Why did you become an electronics engineer?

I took a physics class in high school where we had a brilliant teacher - he wrote the textbook we used. He taught us basic things and how to apply them for sneaky uses. He explained how to build a cell phone jammer, and a device to open any garage door. I thought it was amazing.

So, I entered college as a physics major. After learning you can't do anything with a BS in physics, and I'd pretty much have to get a PhD, I started looking at other engineering school degrees. I found out that all the cool stuff he taught us was really more electrical engineering than physics. I was interested in electrical engineering, but ultimately decided on computer engineering, which is a nice mix of EE and computer science. I had taken programming classes in high school and enjoyed returning to it.

So after college, I got into embedded software engineering, and for now I'm happy as a clam. In reply to your question, I 'fell' into it in college, but I was already in the ballpark since I'd done programming before and had an interest in sneaky uses for electronics.

I couldn't imagine my self to be something else. Since I remember myself when I was less than 5 years old I was trying to understand how staff works!

Electronics&automation was in my blood I think so. In all of my games I had to find out how they worked and how the creator had made it.

The first thing I've seen as auto machine was the clothes washing machine. I was able to recognize all of it's commands (you now it's gonna take the water,the next step is to take the soap etc)

When I was 7 years old I played with the stereo and the speakers(serial connection, parallel)

I loved troubleshooting and read from the manual and fixing thing.

Later when I was in the Univ. in Greece I felt in love with microcontrollers too.I love working with pic MCU and making many projects such as custom chars in a LCD. I feel like I become father! You know like  giving life in these things. They are like my children!

Now I have done  my dreams true.I graduated last year and leave my country Greece and I am  in Sweden now looking for a job.

I think that I can leave my country but never electronics. Electronics is so holy thing for me is my life.

And don't forget: electronics & women need ''ground''

I became instrested in electronics when I took a Digital Electronics course in college, and the rest was history.  To add, it is a passion and love/respect for electronics that we all choose this wonderful career path.

I can`t say it was any `One Thing` in particular, but my Grandfather used to fix all manner of electrical and electronic things for friends and even people in the street as he had a reputation for being good at it.

I used to play at his feet in front of the coal fire with jars full of connectors and bulbs and fuses etc... and was taught the basics of electricity before I even went to nursery school.

my Mother taught me basic plant and sometimes animal Biology and also Minerology as well as making simple weather stations etc...

I had a fascination with Sci-Fi esp Dr Who and Star-trek (1960s), and later Totaly fell in love with Star wars.

I wanted to build a Robot like R2.

but back to topic... the patern I can see is that I love things that use many different parts and allow me mix them up in whatever combination I like, to Me all things are like LEGO.

I love Cooking and collect spices, and so as the Main cook for my family they get to try all sorts of cullinary experiments. same with Chemistry, I collect chems and make (and fix) many things with them.

Electronics is the same for me, but not only do I get to choose what parts I want to put together, but I also get to choose what I want to tell them to do (firmware), so it`s a double whammy

I`m the same with Plants and growing different veg (esp Chilis), Astronomy always has Something neat going on (when it`s a clear night), Radio has so many places to listen to!

lots and Lots of little tiny bits and endless imagination is what floats my boat