because graduating from engineering in Mexico (and it's probably the same in any other country) does nothing for you after you get a job in that field. Do you know how to program, know a bunch of math, have knowledge in mechanisms and how machines work? Well guess what? that won't matter in your workplace because all they need is someone who can check some boxes on a piece of paper after a certain manufacturing process finishes, plus they wouldn't trust you fixing machinery until you got like 5 years of experience. Even if you do know how they would work like for example a conventional lathe, they wouldn't trust you. That's when I remember the commandment of control. When I read about the innovation route, I was thrilled. I go back into my 5th semester soon and I'm more than ready for it. Btw my prototype bursted in flames lol, that's worrying, wouldn't want a customer burning their eyebrows. Ofc I know why it happened but it's part of the journey
Yes, when I graduate I actually want to use what I learned, I love engineering and I'm going to apply it trough innovation.