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shley Sullivan can think of plenty of reasons why someone might want to go into engineering.
“It is a very rewarding field where you get to see your work
benefit your family and your community,” the president and CEO of Springfield-based O’Reilly, Talbot & Okun said. “And you’re always going to need civil engineers, so there’s job protection there. There’s so much opportunity in the field, whether you want
to go into construction or consulting or the regulatory side. There’s a lot of different options, and each individual can find what’s right for them.”
That said, the industry is facing the same headwinds seen in other fields these days, ranging from construction to manufactur-
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“The number- one thing I hear from students
is they want to do some good for the world, to make the world a better place.”
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Ashley Sullivan, president of O’Reilly, Talbot & Okun.
