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  • 19-11-2012 11:17pm
    #1
    Arddon
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭


    I was wondering if anybody has any advice/experience for a Mechanical Engineer looking to do something different. I'm 10yrs doing something I'm not overly fond of. I have a "good job" that pays pretty decent, and am very grateful for it.

    I did Mech. Eng. in college pretty blind, not knowing a whole pile about it. I'm not in a position (mortgage/family) to be able to stop working and take up a new career path on a full-time basis, so I'm looking to cross over with the aid of a postgrad...

    Anybody done similar and if so what direction did ye go?

    Also, are Open University postgrads worthwhile...are they "worth" anything?

    The other difficulty I face is I am not entirely certain what direction I actually want to go :confused:....so I need to figure this out...I dont want to be doing the same thing I did 14 years ago!!

    So maybe some career guidance would be sensible...again, has anybody any experience with this?


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    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,165 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Is there any part of your job/career at the moment that you like?

    Or say in college was there any subject that you liked?


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    ChippingSodbury
    Registered Users Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    I did Mech Eng and did a Masters straight after college. I worked as a Mech Eng for about 5 or 6 years and drifted into Software Development. I have a different approach to problems than normal CS graduates etc. because of my background. This has its advantages as I get involved in a lot of Engineering related software because I have knowledge that most "normal" software guys haven't. This very often throws up niche opportunities that are only suited to a small number of people, one of them being me.

    As the previous poster said, pick a few things that you like and see if you can pursue them. Don't forget, if they're a little removed from Mech Eng, you will end up being a relatively unique person, hopefully a very employable unique person.


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    Arddon
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭Arddon


    Cheers folks...
    In terms of parts of job i like its pretty limited i'm afraid!
    Project management maybe... After that I'm struggling. Project management is quite transferable I guess, maybe that's an avenue I could go down along with a business aspect to it...


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