Displaced, channeled, but definitely not misplaced
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Family member who felt ignored by her engineer dad wanted to be an engineer as well. As youngest, She remembers playing with the compass and slide rule and drawing tools, and wanting to do exactly what her father did when she grew up.
So I wonder if it's failed parent child bonding. Like she was trying to please her dad by picking up his interests. She also loves fishing which he did too. Chip off the old block.
Not sure where the genetic interests run into the interests learned while seeking-to-please behavior.
Also probably an effect of smaller families, with fewer sons.
One of the daughters becomes the proto-son.
Interesting, quite likely. 1 son and 2 daughters
Oldest son got the trainset and erector set for Christmas, middle daughter did her own thing, youngest daughter wanted a trainset and the engineering toys her oldest brother got.
Maybe the youngest felt like an accident, burden and tried to get closer to her dad.
So yeah, if the third child hadn't been a burden and the family bigger, it maybe would have worked itself out.
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Also, joining military is such a lucrative occupation, especially if one likes astronaut/computer science stuff and wants to have money.
I don't know what predominantly female occupation is similar to themilitary that pays for school and career after like this for women.
Also truck driving.
Its interesting to think about. Early in life we're so eager to cartograph our senses so that we can navigate the word. Makes sense that the things that have the most impact early on orients ourselves to mirror that impact later on through through internalizing and reinterpretation. You start off at the top of a mountain point and even the slightest breeze can set you off, biased to an orientation.
It really seems that way. I'm not a car person at all, but when I started car shopping, I was surprised how quickly I become interested in what engine, what clearance, what gas mileage.
It's almost like we fall into patterns of self reinforcing behavior/interests.