It's a great honour and thrill. We have some very prominent alumni and many people don't know that they are engineers, such as Brian Levitt, President and CEO of Imasco and Peter Munk, Chair and CEO of Barrick Gold. These people prove that an engineering degree can be your key to a successful career. My advice is that no-one should ever think that their education and their degree is necessarily where they're going to be 20 or 30 years from now. Engineers are recognized as important people in the fabric of the community.
People are always very impressed with how creative and able engineers are.
If you can add some general knowledge to your professional skills, there is no door in this city that's locked to you.