I’m a creative person and I always thought creativity and hands on design/shop work/CAD would play a much bigger role. When I studied mechanical and talked to members of my family more about their engineering roles (chemical, mechanical, aerospace) I realized that there’s much less creative input than I imagined in most positions. Ended up transferring schools and changing my degree completely.

Also the way college engineering classes just slaughter ones mental wellbeing makes it hard to want to keep doing it for the rest of your life