Jeena Jayamon

Jeena Jayamon

Structural Engineer, John A. Martin & Associates
CA
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  • Gotsilekgotlha asked Jeena Jayamon, John A. Martin & Associates

    Added Monday, August 10, 2020 at 3:57 PM

    I am excellent in Maths and Physics and I want to become an engineer but I am just not "handy" and people keep discouraging me and say "I dont know how you are gonna become an engineer" guidance pls. Should I discredit civil engineering as the career for me? Do engineers work with hands mostly? I am good at coming up with ideas but can't physically put my ideas to practice. Is it possible to just be the idea person and not the muscle?

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    Jeena Jayamon, John A. Martin & Associates
    Answered Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 12:25 PM
    Hi GOTSILEKGOTLHA, 
    
    Great to see your interest in being an engineer and congrats on being excellent in Maths and Physics. 
    
    You don't essentially needs to be handy to become an engineer. Civil engineering has several sub-divisions and several of them ...