Considering that many engineers to not work within their learned concentration, an EE can easily work in Computer Engineering. In other words, one does not have to be an EE if they want to provide energy to attarctions, offices, etc. They can be a Mechanical Engineer and do the same thing.
I am a Chemical Engineering major. Is there a ChemE specific department/job within WDI or RCID departments?
I guess my thought process is that yes, certainly engineers can do other types of engineering... but engineers as artists?
My experience has been that good artists take years to develop technique and their own style. Parts can be taught (anyone can cook!) but it takes tons of work to become good at it. I don't know anyone who was a prodigy in how most people think of them - rather dedicated people who worked hard to learn, even if they learned quickly.
I guess what i'm saying is that i dont think an engineer is going to suddenly be an artist - nor vice versa - and that expecting a single person to have all the skills of both seems to be asking more then the most talented people on either side are willing to give. It seems to me that if you didn't focus on one or the other you'd probably not be terribly good at either.
In theater, when i design a set, i often have a general knowledge of how things ill work structurally and some input into how it's implemented. However, it's not my job to know how the hydraulic systems will work (other then a base understanding of how it fits in the space) or how many of the show pieces will actually be built. It's the technical director's job to know those in's- and out's.
I do need a basic understanding, but no one is asking me to sit there and draft build-elevations and drawings. I am entirely responsible for all things artistic though, like paint elevations and aesthetic material choices and such.
The reverse of that, no technical director is expected to make artistic decisions on a show. Engineers would be, as far as i can tell, technical directors.
So - i guess i'm confused. People go into engineering wanting to work on the creative side of things, right? It just doesn't seem like a good route to me. I mean, i could find someone out there to make me pretty much anything i want should i know what it should look like and what it should accomplish - no?
But the artistic ideas, the thematic statement, the cohesive vision - i would all assume is only going to come from the artistic group, and only the good ones at that.
I guess i'm either vastly underestimating the artistic talents of engineers or i dunno. Maybe it goes back to what i was taught at the start - some companies want specialists and some want generalists. Disney wants specialists from what i've heard, smaller companies want generalists.
The advice? Be very good at one thing but generally good at many things.
