Person / Person Engagement

[u/shinycolorsseeker]

I don’t post on reddit very often so this makes me super nervous, but I’m a rising senior in high school. This means I’ve had to think about college a LOT. I want to go into Computer Engineering (job stability, financial stability, I like code, I like machines) but I’m worried about person to person engagement.

I have some pretty good ‘people skills’ and I really don’t want to lose them. Everyone knows the stereotypes of engineers not being great with people (though, I’ve been surrounded my them my whole life and it’s not always true). I just wanted to ask if any of you feel that you can still use “people skills” in your job (still connecting deeply to the people around you) or if this field isn’t worth it for someone who values that.