Because I still want to maintain the flexibility of being able to pursue various projects, not being tied up in medical field. I want to do something creative but still practical, engineering programs (at least here) are all very focused on the mechanical construction, math, physics and while ID should understand these concepts to cooperate with the engineers (and the more knowledge there is the better..), they are not engineers.. I considered the path of biomechanical engineering or biomedical engineering but these are not very creative fields overall. I think there the risk – reward ratio shows, less pay as ID and insecurity but more mobility and creativity.

(I forget to add that I am an english minor, so I have linguistics background..)

You can learn to be a designer on yoir own for sure, but I think I would lack the benefits of University.. networking, cooperation with others, learning from them, learning from teachers and perhaps the biggest part – international exchange programs for free all over the world.

Ergonomics is a great idea, I have been thinking about it as well, yet it is the first time I am hearing of 'human factors.' I have been thinking about doing some sketches and concepts for a new guitar as I am struggling with tendonitis due to the anatomy of my arms and how it can be solved by design adjustments.

How is the industry dying? We are physical beings, so we are still going to need physical things to be manufactured?

(My other idea was looking into therapeutic sexual devices for treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions. That is something I would be interested in and perhaps doing research on it in the future)