Particularly if you're a good engineer, there's a lot of ways you can make money, but to actually have an impact on the world is rare, and when you find an opportunity for that, it's very special.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.
More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.
It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.
There's an awful lot of choices in the world as far as what one can do for a living. It's best to be familiar with as many sectors of the working world as you can be so you'll be better at your creative job anyway.
There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use.
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life.
I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.
I know people like to work for me, and quite a few have gotten rich working for me.
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.