When he earned his degree in electrical engineering, Nathaniel Baldwin was no technology fanatic. In fact, he went on to BYU to teach physics and theology. But, as a kid, he was quite taken with technology and was “always building things”, (Singer 44). He actually built his own bike and steam engine, so he had an extremely well start. Sadly, Baldwin was fired from his BYU job, but it may have not been such a horrible thing after all. It was his next job that help him invent headphones. After he was fired from his teaching job, Baldwin went on to work in a mine to support his wife and child. It was then that his interest in sound amplification was discovered. (Most people remember what interests they had at this age, but that’s why he’s invented
