Has anyone here ever gone outside of engineering professionally? Or known of someone who did? What made the venture successful?

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Well, I don’t think this is quite the question you’re asking because I didn’t necessarily go out of the engineering industry, but I didn’t start in the industry either so I have had about 10 years of my professional experience at a college where it wasn’t in the engineering field and I later got some training and transitioned into engineering because let’s face it the money is fantastic

Do you consider management “outside of engineering”?

I know people that have gotten an MBA and transitioned into finance

I think finance and sales can be easy transitions depending on where you find to work. Engineers aren't always the best at keeping track of finances but sometimes need people who understand the process on a basic level. Also, for those talkative engineers, sales in very technical processes could be another easy transition. Often the vendors/salesmen I talk to cannot understand the engineering side of a project/process.

I haven't seen many people transition like this, but those are the holes I see in my field.

I think finance and sales can be easy transitions depending on where you find to work. Engineers aren't always the best at keeping track of finances but sometimes need people who understand the process on a basic level. Also, for those talkative engineers, sales in very technical processes could be another easy transition. Often the vendors/salesmen I talk to cannot understand the engineering side of a project/process.

I haven't seen many people transition like this, but those are the holes I see in my field.

I have a really good freind who left engineering to start his own business which was a huge leap of faith. He struggled the first couple years but now he is doing really well. At the end of the day he hated the 9-5 grind and took a leap on himself which ended up working out well for him.

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