jbelectrical
Industrial
- Dec 31, 2002
- 32
I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I'm not even certain that this belongs in the forum that I'm posting it in. Well, here it goes.
Background information: I have a great interest in computers. I have experience in repairing, troubleshooting, basic networking, etc. I also have an associate's degree in Computer Science - pretty worthless degree, but it doesn't upset me too much.
Two years ago, I gained employment as an assembler at a subsidiary of the company that I'm working for now. To make a long story short, the subsidiary folded after four months of me working there, and my boss retained me, in hopes that I would work at his parent company: an HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering consultant firm (referred to as MEPF, usually).
It's a small business comprised of around 20 people. There hasn't been any I.T. staff working there in quite some time, so it was literally a disaster area (Example: an actively used Windows 98 AutoCAD workstation acted as a print server - real nice). And so, I got everything set up and running the way it should have been within a month or two.
And then the company's project manager persuaded me to have one of the draftsman teach me AutoCAD. I jumped on the opportunity.
Fast-forward to today: I'm a junior designer in the electrical department and am responsible for several major projects at a time. That, I'm still responsible for fixing anything that happens to go wrong with any device that plugs into an outlet.
Things go wrong every day. And it distracts me from completing projects. Worse yet, my boss now makes a habit of getting me to fix his own personal computers or those of his family. It's getting to be a real problem.
Don't get me wrong. I love my job. It's easily the most interesting and fulfilling one that I've ever had. I enjoy electrical power design so much that I re-enrolled into college and am a first-year E.E. major. But this is ridiculous. I'm thinking of leaving in February next year (Because at that point, I will have worked there for two years - I want a decent employment record. This is the longest that I've ever stayed at a company.) and moving to a civil firm that an acquaintance of mine works at. He makes just as much as I do, and surprise - he's not fixing any computers.
What do you suggest I do? I know the situation seems odd: I starting off doing one job, learned to do a new one, and don't want to do the old job anymore. I'm stressed out and confused...
Background information: I have a great interest in computers. I have experience in repairing, troubleshooting, basic networking, etc. I also have an associate's degree in Computer Science - pretty worthless degree, but it doesn't upset me too much.
Two years ago, I gained employment as an assembler at a subsidiary of the company that I'm working for now. To make a long story short, the subsidiary folded after four months of me working there, and my boss retained me, in hopes that I would work at his parent company: an HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering consultant firm (referred to as MEPF, usually).
It's a small business comprised of around 20 people. There hasn't been any I.T. staff working there in quite some time, so it was literally a disaster area (Example: an actively used Windows 98 AutoCAD workstation acted as a print server - real nice). And so, I got everything set up and running the way it should have been within a month or two.
And then the company's project manager persuaded me to have one of the draftsman teach me AutoCAD. I jumped on the opportunity.
Fast-forward to today: I'm a junior designer in the electrical department and am responsible for several major projects at a time. That, I'm still responsible for fixing anything that happens to go wrong with any device that plugs into an outlet.
Things go wrong every day. And it distracts me from completing projects. Worse yet, my boss now makes a habit of getting me to fix his own personal computers or those of his family. It's getting to be a real problem.
Don't get me wrong. I love my job. It's easily the most interesting and fulfilling one that I've ever had. I enjoy electrical power design so much that I re-enrolled into college and am a first-year E.E. major. But this is ridiculous. I'm thinking of leaving in February next year (Because at that point, I will have worked there for two years - I want a decent employment record. This is the longest that I've ever stayed at a company.) and moving to a civil firm that an acquaintance of mine works at. He makes just as much as I do, and surprise - he's not fixing any computers.
What do you suggest I do? I know the situation seems odd: I starting off doing one job, learned to do a new one, and don't want to do the old job anymore. I'm stressed out and confused...