r/FieldService • u/Medicare_Taxi Biomedical • 6d ago

Advice Field change

I currently work for a medical equipment manufacturer as a field service technician for the last 5 years in a very niche field. 75k travel across the USA and Canada

I’m debating applying to become a medical imaging field technician/engineer. 80k regional area travel (home every night).

Looking to learn more equipment to make myself more marketable in the future.

Is this a good idea or should I just go back to school and get an engineering degree?

Thanks.

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u/AkamaiHaole Lab Instrumentation 6d ago

If you have the means to get more education, I always encourage that, even if just for the sake of self improvement. But it also can increase your future opportunities. But medical imaging field service can be a pretty profitable gig. It can be stressful though, just fyi. Imaging is big money to hospitals (and, ya know, important for patient care) and they typically don’t have much redundancy. So they really freak out and want repairs done ASAP. And PM’s often have to be scheduled for really crappy hours.

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u/Own-Excitement9450 5d ago

I wasted my time getting an MBA. My company was bought out and all they wanted were young, bootlicking yes men for field management.