IRStuff,
The point is to try things that are low risk and low commitment first. So, he gets another job and 3 months into it, he realizes that that didn't fix anything. Or he realizes his med school pipedream was better just as fantasy. Going to med school might be the cure but god damn it...
Strucpatholgst,
If this was a passion, I would say go all for it if it was feasible without too many sacrifices. It might not be that but often people think it is. I think that before someone does something like this, they really need to figure out what they are missing from their current...
I am not you so I don't know how you evaluate certain things. I would strongly try to determine what you like about a job and try to fit it into a side gig or a related occupation. People get hung up on needing to do a certain thing and often when they get a chance to do that thing, it never...
At one time I thought there was a hierarchy of engineers over designers and drafters. Now, I just look it as a job that I don't want to do and if I can find someone who can take a little direction and run with it, they are worth their weight in gold. I would get too bored with a lot of the...
I think that just knowing your subject's basics inside and out is enough. You would be surprised by how many people can't read a paper or do proper investigations and research. The PE exam, I thought was more of a litmus test for people who can't answer a question in a timely manner and...
IRStuff,
A lot of people keep doing something because of money but every year they do that thing, they lost one year of what they could have been doing. Life is too short to waste it for money.
I am guessing you are at a company that pays by seniority than output. In a place like that, your manager just wants as little turnover as possible. Been there done that. I had managers intentionally turn a blind eye to people leaving work early all the time, as if that made up for career...