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I'm about to finish the second year of my Masters degree in Robotics Engineering, ending on a particularly difficult mathematics heavy course (which was my bigg
by hlfshell 4y ago
I'm about to finish the second year of my Masters degree in Robotics Engineering, ending on a particularly difficult mathematics heavy course (which was my biggest fear and weakness going into the Master's program).
I had graduated in 2009 with a robotics engineering degree and found not a soul hiring due to the economic collapse. After years of building a software engineering career (which was hard in it's own right) I can't find anyone who will take me on for a robotics oriented software position; most require tons of experience I wasn't granted the option to earn and/or advanced degrees.
...So I bit the bullet two years ago and started my Master's at night after work. It's exhausting but I'm inching closer to an advanced degree and, hopefully, a job working on software directly controlling robots in some way.
Decade+ career switches are hard
- the_only_law 4y ago> Decade+ career switches are hard Oh god I’ve been on the verge of one for a couple years now but my stomach just turns when I think about what I’ll have missed out on by the time I make it out the other side. It’s not just money, I can replace money but I can’t replace time.
- hlfshell 4y agoI was back and forth for years with that line of thinking until I realized that I had been worrying about the "it'll take years" problem longer than it would have to just go get the degree. So I finally bit the bullet. If nothing else I get to work on cool stuff and prove to myself I could do it. Hopefully there will be some gainful employment on the other side. Feel free to hit me up if you ever want to discuss.