Başarılı Mühendis (successful engineer)

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       Mühendislik eğitimimin son zamanlarına girerken işin ciddiyetini daha fazla kavrıyorsun. Branşınla ilgili bir konu olduğunda hemen dikkatini çekiyor ve konu hakkında ne yapabileceğini düşünüyorsun. Sanırım birçok kişi için sıkıcı bir meslek olarak düşünülsede ,mühendisliğin sadece birkaç hesap işi olmadığını anladığında branşını sevmeye başlıyorsun.
      
        Geçen yıl içinde İsveçte bulunduğum zamanda üniversite hocasının bir ders sonrasındaki bana ve birkaç arkadaşıma yaptığı konuşması çok dikkatimi çekmişti. Burada önemli olan dersleri geçmek değil dersleri geçersin, asıl
önemli olan dersleri kendiniz için eğlenceli kılmak demişti. Farkındalık burada başlıyor galiba. Mesleklerinde başarılı kişiler yaptığı işlerini sevmelerinden dolayı o yerlere gelebildiklerini düşünüyorum.
     
       Kısa bir yazı oldu ama ben dahil birçoğumuzda bu eksikliği zaman zaman hissettiğimizi düşündüğümden dolayı bu konuyu vurgulamak istedim.


In English
 

When entering the final stages of engineering education, you begin to understand the seriousness of the work better. When there is a problem related to your engineering department, you focus on the problem and think about what you can do to solve it. I think people often find engineering boring, but if you realize that engineering is not boring and that it doesn't consist only of calculations, you will come to love studying engineering.

Last year in Sweden, after a course, the university lecturer caught my attention with his speech to me and my friends. He said, "The important thing here is not just to pass courses; you can always pass them. The main thing is to make the lessons enjoyable for yourself." I believe awareness starts here. In their careers, successful engineers are always at the top due to their love for their work.

I think this is a brief reflection on the subject, but we all feel this lack of awareness, myself included. That’s why I wanted to highlight this issue.

P.S. I wanted to write in both Turkish and English. I first wrote in Turkish and then tried to translate it into English. If I made any grammatical or meaningful mistakes, I apologize in advance.

    

My Life as an Exchange Student in SWEDEN

Finally, I will mention my experience in Sweden in the last part of my blog. I lived in Sweden for only five and a half months, but it was both fun and instructive. At first, I asked myself what I could do in Sweden in a strict sense. I couldn’t come up with an answer regarding which option to choose because I was trying to adapt to the country, the city, and the people. My university started in September, and I had new teachers and new friends.

I think I should clearly mention that I couldn’t get used to speaking English in daily life when I first went to Sweden. For this reason, I couldn’t communicate easily with my course group friends. It was difficult for both me and my friends because of the language differences.

Moreover, the Swedish university education system is very challenging, and the courses include lectures, seminars, company visits, project meetings, project preparation, and assignments. However, I did my best to pass the courses. By the end of the university period, I had passed all the courses. Although it was a difficult period of study for me, I must say it was a great experience for my business life.

Good things to know about Sweden

When I watched a video about Swedish traditions, I realized that I have some wonderful memories of Sweden. I must also say that Swedish people are very polite and calm. Now, I can understand that a common tradition among Swedes is called "fika" and I’m curious about how it first emerged. If you get the chance to sit with Swedes at the same table for fika, you can see that they have pleasant conversations. Moreover, Swedes tend to be quite shy. I felt like I experienced everything mentioned in the video firsthand. For that reason, I would like you to watch the video as well so you can understand the unique lifestyle in Sweden.

 

10 good things to know about Sweden

Changing lives and Opening minds...

 

Paris(Eiffel Tower)-FRANCE

Evet, uzun bir İsveç’te Erasmus macerasından döndükten sonra hayatımda neler değişti ya da ne kadar katkısı olduğunu burada yazmakla bitmez. Birçok Erasmus öğrencisinden duyacağınız şey hayata yeniden gelmiş gibiyim ya da Dünya böyle bir yer miymiş dersiniz. Adından da anlaşılabileceği gibi programın adı değişim (exchange) programı. Dünyaya bakış açınızın değişmesi bir yana Dünyanın dört bir yanından arkadaşlar ediniyorsunuz hem de samimi bir şekilde. Herkesin farklı anadilden gelip anlaşmanın ortak dili sadece İngilizce oluyor. O zaman İngilizceyi sevmeye başlıyorsunuz.