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alastair_anderson@hotmail.com
Hi there,
I have just recently graduated from uni with a BSc in software
engineering and after having been working for 9 months I have
realised that I do not want to be stuck sitting at a desk for the rest
of my life and would like to do something which provides me
with a bit more of variety in my working day.
I am running through my options to decide whether or not to go back to
uni to re-train to do something else and
Electrical/Electronic Engineering does appeal to me, but now that I
have better idea with what I want from a job/career I am doing
a bit more research (which is perhaps what I should have done in the
first place, but hey! life's a bitch, you live and you learn
and all that crap) into the fields I am interested in....
So the questions are...
If I re-studied at uni to do Electrical/Electronic Engineering what are
the chances that I could get a job which doesn't involve just sitting
at a desk 9 to 5pm? (9 to 5 suits me with working late accepted as
deadlines arrive, but something which involves work in the field as
well as behind a desk is what I'm looking for)
Is there a particular area (specialisation) which has a high percentage
of a new graduate working in Electrical/Electronics? (e.g. with IT the
job market has a 90%+ chance of working with databases)
and finally will my current IT background help me in anyway in pursuing
this as a new career option?
Sorry if I seem ignorant here with any questions, as I am just starting
to contemplate this change and am looking for advice from people who
have studied this directly and not some career advisor.
Many thanks in advance.
I have just recently graduated from uni with a BSc in software
engineering and after having been working for 9 months I have
realised that I do not want to be stuck sitting at a desk for the rest
of my life and would like to do something which provides me
with a bit more of variety in my working day.
I am running through my options to decide whether or not to go back to
uni to re-train to do something else and
Electrical/Electronic Engineering does appeal to me, but now that I
have better idea with what I want from a job/career I am doing
a bit more research (which is perhaps what I should have done in the
first place, but hey! life's a bitch, you live and you learn
and all that crap) into the fields I am interested in....
So the questions are...
If I re-studied at uni to do Electrical/Electronic Engineering what are
the chances that I could get a job which doesn't involve just sitting
at a desk 9 to 5pm? (9 to 5 suits me with working late accepted as
deadlines arrive, but something which involves work in the field as
well as behind a desk is what I'm looking for)
Is there a particular area (specialisation) which has a high percentage
of a new graduate working in Electrical/Electronics? (e.g. with IT the
job market has a 90%+ chance of working with databases)
and finally will my current IT background help me in anyway in pursuing
this as a new career option?
Sorry if I seem ignorant here with any questions, as I am just starting
to contemplate this change and am looking for advice from people who
have studied this directly and not some career advisor.
Many thanks in advance.
