“At First, It Scared Me To Climb Up The Ceiling” – Female Electrical Engineer Reveals

A young University of Uyo, (Uniuyo) female graduate, has shared an inspiring story of her life as an electrical engineer.

A beautiful Nigerian lady, Mbuotidem Dickson, has in her recent Facebook post, shared photos of herself at work, and her passion for the job impressed many people.

While sharing photos of herself standing high up on a ceiling, she narrated her first experience climbing such a height.

In her words:

“The first time I climbed up the ceiling, it scared me so much that I never thought I would ever go up to work again. But here I am, doing what an engineer should.

“(Just know say that place I dey, high o on top bamboo wey rain don beat since March wey I go meet be that o😂😂)

“As an engineer of any field, it’s necessary that you should not just be an “Engineer” by degree but by experience.🥱

“I’m beginning to see my life after school experience but then, I will be the Boss, supervising workers in any Electrical work contracts 

Revealing why she chose a field dominated by men, Mbuotidem said that she chose the career because she loved electronics when she was younger.

She also added that her father who’s also in the field encouraged her to become an engineer after observing her interest in the job.

“When I was was younger I took interest in electronics tho I never had it that I’d one day study the course related to it.

“I study electrical and electronics engineering in the University of Uyo, tho I intend to major on Power aspect of it

“My father also made me choose the job. Since he saw my interest his field, he encouraged me to study it, thereby fulfilling one of his greatest desires that one of his children should study something he did,” she said.

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Revealing her challenges, the young graduate said she finds it difficult to cope with the fastness of male colleagues, adding that she sometimes gets encouragement from them.

In her words:

“The fact that I am not given some time to learn on my own. I really need my own pace to assimilate.

“Just bcos it took another 3months to learn doesn’t mean I am like the person is. That’s the only challenge I have.

“It (the career) is really dominated by men. Should I say the percentage of men to women in Nigeria (practicing) should be 95%:5%.

“It’s not a threat to me. I get so much encouragement from men yunno. And it makes me want to do better.”

The girl’s post generated a lot of positive response, some were wowed by her courage and others wished her well in her career.

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CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, Legit