I know lots of you are self employed in various capacities. I'm at sort of a crossroads professionally and would like to hear any anecdotes you're willing to share. I'm mainly interested in:
-How did you first make the leap from employee to business owner/consultant/whatever else you might...
Thanks for all the insight that's been posted here.
My takeaway from all this is that what I'm making might not be as disproportionate as I think.
As for my most recent interview that prompted this thread we went back and forth after I explained I was willing to lower my salary. However, they...
The large company I work for is quite bureaucratic and HR takes a big role in hiring and promotion decisions. I took a promotion early on that resulted in a 15% raise. This was not negotiated by me, just churned through the HR system and they spit that number out surprising my manager and I a...
Well I'm certainly not excited about a cut. I'm also realistic enough to realize that what I make now is, for whatever reason, well above market for my experience. So yes, I'm willing to take a cut. I want to figure out how to not scare off employers and how to effectively minimize the cut I'll...
I've worked for the same company for 4+ years since graduating with my BSME. Through various internal shifts I ended up getting some significant raises very early in my career and now make 90k in a lower cost of living area. Seems like a good problem to have I realize, but I'm not terribly...
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I'm an engineer currently working in fossil power generation (gas turbines). I'm getting ready to interview for a job in wind energy and would be interested to hear about any recommended reading or other resources to get up to speed on wind turbines. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the input everyone. I ended up accepting the position, though it's not official yet (still doing the HR finangling). I essentially made the decision for reasons along the line of what TLHS said. At any rate, even if it doesn't work out, I'm still young and resilient.
I graduated with my BSME about 1.5 years ago and took a job with a large company. It's an operational role with a limited amount of technical depth. I think that I would rather be working in design/test/R&D, but I've been given an interesting proposition. Normally at my company you are expected...
I'm an early career mechanical engineer (graduated last year). Since graduation I've been employed at a large company in an operations/services role. It's a good start and I'm making the most of it, but I would eventually like to be in a more design oriented job. I'm interested in pursuing...
