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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