Courtesy of Lexis Czumak-Abreu
- Lexis Czumak-Abreu started doing engineering jobs on the side while studying pre-med in college.
- She told Business Insider she enjoyed the problem-solving and physical elements of the job.
- Czumak-Abreu ultimately abandoned plans to be a surgeon. and now works as an electrician full-time.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lexis Czumak-Abreu, a 27-year-old electrician in New York state. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I became interested in medicine because my mom is a physician's assistant. I went to pre-med school, intending to become a surgeon. But now I work as an electrician.
It's extremely rewarding. At the end of a job, you can turn the electricity on and see the whole system work right in front of you.