What do you get out of engineering that you couldn’t get from any other kind of work?

Question: What do you get out of engineering that you couldn’t get from any other kind of work?
- Keywords:
  career satisfaction,
  enjoy
Asked by M.Richards27 to Michael, Lyd, Holly, Chris, Mark on 8 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by heidi.
- Mark Dougherty answered on 8 Nov 2015:
  
  I get to see things that I have helped made in the Supermarket all the time! It makes me feel proud when I see something I have worked on being bought by my friends and family.
- Michael Sulu answered on 20 Nov 2015:
  
  For me, personally, job satisfaction, i am helping educate the next generation of engineers and doing research that will hopefully have an impact on everyone’s lives!

Question: What do you get out of engineering that you couldn’t get from any other kind of work?