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Is electrical engineering the right career path for me? my IQ is 106 and i'm an aspie.

Are you good at math? It is very tough to get an engineering degree unless you are good in math and science. An EE really should have at least two years of calculus--one for the basics and the second to learn how it applies to common engineering problems. If you can master that you will have a solid foundation for long career. Knowing the math can give you the insight into problems expected of an engineer.

That is something you have to decide for yourself. Go for it of you want, but don't steal my job

I generally agree with BTDT. The question is, do you like playing around with electrical stuff? Do you like to mess around with the innards of your computer? Want to build one from parts? Interested in robotics? Like to program? Yes, most all engineers do a LOT of programming. These are just some of the things you need to think about as well as how much you like math and science.

Neither of those give any clue as to what degree would suit you. What is your personality like? What are your interests?

106 is average IQ.
I'm your typical aspie but without the high intelligence.
I have significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.
My special interest is skateboarding but this doesnt bring me any work in the form of a job.....
Its the only thing i'm passionate about but i've read aspies can survive as engineers which makes me want to be an engineer?
I'm also interest in computers and films.
Does that explain my personality any better?

While it is true that Electrical Engineers are noted for poor social interaction, being an EE is no longer a "safe haven" for Aspies, unless you are so unusually talented that your co-workers will cover for your. The reality is that most engineers now work as teams, with frequent meetings. You may also be expected to interact with customers.

Now that I have been on the forum for a few months, the situation with "Adam" in the Aspie movie actually rings true. Yes, you might get lucky and be the sole engineer working in the basement--but it won't last long, as you will probably get canned due to executive function issues.

Coding or writing programs is much different than being an engineer--the former will often work with someone else who does does the hard math and science, so it often isn't necessary to learn all that math--instead, you just have work well with your co-workers and trust their work.

While having your passion be your work is the ideal, many folks do have to compromise, and do work just for the sake of financing their hobbies. Most middle managers don't really enjoy their work--they just enjoy the status and income it brings in.

Again, not to be rude, but that's irrelevant. Your ideal degree will depend far more than on your IQ and being a typical aspie, whatever that is.



This is more like it. How much do you know about computers already? Also, how are your science grades (especially physics) at the moment? More importantly, do you enjoy it? (because trust me, it's hell doing 4 or so years of a course your despise).

If films are more your thing, then go down that route. It may be more difficult to get a job in film, but a degree is a degree for a lot of jobs and it's worth doing something you enjoy and can do well in.



You can survive, and there may be others with AS in your field, but unless you're actually interested in engineering, then I would suggest something else.

If you spend more time and energy in understanding, customizing and trying to improve skateboarding overall than you do in simply enjoying skateboarding, you might be (or could possibly become) a "natural" (inherent) engineer of some kind

Sorry but 106 sounds like a pretty low IQ for an electrical engineer. Study whatever is interesting for you but as a software/electrical engineer myself those us with 140+ IQs find our work challenging enough. I don't know what range of difficulty such jobs can be that's just my experience working at two big companies. If you make it through college I guess you can cut it.

Social skills can be a problem, but you will probably be surrounded with people with awful social skills, people who will probably understand your quirks anyway. If you work hard and contribute people tend to notice and appreciate it. It isn't like being a lawyer or marketing executive, just be nice and rational when interacting with people, that seems good enough at a big company where being in a social clique isn't so important.

A problem I notice though is that to learn things at work you have to learn a lot from other people, unlike school where you can just study books. In engineering often there is a lack of documentation on the things you work on, or the documentation sucks or is too advanced and filled with acronyms so you need someone to explain things and direct you at what you need to look at.

Actually I'm kind of surprised how few aspie-like people there are at work. The ones that do seem that way span from very successful and respected to not-so-much. Aspie females are especially good at looking much dumber than we actually are.

Someone hasn't seen Rudy...

But people in college, tend to be dumb - not completely fast or keen. They make lots of mistakes, and in general their overall proficiency for the vast majority seems to be "idiot".

Yet, you get good grades, you pass - you go on IF you give effort. Thats the system, not a matter of ingenuity or predisposition to excel in certain subjects.

If life wasn't easy, no one would ever pass.... its like your a college ninja/nazi, fooling people into thinking you have what it takes/while denying them the gratification of believing they have a chance.