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Hi all,
I've been working as an engineer / engineering technician for 8 years now, and I have become somewhat disillusioned with it.
I pursued this career course out of convenience, interest and aptitude; I was given a summer job making the floor-plans for an investment casting factory, and then stayed on as first a technician, then as the sole engineer on site when the current engineer moved up to operations manager. The job was interesting, but had led to a dead end, and I moved to another job after being there 7 years. My current job is a lot more red-tape and restrictions, and I just feel like I'm never accomplishing an awful lot. It isn't really filling my heart with excitement any more.
I am wondering what sorts of jobs I could look into as a career change, which capitalize on my inventive and creative mind (I have a natural aptitude for making things work, designing solutions to problems, etc.) but which aren't so hampered by the red tape & endless paperwork of the engineering world. I feel that I just want to create things.
My current thoughts are;
-Invent something, and build a business around it. once the business can support me, quit my job. I have some ideas on this front, but it's chancy and will take years to pull off.
- get an easier job, and then invest my free time in the above. it's less money, meaning less to use for development, but may make me happier in the short term.
- commit to being creative in my spare time and go for a complete career change, to fulfill other things I enjoy - being outdoors and active. Tree surgery, or land management. I spend a lot of free time going for walks in the countryside, so working in the countryside would free up my spare time for engineering-y projects.What other things can someone who needs intellectual stimulation and (fairly) free-reign consider?
I have no degrees, and have been offered a 4-year course to get a foundation degree in engineering through work, but this would require a considerable time commitment to my work. It would also eat into my free time and prevent me from developing any inventions as quickly.
Thanks!
I've been working as an engineer / engineering technician for 8 years now, and I have become somewhat disillusioned with it.
I pursued this career course out of convenience, interest and aptitude; I was given a summer job making the floor-plans for an investment casting factory, and then stayed on as first a technician, then as the sole engineer on site when the current engineer moved up to operations manager. The job was interesting, but had led to a dead end, and I moved to another job after being there 7 years. My current job is a lot more red-tape and restrictions, and I just feel like I'm never accomplishing an awful lot. It isn't really filling my heart with excitement any more.
I am wondering what sorts of jobs I could look into as a career change, which capitalize on my inventive and creative mind (I have a natural aptitude for making things work, designing solutions to problems, etc.) but which aren't so hampered by the red tape & endless paperwork of the engineering world. I feel that I just want to create things.
My current thoughts are;
-Invent something, and build a business around it. once the business can support me, quit my job. I have some ideas on this front, but it's chancy and will take years to pull off.
- get an easier job, and then invest my free time in the above. it's less money, meaning less to use for development, but may make me happier in the short term.
- commit to being creative in my spare time and go for a complete career change, to fulfill other things I enjoy - being outdoors and active. Tree surgery, or land management. I spend a lot of free time going for walks in the countryside, so working in the countryside would free up my spare time for engineering-y projects.What other things can someone who needs intellectual stimulation and (fairly) free-reign consider?
I have no degrees, and have been offered a 4-year course to get a foundation degree in engineering through work, but this would require a considerable time commitment to my work. It would also eat into my free time and prevent me from developing any inventions as quickly.
Thanks!