Is it possible to go back to biomedical engineering after teaching?

[Iamconfusion]

I graduated undergrad as a biomedical engineer but received an amazing opportunity to earn my masters in education for a reduced price and earn a full-time teacher’s salary. I’m about halfway done with the 2 year program and am feeling unsatisfied due to not using my engineering degree. I was wondering if I’d find difficulties changing careers back to engineering, although I have no professional engineering experience. Any thoughts?

 

[analogdesign]

Since you're only a year out from your degree I don't think you would have any more trouble than a new grad, except you won't have the assistance of on-campus recruiting. Since you're still in school, I wouldn't think of it (or approach it) as "changing careers back to engineering" because that would be really hard.

When you do interviews and people ask, but up front about why you don't plan to use your master's degree and most hiring managers will accept it.

So, all in all, I would say you aren't at much of a disadvantage compared to new BS grads since you're only a year out.

Good luck!

 

[Choppy]

Go for it.

Sure, you might have to explain why you deviated into teaching for a while, but in most cases that's not going to be a reason for rejecting you for a job. Being out for a year or two is generally not seen as a bad thing, particularly if you were focused on something else. Once you've been out for three years or more, there will probably be some questions about how up-to-date you've kept your skills. Even those aren't insurmountable though.