HornTootinEE
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Here is my story:
-Started in a utility substation department 6 yrs ago.
-After one year, moved into a field office doing distribution and operations-same utility.
-Spent 4 1/2 years there until this June, left for a whole host of reasons, who knows if they were legit anymore
-relocated and and Took a position as an "Application Engineer" 6 months ago with an electric distributor to support their more technical product lines
-turns out, I'm more of a "sales engineer" or "salesman in training" than anything, and it drives me nuts.
-Recently Had a recruiting call and a couple interviews to go to a local consultant who wants me to come in and help them make more inroads with the distribution engineering and services group
-I'm told an offer is coming.
-I have realized in the past 6 months that I actually loved my last job, but it was the organizational BS (horrid boss included-will never work for him again)
A wrinkle:
-My old company MAY try to hire an engineer early 2013 in the office in my new town, but the hiring manager says getting approval is slim
-A locally based G&T is supposedly likely to be hiring in January/February-according to friends inside there.
Question to all:
Whats the best road back to what I like? Wait it out where I'm nothing but a technical salesman with my skills getting rusty? Do I go to consultant now, and risk that a job I really want won't open up this winter?
I'm torn: consultant job would be far better than what I have now, but not better than what I really want to be doing. Do I risk looking like a job hopper, or do I take the plunge? Do I just sit and wait it out until something I'd rather do comes along?
Whats the best career action?
Thanks
-Started in a utility substation department 6 yrs ago.
-After one year, moved into a field office doing distribution and operations-same utility.
-Spent 4 1/2 years there until this June, left for a whole host of reasons, who knows if they were legit anymore
-relocated and and Took a position as an "Application Engineer" 6 months ago with an electric distributor to support their more technical product lines
-turns out, I'm more of a "sales engineer" or "salesman in training" than anything, and it drives me nuts.
-Recently Had a recruiting call and a couple interviews to go to a local consultant who wants me to come in and help them make more inroads with the distribution engineering and services group
-I'm told an offer is coming.
-I have realized in the past 6 months that I actually loved my last job, but it was the organizational BS (horrid boss included-will never work for him again)
A wrinkle:
-My old company MAY try to hire an engineer early 2013 in the office in my new town, but the hiring manager says getting approval is slim
-A locally based G&T is supposedly likely to be hiring in January/February-according to friends inside there.
Question to all:
Whats the best road back to what I like? Wait it out where I'm nothing but a technical salesman with my skills getting rusty? Do I go to consultant now, and risk that a job I really want won't open up this winter?
I'm torn: consultant job would be far better than what I have now, but not better than what I really want to be doing. Do I risk looking like a job hopper, or do I take the plunge? Do I just sit and wait it out until something I'd rather do comes along?
Whats the best career action?
Thanks