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I just posted this in the engineer/non-engineer thread, but thought homebrewing deserved a little more credit than that. I went to business school, but I've been selling engineering mechanical equipment since (family company). These items included industrial shell and tube heat exchangers, hex coils, vacuum and centrifugal pumps.
I had a mild interest in the stuff until I took up homebrewing. Hello CYNERGY!!! The challenges, principals and techniques (even is basic recipe formulation) have made me a clearer thinker even in my professional line of work.
Not that I ever plan on becoming a commercial brewer, but it seemed my only options of ever working at a brewery (and being paid well enough for it) were to be either a microbiologist (at least it seems), or a real mechanical engineer. So to further my current career and enhance my future options I enrolled in mechanical engineering school at age 29. I give all the motivation to the level of mental clarity achieved in homebrewing.
Truly truly bizarre.
Ohh, also when reading about styles it's practically a history lesson too.
I had a mild interest in the stuff until I took up homebrewing. Hello CYNERGY!!! The challenges, principals and techniques (even is basic recipe formulation) have made me a clearer thinker even in my professional line of work.
Not that I ever plan on becoming a commercial brewer, but it seemed my only options of ever working at a brewery (and being paid well enough for it) were to be either a microbiologist (at least it seems), or a real mechanical engineer. So to further my current career and enhance my future options I enrolled in mechanical engineering school at age 29. I give all the motivation to the level of mental clarity achieved in homebrewing.
Truly truly bizarre.
Ohh, also when reading about styles it's practically a history lesson too.