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Reasons to be an Engineer

Engineering allows you to put your creativity to the test every day

It offers you intellectual and technical challenge

It helps people by improving the quality of everyday life

Engineering offers a host of well paid careers

There is ample opportunity for rapid advancement to the top jobs for those with the ability, ambition and drive to succeed

Engineers make a tremendous contribution to society through enhancement and protection of the environment

They solve global problems through the ideas they develop and the wealth they generate

There is tremendous opportunity to collaborate with many other professionals, including doctors, lawyers, accountants, geologists, scientists, meteorologists, relief agencies and government officers

Because engineering is an international activity, professional engineers often have the opportunity to travel abroad

The professional engineers' combined skills of numeracy, creativity, scientific knowledge and team-working make them 'hot' assets to industrial and business employers

Unemployment for professional engineers is virtually zero

Engineering professionals enjoy a high level of responsibility and autonomy within their chosen area of work

The imagination, skills and experience of engineers have had more influence on shaping the world than any other profession

The global engineering community develops engineering education, skills and practice in developing countries in order to help combat world poverty