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u/RuinerWave · 1 pointr/careeradvice

Senior-level mechanical engineer here, and I recently had an experience sort of like this. Just like you, I got tired of wasting time on processes that were not in line with my career expectations. I got into mechanical engineering to DESIGN AND GET THINGS DONE, not waste all of my waking hours on emails.

Ultimately, you need to determine whether the problematic job aspects can be either corrected or somehow cut out of your day-to-day experience. At my prior job this simply wasn't possible, but you may find otherwise. I ultimately quit just a few months in without anything lined up, but I at least had a few other prior engineering jobs on my resume, which helped build a case for my continued employ-ability. I applied to about 130 jobs in the span of 6 weeks -- ironically the first job I applied to extended me the offer for my current position.

It sounds like this is your first job since graduation, and I wouldn't recommend quitting outright like I did. As long as you are employed, you have a significant bargaining advantage.

Before you start applying to any jobs, I highly recommend reading David Perry's book "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters" . Pay close attention to the resume format he suggests -- it's extremely effective at grabbing the attention of any viewer. And NEVER submit the resume as an editable Word document...external recruiters have been known to change the content of Word documents, which risks dishonesty to a potential employer. PDF format only.

Identify the marketable skills and activities that give you the greatest sense of fulfillment, and highlight those with your accomplishments on your resume. If there are particular software applications that you enjoy using, definitely search on Indeed.com and other job boards for companies that use that software. This is a far better screening practice than simply searching for "mechanical engineering" jobs... it pays to be picky with where you will work in the future. Build a basic resume website and portfolio, and get active on LinkedIn...97% of recruiters these days actively use LinkedIn to find candidates.

Try to get in a habit of applying to jobs in the early morning during weekdays - I realize this may be tricky since you work 2nd shift, but the payoff is huge in terms of job application response rate. A recent job board study actually showed that response rate drops to less than 1% for applications submitted in the afternoon, evening, and weekends. I personally got a 23% response rate by habitually applying in the 9AM-to-10AM EST time-frame. Higher response rates give you more opportunities to be picky with potential employers, which again helps your bargaining position.

Hope these tips help!

u/kzbigboss07 · 1 pointr/careeradvice

CPA turned data engineer/scientist checking in. Used to work in FP&A for a bank handling all their technical needs. Spent my entire career so far between business departments and IT departments.

As for #1, if you like where you're at then try to beef up the technical skills to the maximum you can in that environment. Take the time to master SQL by learning the advance uses (windowing functions, recursive queries) and tune some of your queries that take a while to run. As for Excel VBA, I really suggest you start learning a proper language like Python and use that instead. VBA was my first professional coding experience, but it kept breaking (new office versions, Mac users, windows updates, etc..). I now write Python and R regularly and I wish I started sooner. Start small with scripting then start dabbling in more object oriented programming. A good book to start with is Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593275994/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0BTSybPKF1S0S

Mastering SQL and having scripting skills gets you closer to a technical role than a business role. At a minimum, it makes you worthy of an interview for more Business Analyst and Business Intelligence roles.

As for #2, I need to give you a little bit of a hard time. Just head to Indeed.com and search for 'finance SQL'. TONS of opportunity live at the intersection of finance and IT all over the world. Moving straight to a pure development role will be a challenge, but start scanning the jobs you find most attractive and figure out what your gaps are. Even if you don't plan to leave, use those job descriptions to talk to your leadership about your technical goals.

As for the CPA, IT'S A HUGE ASSET. Sure you may never sign off on an audit statement or be a tax preparer, but your CPA is proof you understand business. I'm now a Senior Technical Manager focused on financial intelligence in the cloud industry and regularly consult with Finance how to solve weird accounting problems. Once you slide over to the technical side, your CPA and your business experience give you a perspective you'll have never had if you started off as pure technical.

I'm actually headed to San Mateo tomorrow and spending the week there. PM me if you want to grab a coffee.

u/expatbtc · 2 pointsr/careeradvice

A few recommendations for you.

Ray Dalio - Principles for success. https://youtu.be/B9XGUpQZY38
I think you’ll see how his advice and mindset can apply to your situation.

Michael Watkins - First 90 Days. https://www.amazon.com/First-90-Days-Strategies-Expanded/dp/1422188612

I think when people get start new roles there’s this expectation of ‘plug n play’ and immediate acceleration for the business, and it’s tempting to skip steps. I think this book does a great job of outlining what you should do. I’ve had to take over leadership roles in turnaround company, which basically is saying the odds of failing is much, much greater than success. I found using the recommendations from book as a good way to manage expectations and covering all areas and nobody could accuse me of not thinking things through when something bad happens. I would look at your next 90 days as the first 90 day do-over. Follow the steps, and see if there’s improvement,

20-30% time, I would look into exploring what ‘problem’ in your industry or field that is worth solving. Maybe it can help your company, maybe it doesn’t. Maybe you have do it secretively. MayBe it leads you into entrepreneurship (but you should passionate in solving problem, than enamored with building a company). Maybe it leads you funding somebody else to execute on your idea. Or if your time at current company ends, then you can pursue this problem/solution with another company. If you don’t know you can carve out the 20% time. I would bucket all tasks considering urgent and important. Only give priority to tasks that are both urgent and important. Don’t stress on urgent/unimportant and not-urgent/unimportant tasks.

My vote is you should stay, make some effort to get good at job including ID-ing current issues, but at same time be proactive in figuring out what you want to do, and making a plan for it, and taking action. This way you have clear idea what your options really are. Quit because there is something you really wish to pursue that’s worth more than that high compensation package that you’re getting now.

u/RMillz · 1 pointr/careeradvice

2009 B.S. in Psychology here. I was the same way. I loved learning about Psychology, but never wanted to go into it as a profession.

I wouldn't worry so much about finding something directly related to Psychology. I haven't had a job yet that required a degree in Psych and I probably never will. The most important thing is that you graduate and make connections.

Every step I've taken in my career has been made through connections. Your network is more important than your degree.

Also, a friend of mine recently led me to So Good They Can't Ignore You. It describes a method of finding the right career in a way that makes sense, I think.

Good luck, fellow Psych major!