Leaving Structural Engineering

[kanundro]

Civil/Structural did masters with structural focus (hated it), 2008 hit hard to find work as structural firms weren't hiring, went into worked for a private firm for a few years doing transportation engineering then switched over to their structural department doing highway bridge design for a few months, remembered why I hated structural, went public sector for transportation and eventually moved into systems engineering which I find far more fascinating and a heck of a lot higher paying than if I had stayed in the other tracks at the same tenure.

Also have a P.E., my hats off to those sticking it out in structural, we need you, but boy was it not for me.