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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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  • Hi Jeff,  My experience has been that there is only one way to truly enjoy ones job and that is to continue to grow and self educate until you are as good at it as you can possibly be. Every work experience I have ever had has had good aspects and bad aspects. Most of the times where I have changed employment it just meant that I had to start over with a new set of problems. While I am not in a position to make any decisions for you, sometimes a bad day or week is just that and is best forgotten. I know that you will solve the problem of the fire in your power supply and you will probably have a sudden epiphany for the design of the new product. Each time you succeed you will be in a better position to control your position and your work load. Remember that, with your irreplaceable skill set, the company needs you more than you need the company. Congratulations on the new baby.

    John

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  • Hi Jeff,  My experience has been that there is only one way to truly enjoy ones job and that is to continue to grow and self educate until you are as good at it as you can possibly be. Every work experience I have ever had has had good aspects and bad aspects. Most of the times where I have changed employment it just meant that I had to start over with a new set of problems. While I am not in a position to make any decisions for you, sometimes a bad day or week is just that and is best forgotten. I know that you will solve the problem of the fire in your power supply and you will probably have a sudden epiphany for the design of the new product. Each time you succeed you will be in a better position to control your position and your work load. Remember that, with your irreplaceable skill set, the company needs you more than you need the company. Congratulations on the new baby.

    John

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