I believe most of us go into engineering hoping to start out on the technical side of things. For me, that was what I was interested in for sure. I enjoy utilizing the skill set learned through school and internships to solve real life problems either on the manufacturing side or the design side. I see myself working on the technical side of things for at least 5-10 years experience while gaining all that technical knowledge. After a while I would like to transition into the managerial side of the business to gain more visibility to projects. Being a manager would be more beneficial with all that technical knowledge to supplement the need soft skills to thrive within a managerial role.