Mechanical Solidworks Designer needs Job Advice

[AGoodman05]

I will give you a little background on me. I am currently a mechanical designer at a small engineering company in ky. I have been working for 3 years under mechanical and electrical engineers and have gotten some good experience. I want to utilize Solidworks more than I am now though. I would like to be a part of a company that focuses on using Solidworks for the majority of the design for parts and assemblies and even does rapid prototyping and testing.
Here is my situation. I am 25, got done with a 4 year BS degree 3 years ago in Engineering Graphics and Design Technology. I am contiplating going back to school and getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. It will take me 4 years to do it though and Im not sure that I absolutely have to have the (ME) degree to do the kind of work Im looking to do with designing in Solidworks for prototyping or other things like that.
So my question is should I keep working my butt off learning new things through experience and search for the job Im looking for or go ahead and get the ME degree and then go from there. Thanks for reading. Apologize it was so lengthy

 

[KENAT]

Might I suggest looking over in forum731 forum732 or even forum730. In face forum731 is often a better place for this type of question, you might red flag this for deletion and post again over there if you don'g find enought info out there already with some searching.

The topic of Engineer V Designer V Drafter etc. comes up every now and then, you might want to take a look.

For instance: thread730-256663 thread730-221206 thread730-234613

I'm pretty sure there have been others.

Posting guidelines faq731-376

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

(probably not aimed specifically at you)
What is Engineering anyway: faq1088-1484​

 

[rstupplebeen]

SolidWorks specific forums

http://www.eng-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=559

https://forum.solidworks.com/threads

I would go these places and pose the question
"Would you consider hiring someone with my skill set and what would you desire in addition to what I have?"

I hope this helps.

Rob Stupplebeen