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I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

I am a mechanical techie. I can build things with my hands.

In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.

When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.

I've worked as a labourer, driven taxis and school buses, and been a car mechanic - whatever I could do just to get by. But it does mean that I know a little bit about a lot of things.

The key is to join an industry that you have a passion for. If you love cars, then automotive is where you should end up.

Go into the auto mechanic, you've got to know computers to be able to work on the cars.

My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.