-: It's okay to not want to continue down the beaten path,
and what I mean by that is we always start somewhere,
and when you're in college, you could,
especially if you're pursuing a certain degree, right?
Your surroundings, whether it's family, friends, professors,
will be pushing you down a certain path,
down what's typical for somebody with this degree to do.
So, a design engineer, or whatever the case may be,
but once you get into the industry,
you realize just how rich
a company could be
in terms of all the different opportunities it offers.
And I think it's really important to have the courage
or the confidence to step out and say, "You know what?
"Although I was trained technically for this role,
"and this is what myself and everyone around me
"thought I'd be doing, I'm actually more interested
"in something else."
And having the courage to express that,
whether it's to own it for yourself
or to express it to your manager or supervisor,
or somebody who can help you start to look
at the opportunities that you are more interested in,
even though it's something completely different
from what you're currently working on.