Underemployment with an uncommon degree
Underemployment with an uncommon degree
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I graduated from College three years ago with an Engineering Science BE with an EE Specialization. My degree is basically a cross section of engineering with a focus on Materials Science with in my case electrical engineering. My problem is that I've been doing production testing and module swap repairs for two years and I want to move into an actual engineering role. Any advice or tips? I'm worried that my lack of an electrical engineering degree is harming my career potential. I've explained my degree so many time on interviews.





RE: Underemployment with an uncommon degree
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RE: Underemployment with an uncommon degree
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Greg Locock
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RE: Underemployment with an uncommon degree
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As for my current job I was supposed to be doing actual technician work and some design work to get started but so far I'm still doing testing until the owner makes a decision.
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Dan - Owner
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RE: Underemployment with an uncommon degree
You should be emphasizing your work history and accomplishments based on your solid foundation of a broad Engineering training, also your learning how to deal with the challenges you have faced during your work. Express your desire to move to something more suitable to your Engineering training. Life, jobs, & companies aren't fair...they may not be willing or able to do so. And if they won't / can't....you are in charge of your own career progression. Accept it for whatever reason "as-is" or move on.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
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RE: Underemployment with an uncommon degree
So given your current situation, assuming you want to be designing things that your employer builds and sells then chasing PE wouldn't be my primary path.
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