Having left the chemical engineering design industry, I don’t know what to do
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I have a master’s degree in chemical engineering; it’s been seven years since I graduated. For over a year after graduation, I worked as a technician in a chemical plant, but I didn’t like that kind of work. So I resigned and went to a design firm, where I worked for more than five years. I liked that job, and my supervisors and colleagues were great. However, in the past two years the company hasn’t had any projects, so my salary has been extremely low. To support my family, I had no choice but to quit that job and find a position in a large chemical company back in my hometown, where I was responsible for engineering design management. But I still couldn’t get into liking this job. Although the salary there was much higher than before, I still found it boring and frustrating. I’m looking for a design-related job, but the salaries in such positions are very low. Does leaving chemical engineering design mean I won’t be able to find a job that I like?
Dry design belongs to the superstructure; there are many career opportunities for those with good design skills, such as project manager, project management, technical support, after-sales service, and sales.
It’s hard to say; there are many paths, it depends on whether you want to take one or not~~~
If you want to do a job well, you must completely abandon the ways of thinking from your previous work and hold yourself to the standards of the new job. Different jobs have different requirements for people
Given the poster’s solid foundation in the chemical industry, it would be a shame to switch industries. If they are in their 20s, they might consider changing fields and starting over; but if they are in their 30s, I still recommend staying in the chemical industry. After all, they have experience as veterans in this field, and as mentioned by the person in post 4, they can hold themselves to the standards of their new job and come to enjoy and love what they do.
Dry design is also my favorite; it’s just that there are really no design firms in my hometown. If there were any, they would definitely be my first choice
I didn’t change industries; I remained in the chemical sector, only shifting from a design firm to being a client. The work became less purely technical, with more miscellaneous tasks involved
In fact, when changing to a new work environment, it’s still necessary to adapt; gradually, one gets used to it.
It might have something to do with personality; after working in design for too long, it’s hard to make a quick switch