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Is mechanical engineering something you wanted to do or just because you thought it might be "a good job"? I recently graduated as mechanical engineer and from my experience it is not very hard to set your self apart. Most student don't give a crap and chose only it because it seemed to have good career opportunities. The more you know about what you want to do the easier it will be finding a good job. Mechanical engineering is a really diverse study so know what you want. Remember, industries are having a really hard time right now and they need to have good people on their side. Make it your mission to use whatever talent you have/can develop to help a company and they will be begging to have you. Talent is hard to find after all. Here's some practical things that will help you: - Get good grades and do your homework (seriously it's important, most people don't). - Find out what you really like/want as your career can be extremely broad from designing to management to innovation to technical sales. - Be active with your teachers as they often have good connections to the working life - Make your work matter, lot on companies are too busy to work at non-productive work, as a student do this for them and they will love you. - Always develop your skills, especially people skills are something most engineers lack, listening is the most important by far! - Get good grades (really, it's not a conspiracy to fool you and make you a slave to the machine). Here's my experience. Late in my studies I realized I wish to be a top talent in designing and innovation. Times are getting harder so I wish to make a serious impact on my industry, peoples jobs are dependent on successful engineering and development. I studied as hard as I could and think in the end I was in the top 5 of my class. After graduation it took couple months to find my current job as I was picky about what I wanted to do. I work for a small engineering company developing copper-production machines and I love every bit of it. After a few years I will have to choose whether I want to be a better engineer or start studying business further. In any case, it's a dream career so far In short, be that guy the employer want, it's not that hard in the end, have skills and be a nice person. You wont be a clog in the machine, you will be the engine! I hope that was some use to you.

It's an easy trap for an INFJ to start believing he/she is something special, at least for me it was amazing from early on just how much people are unable to relate to others or see the point of views from all sides. Also if you don't base your believes or even questions around what is generally accepted as the only real truth out there by society you are bound to get some heat coming at you. Most of the time I feel like it would be better to be just about any other type out there. I remember someone posting a good quote about what's good and bad about being an INFJ on an INFJ forum: " Intelligent, charming, good-hearted, likable, bad side, extremely low left-esteem." Perfectionism is a bitch, but then again why wouldn't you be passionate about your goals and go all in? You what else sucks? Being conflicted about everything

Not being able to kill my self if I would so choose I recently finished up reading Seneca and he pointed out that as long as you are able to commit suicide you don't have to worry about being a bad person thus living a bad life ( the essence of stoicism), you also shouldn't fear death because that is what everyone will get someday anyway. Sure I have all the "normal" fears, not living up my potential, life-long injury, not seeing the world etc. but those are all rather meaningless as in you are going to die in any case. I do fear those bigger than life bees though (hornets or something), seriously fuck those.... they're huge.

Also an INFJ here. I think there are more of us than the 1-3% that the Myers Briggs describes. Although this is the internet and in real life I really haven't met anyone that would have the mindset as I, go figure.

Why do you need to have this "meaning" in the first place? Who ever said there is one in the universe or existence or whatever? If you consider that everything if made of atoms and that no "meaning" exist in them that doesn't make you a non-human. In my opinion people have some need to have some kind of a "destiny" or a goal to achieve or otherwise they would lose their minds since they have no "meaning". I think that in end only true "meaning" in life is to be human, and that is only because we are. A lot better that being a stone I guess....

As a fellow loner I agree with this completely. Just take a look at people who do spent a lot of time with friends. Most of them think like all the others of their group and there is very little room for personal growth. Also it is a lot better to make friends from a place where you already are the best company for yourself. On the downside life seems to happen mostly trough interaction with others so there's that.

I want to be a top engineer whose work has a good influence on everyone (work, environment, technology) and to be strong and wise enough not to let the world affect my happiness. I would also like to be enlightened but I think I don't want it bad it enough to actually get it.

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