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I would have told myself to major in something other than civil engineering. I honestly do not know what I should have majored in, but anything has to be better than civil engineering.
It could have been much worse. You think you'd be any better off with a Biology degree?
Do you not have a job?
That said, I wouldn't have done Civil Engineering either if I could go back to the start. Pharmacy would have been a fantastic choice at the time (when I was 18).
It could have been much worse. You think you'd be any better off with a Biology degree?
Do you not have a job?
That said, I wouldn't have done Civil Engineering either if I could go back to the start. Pharmacy would have been a fantastic choice at the time (when I was 18).
I do have a job, but civil engineering is a very underpaid field given the amount of work we have to do, and I have absolutely zero job security.
But many jobs are look for the certifications AND degrees. Try again. I mean yeah, college isn't a relevant job trainer (like liberals and academia thinks it is) so it is a waste of time in that aspect but the issue is a college degree is used as a minimal requirement now for many jobs.
1) Obviously, don't get a job at my former employer. While they are a major "job center" in the area, they are nothing but crooks and will gladly destroy the career of anyone who isn't part of the "in-crowd," as well as anyone who's "too old," etc. The place is run by the criminally insane, so, yeah... I would have been much better off getting a job in my field elsewhere.
2) Don't go into the STEM fields. The work-load is sky-high, the stress continues straight through every day of your career, and yet you're considered "overpaid" and expandable by the management dolts who make the bad decisions that lead to the downsizing in the first place. Mechanical engineering in particular was a horrible choice thanks to a lack of manufacturing in this country and extreme pigeon-holing in that field. "No, you can't work for us - you're familiar with a different CAD system..." and so on.
3) Get into management. That way, other people can take the fall for your mistakes and you don't have to make hard decisions. From the big company I used to work for to the little hole-in-the-wall I currently work at, "management" seems to mostly consist of blaming others for your mistakes, demanding the impossible, and walking around asking, "why isn't it done yet?!?!" I know that real management is far more than this, but considering how many clowns I've seen who are paid very well to perform the "job" I've described, I clearly should have gone into that field if I wanted better pay, more job stability, and less real work.
I can think of a few other things - don't live in an overpriced part of the nation, beware the Housing Bubble and how it will destroy the whole economy vs. just those who bought into, and so on, but those are the career related ones that come to mind.
Go to a vocational school! Learn a specific trade.
Office cubicle work is horrible.
Never work too hard on a temp job or you'll work yourself out of a position.
Never appear like you have no work to do at your desk or you'll be given something horrible to do.
Quit as soon as you know you have a micromanaging boss. They aren't worth the stress induced illnesses!
probably nothing. im too insecure about myself my life my life choices to feel comfortable doing that. plus im a social worker(I like what i do and do well) so but most people have a pre conceived notion about who i am and what i do and what i make so it would be like running up a down escalator. probably why i never married too...
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I mean yeah, college isn't a relevant job trainer (like liberals and academia thinks it is) so it is a waste of time in that aspect but the issue is a college degree is used as a minimal requirement now for many jobs.
