>> And we're looking for the whole package and I think most employers are.
We're not just looking for people that are good at the textbook work and at, you know,
at solving a problem, you know, and on an exam.
We're looking for people that can tackle real life problems, they can do problem solving.
We're looking for people with leadership experience, people that can work in teams.
And so, you know, equally is important to going to school and getting those good grades
and studying is also getting involved in outside activities.
And that can be through job, it can be through a student organization
or sporting organization or, you know, there's plenty of ways to get involved
at university or in a community volunteering.
So, anything where you can develop those leadership skills,
develop those team work skills, develop problem solving skills is great to do.
So, balancing that with your academics are both very important.
I definitely recommend engineering.
And I think that engineering sets you up to go into a lot of different career paths.
I know people who are engineers who've become doctors,
attorney's go into marketing, go into human resources.
But having an engineer in background, if you have an interest in math and science,
if you have an aptitude for math and science,
having that engineering background can really set you up well
to do traditional engineering work or can also set you up to go into any number of fields
that might be different than that.
Internships and co-ops, even if you're just a freshmen or sophomore,
I think are a great opportunity to get in there and find out what you like to do
as well as what you don't like to do.
You may decide after doing an internship with the company that, you know,
what you did was not what you wanted to do it all or that's not a company
that you want to work for it all.
And so, I think finding out those things early on are very important.
Working in a, you know, as a lab or doing research for more
on academic purpose is good experience as well.
Being successful is knowing what you want, figuring out, you know, kind of what that means
to you, and then, you know, working with your mentors and your managers
to figure out a way to get there.
And I've been very fortunate that that's worked out for me.