Engineering was the safe and sensible choice, but music was what I loved and wanted to do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like engineering, but I love the creative input.
I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.
I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one.
Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.
Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
In school, all my teachers and my mum were super routing for me to study at Oxford. I picked music as a career choice, and this didn't sit too well with them!
Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.