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Career question for seasoned (and not-so-seasoned) Electronic Engineers!

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Hello all

 

I'm having a minor career crisis and was hoping to tap in to the collective knowledge and experience here for some input! Basically I'm an Electronic Engineer with a good degree and 11 years in various industries, and fairly recently I moved to a role which is pretty stressful (I work in a fairly small consumer electronics company where our product product development happens incredibly quickly!).

 

Having just had a baby (well my wife did, but you know what I mean) suddenly it feels like there are far better things to worry about than whether my latest design will get through EMC, or why the battery charging circuit I've just built keeps catching fire (for example).

 

Is there anyone out there in the ether who trained as an EE but has ended up in a different field in which they really love going to work?! Or alternatively any engineers who work somewhere that really values them and doesn't ask unreasonable demands ("we need a new product designed. You've got 2 weeks")?

 

There are probably lots of details I've left out, mainly for the sake of keeping this short(ish), but any input on jobs or employers you really loved would be hugely appreciated.

 

Many thanks!

 

Jeff

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  • Jeff - I know exactly where your thoughts are coming from...I used to work as an EE for a large electronics firm (initials are IBM) where projects changed on a daily basis and deadlines were hard-fast. Then I turned forty and they went to great lengths to tell me thanks for playing; but they didn't need me anymore (so  you have that to look forward to - HiHi).

     

    I took their hints and found other employment; and to this day I have no regrets!

    - I worked with a retiree who had started a radio sales/repair shop and I enjoyed that very much.

    - Then a friend started a brewery, so I worked with him for a while.

    - I moved and started teaching at a local community college and I really enjoy the students and faculty.

     

    So, there are lots of other jobs (some relating to your career choice). The trick is to find the one that you really enjoy, and like a good marriage, it will make you feel as though a life-time is way too short!

     

    If you are happy, your family will be happier too.

    Put your family first, the rest will be easy.

    I hope this helps. I wish someone would have told me this years ago.

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  • Jeff - I know exactly where your thoughts are coming from...I used to work as an EE for a large electronics firm (initials are IBM) where projects changed on a daily basis and deadlines were hard-fast. Then I turned forty and they went to great lengths to tell me thanks for playing; but they didn't need me anymore (so  you have that to look forward to - HiHi).

     

    I took their hints and found other employment; and to this day I have no regrets!

    - I worked with a retiree who had started a radio sales/repair shop and I enjoyed that very much.

    - Then a friend started a brewery, so I worked with him for a while.

    - I moved and started teaching at a local community college and I really enjoy the students and faculty.

     

    So, there are lots of other jobs (some relating to your career choice). The trick is to find the one that you really enjoy, and like a good marriage, it will make you feel as though a life-time is way too short!

     

    If you are happy, your family will be happier too.

    Put your family first, the rest will be easy.

    I hope this helps. I wish someone would have told me this years ago.

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