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Originally Posted by Run Silent
Lol - probably not. Engineering pays quite well and probably less stress than dealing with the numbers.
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Engineering doesn't pay THAT well!
As for stress, well, I had a nice low-stress job for 10 years when I was just an engineer, doing my engineer thing. Punch in, punch out, design truck parts. Then I had to go and get all ambitious and move into "management." I do very little actual engineering anymore now that I'm a VP. I set global product strategy and have teams in the UK, Manila, and China. So with the time zones, my day starts at 6:00 AM and ends whenever I finally put the phone down; usually around 10:00 PM. Stress is up, blood pressure is up, wife is on my case. Most days I wish I was "just" an engineer again.
Oh well. 15 more years and I'm out!