I Say To myself:"I Am An Engineer!"...How Do I Arrive At That Point?
"Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established." Proverbs 4:26
Over the last two years I have had a strong will to become an inventor within the field of computer-technology/robotics,a field where I have many visions and concepts for projects, and have been persistent and consistent in my ways, so that I may reach a point that I can assume the title of engineer. I'm currently working full-time(lot's of over-time as a laborer), yet with all my free time I try to mold myself into the man that can execute these projects I visualized. I'm currently trying to design and develop my first project, and I wasted a lot of time picking different books up, not knowing where to start my research and discipline. Should I have started with programming? Electronics? Mechanics? Eventually I realized that I had a strong apptitude for mathematics, and decided to order a used college algebra book from online, and I have been making progress ever since(would be done with the txtbook if it wasn't for the amount of hours I worked every week.) Electronics was a path that I always felt was on this path that I am becoming aware of, and in different periods of my life I would find myself picking up Eectronics books and for reasons beyond my understanding I would never get far. 373
Yet now that I have developed a solid foundation of mathematics, I am beginning to understand and comprehend Electronics theory, and I am confident that I can now begin to progress to tinkering with components. I have also decided that maybe it would be a good thing not to try to discipline myself so much, so I have enrolled into a computer science degree program, and my long term educational goal Is to become a computer engineer. With all this being stated, what is the path? We all have a journey, we all have a point in space-time that we have visualized, but how do you arrive at that point? How do I arrive at the point where I have designed and developed my first robotics project? I'm seeking feedback from the community so that I may arrive at this point as efficiently as possible. Thank you.
**P.S.: Excuse me for my lack of formatting, this is only my second post on Stack-Exchange, and it is a learning curve for me. 373