What Skills Do I need to Be an Engineer?

[Jschroet]

I was wondering what skills I need to be an engineer.You see I am very

curious and like to know how things work.I am very good at math and

also at science. I can grasp concepts quite quickly and am very

analytical I am also very good at creative thinking.Yet I am not very linear in my thinking and not very into details and also I am not very hands-on or into tinkering more into books and theory yet I still like to be practical.

My family doubts my ability to be an engineering student for three main reasons 1.I am not detail -oriented.2 I am not a hands on tinkerer.3 I am theoretical all true.However I can do details just not very well.I like know how things work and also i am very pratical as well. I also took a look at an article saying that the main skills are structural visualization and Math/Analytical Reasoning and I am very good at those!

 

So what do you think?

Yes or No?