snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, MrGiggles said: Money won't buy you happiness, but it will buy you comfort, and it offers mobility should you decide to change careers. Better to be an engineer and decide to be mechanic than the other way around. Good call imho. I understand people who get burned out but my thought is I pound it out in the rat race then retire In the mean time I can buy toys, take vacations and travel because I have some extra coin. Putting work on the back burner to relax when not on the job is a skill that needs to be honed. Not all engineers are doing mechanical or civil construction stuff either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch f Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 My main thing is I want to be able to afford to live in a decent neighborhood. Want a good school district too. Everything else I can accept. Quillback and snagged in outlet 3 2 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 hour ago, fishinwrench said: Oh I don't know..... I have a daughter and a couple of customers who are engineers, and when I think of what it would take to make a decent mechanic out of any of them......Yeah, NO! 😂 Every engineer should do time as a mechanic FIRST. Then, and only THEN can they truly be a good engineer. 👍 Working on the stuff they design. Pretty sure they won't design trucks that require pulling the inner fender to change a fuel filter after that. As just one example. nomolites and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 44 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: Good call imho. I understand people who get burned out but my thought is I pound it out in the rat race then retire In the mean time I can buy toys, take vacations and travel because I have some extra coin. Putting work on the back burner to relax when not on the job is a skill that needs to be honed. Not all engineers are doing mechanical or civil construction stuff either. Changing careers usually means taking a big pay cut for a while, plus the cost of retraining. Daryk Campbell Sr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, Terrierman said: Changing careers usually means taking a big pay cut for a while, plus the cost of retraining. I didn’t say anything about changing careers. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Mitch f said: My main thing is I want to be able to afford to live in a decent neighborhood. Want a good school district too. Everything else I can accept. That’s what I used to want but now my kids are gone I want a place with cheaper taxes 😂 liphunter, Mitch f, Johnsfolly and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch f Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 This is good! Right on to the theme of this thread liphunter, Daryk Campbell Sr, fishinwrench and 1 other 2 2 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhuber Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 47 minutes ago, Terrierman said: Working on the stuff they design. Pretty sure they won't design trucks that require pulling the inner fender to change a fuel filter after that. As just one example. I worked in auto assembly and the vehicles are designed to be put together as cheaply as possible. Daryk Campbell Sr and snagged in outlet 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 35 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: I didn’t say anything about changing careers. ? Giggleguy did. Should have quoted him not you. Will you ever be able to forgive me? snagged in outlet 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 9 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: Good call imho. I understand people who get burned out but my thought is I pound it out in the rat race then retire In the mean time I can buy toys, take vacations and travel because I have some extra coin. Putting work on the back burner to relax when not on the job is a skill that needs to be honed. Not all engineers are doing mechanical or civil construction stuff either. Yeah, later in my career, I did a lot of presentations, seminars and training classes. Fly out, do some talking, fly home. Flying, and the whole airport scene gets old real fast, but other than that it's a good way to make a living. Work doesn't have to be some kind of burn out experience. I had some good times, worked with good people some of whom are lifelong friends. I've been to every major city in the US and Canada, met a lot of people. Also always found a lot of satisfaction in doing my job well. However is sure is nice being retired, mainly because my time is my own. I didn't mind working so much except that it just took up too much of my time. Daryk Campbell Sr, nomolites, snagged in outlet 3 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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