Hi guys,
I am new to this forum and I really hope you will be able to give me an advice.
I am 26 year old Master of Science in Architectural Engineering with 2 years of professional practice. Unfortunately, I am not very happy about being an architect and if I could turn back time I would definitely do it and choose something different.
At the moment I am establishing my own company based on quite innovative idea (mixed IT and Archi.). If everything goes well my finances will be secured with not much attention from my side. It means that I might have a lot of free time soon for developing my interests. These are mostly related to different kinds of engineering - especially R&D projects, innovative, visionary things.
Since as a kid I have spent just years on building simple robots, playing with soldering tool, transformers, coils, engines etc. I got an idea that perhaps ROBOTICS is the right way to go now. Of course, I am not thinking about industrial side of this discipline.
I am ready to abandon all my current architectural knowledge (seriously) but on the other hand - maybe there are some elements that could be helpful? Architecture as a science is strictly related to construction (lots of CAD), ergonomics, functionalism, human factors and of course design. Do you think any of these skills would be advantageous in robotics?
Till the end of this month I need to register to the new University. I choose Mechanical Engineering at the best Technical University here (with possibility of taking Robotics as a specialization) as I believe it can give me a good background for the beginning. For now I decided for extramural type of studies - which means that I will be attending to classes only during the weekends. Since my business is not working yet this is the most reasonable option for me. Of course, if everything will be fine I will be able to switch to normal (daily) type after some time.
Please, let me know what do you honestly think about all of this. On one hand this is really what turns me on, on the other - I might be a bit old for such a move (should be 30 while obtaining BS degree). There is also another question related to job prospects.. Some people say that being a "specialist" in many different fields is not worth too much. And that you should become a MASTER only in one, narrow area. But that does not agree with definition of Systems Engineering which seems to quite popular discipline nowadays..
Thank you!