Influences

Hi Sonia, 

first of all I apologize for the big delay in responding. I am currently expecting my first son and the last weeks have been completely crazy. I hate to have had you waiting for my answer, and hope that is still useful. 
First of all, none of my adult relatives chose engineering as a career path, in fact most of them are doctors. I went back and forth when I had to make the decision, should I take the technology or biology path? I tried to analyze myself. I am the ind of person that likes to understand how things work, and why sometimes they don't work. Mechanisms that form part of everyday objects like a watch or a car are fascinating for me. As for medicine, I decided that it would be very hard for me to separate work from private life. I am very sensitive to disease, and therefore I thought it would be too difficult to deal with it. 
As for goals, I wrote them over time. Once I decided I wanted to study engineering, I chose the mechanical branch, to stay as broad as possible (other engineering choices are much more limiting for the future). Then I moved to Germany, where the automotive industry has a high degree of development. I wanted to get into this industry, where I have been for the past 7 years. I do not close the possibility of changing the industry field in the future. That is one of the great advantages of the engineers, that you are capable of getting into several fields over your career, because your base is very generic.

I hope this helped, please let me know if you have more questions, next time I hope to get back to you sooner! Sorry again!