At a Crossroads...Need Career Advice

[ehirsch83]

Pinky,
When season comes around, why don't you go down to sportz outdoors and see if they need any extra help? You have some great and very knowledgeable people working there(DJ is one of the best mechanics you will find and Randy and Lee know more then most people combined about all other aspects)

[Triskeliongirl]

Why not send out your resume to all the domestic bike companies, and see if anything turns up for a mechanical engineer?? Also, you could contact MANY frame builders to see if they need any apprentices. Think bigger than taking a year off to work in your LBS! Fixing bikes, and designing bikes, are really two different things. Maybe go to one of those independent bicycle builder shows, and talk to some frame builders as well. Dare to dream, but have the discipline to make your dreams happen.

[Brandi]

Got a art background at all? Any sculpting skills? Ever played in the sand? You want an odd job come work for me! www.sandscapes.com

[snowtulip]

Hi Pinky,
DH would love to share all the wonders of bike design and fabrication! He's an up and comer, I'm still working on his website, but he's done frames here in town and a few out in CA. I'll talk with him further and then send you a pm.

[LBTC]

I love this place! Look at all these great opportunities!

Pinky, follow your bliss! You already know what you'd like to do, take some of these great ideas and go for it!

And if you'd like some inspiration, check out this blog - I love this one!
http://swimpupstream.blogspot.com/

Your passion is going to take you places you never dreamed of - and the places you have dreamed of are already very cool!

Huge, "think big" confidence filled, anxiety lifting butterflies surrounding you....

~T~

[mimitabby]

if it is any relief to you, I work with dozens of ME's and only a few of them work any overtime. Some have really boring jobs and some are totally in love with their work, designing things, on the cutting edge. So it depends. Get your degree... then get your feet wet a little more.
you don't HAVE to get a desk job.
Some ME's just run around looking at bridges that failed and home construction that has cracks in it; trying to figure out what went wrong. Forensic stuff.

[pinkychique]

Thanks for all your input!!!
Snowtulip I'm looking forward to your pm

I really hope that I can figure something out - I am DEFINATELY going to be a taking welding class, I'm excited about that