• Question: If you could work as an engineer anywhere in the world where would you work?

    Asked by Sarah_McHale to Ashley, Catherine, John G, Laura, Ray on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 536enea42.
    • Photo: Laura Tobin

      Laura Tobin answered on 12 Nov 2014:


      Space! I would love to be an astronaut. It’d be really cool to work where’s there’s no gravity and to see Earth from a point of view that very few people have. I’ve read stories from astronauts who have claimed to have seen things that they cannot explain, it’s probably space debris – there’s a lot of it up there. I’d like to visit the moon too, just to see what it’s like. Make sure there are no aliens hiding under any rocks. If we had the technology, I’ve love to travel around the solar system. My ideal job, if it existed would be to be the chief science officer on a starship, or Captain.

    • Photo: John Ging

      John Ging answered on 12 Nov 2014:


      China. Its the future. Fortune favours the first mover!

    • Photo: Catherine Conaghan

      Catherine Conaghan answered on 12 Nov 2014:


      I think it would be cool to spend some time in the San Francisco “Silicon Valley” area in the US. There are so many exciting young companies over there (Google, Facebook, Netflix, Pixar, Sony etc.) and I think it would be really interesting to see what it is like.

      Although we are quite lucky in Ireland as a lot of these big companies have their European head offices in Dublin – so Ireland is an exciting place to be as well!

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      Ray Alcorn answered on 12 Nov 2014:


      I have already worked all over the world and been to every continent through my job. Right now in my area I truely believe Ireland is the best place. Through my job we have attracted 5 companies to move to Ireland just this year… and my own company is here.. And given the fact that I have to face cold hard business decisions on this.. Ireland is still the right place

    • Photo: Ashley Culbert

      Ashley Culbert answered on 15 Nov 2014:


      I like working in Ireland. My job takes me all over the country. I like the fact that from my house a four hour journey by car will bring me to either the most northly or sourthern location in this wonderful little country of ours

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