Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 21478
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2001/6/11 [Industry/Jobs] UID:21478 Activity:high
6/11    Anybody transitioned from being in high-tech to another career?  I'm
        beginning to get sick of this rat race.  I used to thinking that
        becoming a manager and climbing the ladder will make things better,
        but it hasn't.  I'm thinking of starting a small business like owning
        a restaurant or running a franchise like Mail Boxes Etc.  -sick of tech
        \_ i am thinking of going back to chemE stuff but since I learned a lot
           of cs I can incorporate that into what I want to do.
           Mostly use cs as a tool for helping in research
        \_ have you thought about switching to another career but still in
           high tech? like tech-grunt -> marketing/sales/product mgment
           that way would be less of a hurt to the wallet and keep some of the
           value of your experience. or become an FAE or consultant. or not.
           \_ Something like a sales engineer?
              \_ whatever appeals to you. also, maybe a teacher. one of my
                 H.S. teachers was an engineer who got sick of engineering.
                 i dunno, just thinking of things where your knowledge could
                 still be used, but if it's "time for something completely
                 different" only you can figure it out.
        \_ My real estate agent was a hardware engr before he decided to switch
           career several years ago.  He said he made a lot more $ as an agent.
           But of course for someone switcheing to real estate now it'd be a
           little late.
        \_ I met this engineer in Taiwan.  He already made enough money, so
           he quit his job and started driving taxis cuz he likes talking to
           people.
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