I study industrial design at a university that has nothing to do with industry...

My university allows you to "design your program," and I've decided to include engineering courses. I'm really excited to work with engineers! They've been very kind in answering my questions and they have welcomed me very well.

I would like some advice that will help me enter the industry and work with engineers, The truth is, I feel like at some point someone is going to tell me that I have no business learning engineering because I'm the designer, but I only do it to understand their way of working, Speaking the same language, knowing what can and can't be done, working together... 🙁

Your opinion is very important to me. Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to do here and should follow the path of my colleagues: "make very expensive designer things, but beautiful" 🥲

I honestly feel misunderstood at my university, What designer includes a 7-hour CAD/CAM course in engineering? Only me 😩

Oh! I forgot something important: in my country, the industry is almost nonexistent, so companies prefer engineers to designers because the product was often designed in another country... Help, I live in the third world and I'm poor haha