Alternate Career
Alternate Career
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All:
I have been in this business for almost 30 years (designing and managing structural projects)and have enjoyed it, but am curious to explore alternate careers where I can use my structural engineering skills. Do any of you know of other structural engineers that changed careers that utilized their skills? If so, I would be interested in hearing what types of positions they took.
Thank you.
I have been in this business for almost 30 years (designing and managing structural projects)and have enjoyed it, but am curious to explore alternate careers where I can use my structural engineering skills. Do any of you know of other structural engineers that changed careers that utilized their skills? If so, I would be interested in hearing what types of positions they took.
Thank you.






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He was responible for managing revonations and new construction at a small college campus. He said he enjoyed it, but had to learn a few things about construction schedulng and other trades (like mechanical) plus some bugdeting.
Overall he enjoyed it and learned alot.
I had another friend you started doing techanical sales. Mainly it involved answering engineering questions about the product which happened to be steel joists.
Again he enjoyed the work and learned alot about steel joists.
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Thank you
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Oops, there is no step up from being a structural engineer.
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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BTW, wrt the lack of real world experience in universities: good luck with that. Real world design experience is of about zero value in the task that's most important for professors: coming up with grants. A new PhD coming right out of school with zero design experience, but WITH experience writing a couple of NSF proposals is more competitive than a designer with 20-30 years of industry experience IMO.
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BTW, I'm a professor and have about 12 years of industry experience. I don't think my experience did much for me in finding an academic job. Does help A LOT in the classroom, though.