A spark for engineering

Allanah is a software engineer at BT, who switched to an apprenticeship in 6th form to learn directly from industry professionals.

Hi, I'm Allanah and I'm a software engineer at BT. My spark for engineering actually came on quite late. In sixth form I changed career paths as I realised that what I was doing in A Levels wasn't giving me that spark that I had in secondary school. It was only until I saw my brother was doing engineering on the railways, and I thought if he can do it, why can't I?

I personally chose an apprenticeship route, because where I come from was quite difficult to fund university, and I was scared of the debt that I would be in. I chose to do an apprenticeship where I can learn on the job and also earn working alongside professionals within the industry I personally feel like I would come out with a lot more experience.

I want to break the stereotypes, and get other people involved in engineering, and to be brave and go into an industry they might not have considered before.