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Career Change From Engineering

Stacey Said:

Career change from civil engineering to law or to combine the two?Which is the best qual,MSc or LLB?

We Answered:

Am I right in thinking that you do not want to actually become a lawyer, just use this as a qualification and combine it with Engineering? Have you thought about actual jobs that combine these skills? I only ask because I am having a hard time coming up with anything.

On the other hand, Engineering combines very well with an MBA or an Accounting ACCA. You can quickly get into interesting Project Managment positions from there or can work in the Financial Services industry.

Work backwards from a theoretical position to get an idea of how best to tackle this.

Billie Said:

Changing career from engineering to medicine?

We Answered:

Medical careers are becomming really popular now and there are many fields of medicine to go into. Definately consider it.

Beth Said:

Can I change my career from manufacturing engineering to information technology?

We Answered:

I did exactly that. I was a Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineer for 10 years, then switched over to Robotics / Simulation for a year, and then all of a sudden I was categorized as an IT person. This led me to many IT jobs and I have matured into a decent software engineer who simulates, what else, manufacturing and mechanical systems. Initially, my pay scale jumped well from the common 2 - 5 % range per year as a M.E., to 12 - 17 % a year as an IT. But since about 5 years ago I plateaued around 0 - 2%. So I changed companies (twice) which helped me jump back up to that 10 - 15 % range. So - take full advantage of your Me/Ma Engineering skills when going to the IT sector.

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