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OK, this may sound stupid, but.....
I am kind of burned out on engineering as I know it.
Here are the issues:
1) Pay isn't that great. I'm in HVAC consulting.
2) Commute is aggravating and so wasteful of time (30+ miles each way with tolls, 24 miles over narrow causeway crossing Lake Pontchartrain)
3) Hours are relatively long
4) Potential is limited to whatever whim the owner decides to raise us each year
5) Work time is not flexible whatsoever. Standard 8-5 plus whatever overtime I want to work.
I would like to cut my commute, make better pay, have more potential, work more flexible time.
I don't mind engineering in general, just some of the BS as mentioned above. I mean, I'd like to take my little girl to gymnastics on Monday afternoons, but I can't see that happening working for someone else and so far away.
I just got my PE license.
Should I look to eventually branch off and work for myself and only work the hours needed to make the required income?
Should I look for a sales engineering or technical sales opportunity to make the real money I think I deserve (and probably work less and more flexible hours at the same time)?
Should I drag my butt to another state with better opportunities (really not an option for several reasons)?
Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Anyone feel the same way? What did you do?
Ed
I am kind of burned out on engineering as I know it.
Here are the issues:
1) Pay isn't that great. I'm in HVAC consulting.
2) Commute is aggravating and so wasteful of time (30+ miles each way with tolls, 24 miles over narrow causeway crossing Lake Pontchartrain)
3) Hours are relatively long
4) Potential is limited to whatever whim the owner decides to raise us each year
5) Work time is not flexible whatsoever. Standard 8-5 plus whatever overtime I want to work.
I would like to cut my commute, make better pay, have more potential, work more flexible time.
I don't mind engineering in general, just some of the BS as mentioned above. I mean, I'd like to take my little girl to gymnastics on Monday afternoons, but I can't see that happening working for someone else and so far away.
I just got my PE license.
Should I look to eventually branch off and work for myself and only work the hours needed to make the required income?
Should I look for a sales engineering or technical sales opportunity to make the real money I think I deserve (and probably work less and more flexible hours at the same time)?
Should I drag my butt to another state with better opportunities (really not an option for several reasons)?
Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Anyone feel the same way? What did you do?
Ed
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