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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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  • jeff1981 Thought I'd share your question with our Top Members and also Business of Engineering areas to see if they might have any advice for you? 

     

    Best of luck to you in your search and also congrats on your new baby!

  • in reply to nlarson

    Hello all

     

    First of all I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your very helpful responses. I'm incredibly grateful for the input and will take it on board and try to work out my next steps. The focus on software sounds like a good one, especially on the embedded side - I have a fair amount of knowledge on this already (well, enough to get by, at least!) so this sounds promising. But as you said John, it really is all about growing my own skills to gain the experience and make my own role the best it can be.

     

    Floyd - really interesting to hear your experience; the idea of teaching has been in the back of my mind for a while. Another avenue to investigate...

     

    Also thanks Nicole for posting this message in the right place!

     

    Many thanks (again)!

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  • in reply to nlarson

    Hello all

     

    First of all I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your very helpful responses. I'm incredibly grateful for the input and will take it on board and try to work out my next steps. The focus on software sounds like a good one, especially on the embedded side - I have a fair amount of knowledge on this already (well, enough to get by, at least!) so this sounds promising. But as you said John, it really is all about growing my own skills to gain the experience and make my own role the best it can be.

     

    Floyd - really interesting to hear your experience; the idea of teaching has been in the back of my mind for a while. Another avenue to investigate...

     

    Also thanks Nicole for posting this message in the right place!

     

    Many thanks (again)!

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