Energyboy
Student
- Oct 8, 2022
- 2
I'm looking for a job in the field of renewable energies where I get paid to generate ideas. My greatest talents are math and lateral thinking, I've always been top of my school in math until I got into university and I've always come up with very unusual ideas, a few of which made sense. I've had two projects in the German science contest about my own ideas and I'm currently planning to write a master's thesis on an idea of mine and my CV is pretty good too.
In my dream job, I would be paid to generate ideas that improve energy systems, and those ideas would then largely be implemented by others. Many inventors have an idea and then spend 15 years full-time realizing this idea, because so many things have to be checked and solutions found to turn it into something that offers people value. I think I'm better at generating ideas and average at executing them, so theoretically I should spend as little time as possible executing the idea. Of course, as an "inventor" you have to prove that an idea makes sense so that other people think it makes sense to invest their time in further working on this idea. (I also have the impression that whether a scientists idea gets picked up by the scientific community also depends on their reputation or their pitch, I would be very grateful for tips in this area!)
I think that the job where I could do the most good would be one where I can initiate a lot of new ideas and don't work so much on the implementation. I am equally interested in all aspects of the energy transition, both the technical/scientific side as well as politics and economics, but so far I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics and am doing a master's degree in energy technology, as I am good at math and these subjects are quite valuable on the job market.
Most of my ideas were either not feasible or had already been researched or were actually a technology that is currently being researched, very rarely was an idea really new. So I thought that if I specialized more, maybe I would find things that are really new and also assess ideas correctly. Since money is not that important to me, I used to think that being a scientist would be the best job for me. Scientists are also part of an infrastructure that implements ideas non-stop. Perhaps it could also help in the entrepreneurial area, for example, if you have all the ideas that are being developed in your mind, or it is also important to think about new political solutions.
Do you know other professions in the energy transition than scientists in which both lateral thinking and mathematics are important? Do my theoretical considerations have anything to do with reality? Do you have any tips on how I, as a scientist, can present new ideas as successfully as possible and not have to work so much in teaching?
Thank you very much!
In my dream job, I would be paid to generate ideas that improve energy systems, and those ideas would then largely be implemented by others. Many inventors have an idea and then spend 15 years full-time realizing this idea, because so many things have to be checked and solutions found to turn it into something that offers people value. I think I'm better at generating ideas and average at executing them, so theoretically I should spend as little time as possible executing the idea. Of course, as an "inventor" you have to prove that an idea makes sense so that other people think it makes sense to invest their time in further working on this idea. (I also have the impression that whether a scientists idea gets picked up by the scientific community also depends on their reputation or their pitch, I would be very grateful for tips in this area!)
I think that the job where I could do the most good would be one where I can initiate a lot of new ideas and don't work so much on the implementation. I am equally interested in all aspects of the energy transition, both the technical/scientific side as well as politics and economics, but so far I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics and am doing a master's degree in energy technology, as I am good at math and these subjects are quite valuable on the job market.
Most of my ideas were either not feasible or had already been researched or were actually a technology that is currently being researched, very rarely was an idea really new. So I thought that if I specialized more, maybe I would find things that are really new and also assess ideas correctly. Since money is not that important to me, I used to think that being a scientist would be the best job for me. Scientists are also part of an infrastructure that implements ideas non-stop. Perhaps it could also help in the entrepreneurial area, for example, if you have all the ideas that are being developed in your mind, or it is also important to think about new political solutions.
Do you know other professions in the energy transition than scientists in which both lateral thinking and mathematics are important? Do my theoretical considerations have anything to do with reality? Do you have any tips on how I, as a scientist, can present new ideas as successfully as possible and not have to work so much in teaching?
Thank you very much!
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