Career change Definition and 63 Threads

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    Career Change: Aerospace Degree at 26 | Advice Needed

    Hi guys, I'll start with a little history of myself. I entered the University of Illinois (champaign) into the dept of Electrical/Computer engineering thinking that this was what I wanted to do..and to be honest I wasnt very well informed or aware that Computer Engineering was the design and...
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    Changing Careers: Physics Degree & Job Market in Phoenix

    I'm currently working in IT as a senior system administrator and I've gotten to the point I'm just burnt out on the field. I've finally settled down and the other half has encouraged me to change careers like I've talked about for a while now. I have a bachelor of arts in history with a...
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    Career change - any advice welcomed

    Hello everyone, I'm finishing my BA this year in a humanistic field(theology) and would like to change paths to neuroscience/neurobiology with a master in one of these fields ,and later pursue a Phd in the same field. However , I am worried that my bachelor degree would make it impossible to...
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    Tough Choices: Making a Career Change After 31

    Tough Choices ? I am fairly new to the site. I am 31 years old, unemployed and have a Bachelors in Political Science. Long story how I got here. I had My own business for the last 7 years, which I closed due to the recession. I have never had a job where I have used my Degree. I have been...
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    Is 49 Too Late for a Mechanical Engineering Career Change?

    Hello, I am a 49 year old male, reside in the US, currently unemployed, previous work experience is in IT, have a B.S. in physics/computer science degree (interdisciplinary - not double major, w/minor in math) and am considering a return to college to study Mech. Engineering. Will I have...
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    Career change how to be realistic

    Hi everybody, 27 years old, bored about my admin job, I really love the idea to change career patch going into mech/electric engineering but It's seems pretty hard...I used to study little physics and chemistry at school but I don't remember anything. I went to study economy but I didn't...
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    Thinking about a career change to ChemE

    So I have a BS in Chemistry and a BS in mathematics and just have been recently laid off from my job as a chemist at a pharmaceutical company. I have been thinking about going back to graduate school for ChemE. It seems right up my alley. The only thing is that I really don't want to have to...
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    Advice on Midlife Career Change?

    So, I have a Ph.D. in computer science and a lot of programming experience in industry, but I would like to be working on condensed matter physics instead. To that end, I'll be getting an M.S. in physics next spring... but my question is, then what? My advisor in the M.S. program tells me...
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    Physics Career Change - Engg to Physics in India

    Hi everyone, I'm a strange case...I've done my graduation in B.E. (Comp Sc) with 59.9% aggregate marks and then an MBA from a good institute in India. I've been working for the past year but I've realized that I want to do a Ph.D. in Physics and ultimately do research in Physics in an...
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    Navigating a Career Change: Seeking Guidance for a 22 Year Old

    I don’t know exactly how to put across the dilemma I am in…so I would rather describe it as well as I can so that one can understand my situation and give me a very valuable guidance. I am almost 22 years of age and am currently working as a Digital Design engineer in a US based Networking...
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    A Career Change at 26: Am I Too Old?

    Hi everyone, this is my first post. I'm after a bit of advice and hopefully this forum may provide me with a consensus. Over the last couple of years I've become really interested in physics and after toying with the idea for sometime and continually deciding I'm too old, have finally...
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    31 going on 32 too late for a career change?

    Hi all... I have a successful career going right now... but I'm finding that its just not that rewarding. I make a decent wage so it's scary to think about starting from scratch; however, I've always had a craving for understanding electronics and figuring out how things work. The thought...
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    Career Change Advice for 25-Year-Old: How to Make the Transition?

    This question is for any professors out there that have a spare moment. I'm 25 years old and finally realizing what my heart is and where it lies. I'm starting to understand what motivates and drives me, and I have to say my current career path just isn't it. I got double major in finance...
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