Opening a shop isn't really in the cards for me. Working on cars (turning wrenches) is something that I have been there, done and got the t-shirt kind of deals. The wrenching aspect was something that I use to really enjoy but now not so much. In related news, I recently got into Autodesk...
KENAT - Tesla is something I have always thought about but didn't want to leave the San Diego area. Perhaps it is the right kind of work for me.
RACOOKPE1978 - I am sure you are well aware that PE licensing varies state by state and as far as I am aware of in CA government workers are exempt...
My current understanding is that government employees (in CA) are exempt from needing to work under a PE and that my experience can be twisted enough into "eligible work experience" enough to be able to obtain the ability to test for the PE after passing the FE.
As far as another career path...
I found a few topics that touch on this issue and was going to post in them but I found it better to just create a new thread.
I live in San Diego and I'll be turning 29 tomorrow with a BSEE. I have been working at NAVSEA (shipyards) for almost 4 years (~3 years 10 months) as basically a...