On Friday, February 17, third-year students passed the halfway point of their time at Tecnun. Tecnun. The workshop started with a mass in the parish of San Sebastian Martir. At 12 o'clock the students took their seats at auditorium in the Miramar Palace to receive their scholarship and listen to the testimony of three alumni of the School. In the roundtable, moderated by Professor Iñigo Gutiérrez, participated Fernando Odriozola, co-founder of WaveGarden; Ana Arrizabalaga, Global Sales Manager-Marine and Marketing Manager at JAURE (Regal Beloit Spain S.A); and Pablo Álvarez, researcher of the group Electric Vehicle Ceit.

Fernando Odriozola encouraged the students to let themselves be "surprised by life" so that tomorrow they would not have to ask themselves the question of the business projects they would have liked to take on but had not carried out. In this sense, he advised the students to seek their first work experience abroad, "although staying here is also a good option," he said. "Follow your heart and your head, and never set limits for yourselves," he encouraged the students, who broke into applause. Fernando assured that one also learns a lot from projects that don't turn out as expected: "You can't even imagine what you learn from failures, so don't be afraid of entrepreneurship".

For her part, Ana Arrizabalaga, who did not want to miss the roundtable despite having her voice taken, for which Iñigo Gutiérrez publicly thanked her, urged the students to have a global vision of their work: "You are not only going to work with people from your business, but also with colleagues from other plants and other countries in the world. So be open-minded to work in a team and develop the ability to relate to people." Ana insisted on their willingness to move internationally and, to this end, the importance of knowing English.

Finally, Pablo Alvarez told them about his experience as PhD student at Ceit: "There are many different groups and you can keep learning while doing thesis ", he defended. In his case, he was attracted by the fact that when he finished his programs of study of Engineering he was proposed to design an electric motor that will be implemented tomorrow in an airplane, and he did not think twice about it. "I gave a lot of value to that and I don't regret the decision I made, so don't close the doors to the possibility of continuing your education through a thesis ", he maintained.

The roundtable was also open to questions from the students and one of them asked if what you learn during the degree program is useful when you get to work, to which the three speakers replied: "No doubt. Sometimes it may seem that what you study is not very useful, but nothing could be further from the truth. Over time you realize that what you learn during the degree program is then applied in your working life".

At the end, the scholarships were awarded to the 3rd grade students and the student Isabel Benito also said a few words of thanks on behalf of all her classmates, which were applauded and accompanied by some laughter. After the photo of the Promotion, the students continued the workshop with a meal at the Ondarreta Tennis Restaurant.