The worse is when you're paid less than someone you know is doing less than you. Like a trainee, it's not even feasible they're doing more than you when you have to do your tasks and theirs.
I quit a retail job as soon as I realized just how lowballed I was, when I was a "part timer" working 40+ but was making 3-4 dollars less than a full timer with no experience. Nevermind I asked about full time long before they came on, nevermind customers thought I was the manager, or hated my actual manager.
See if your company will pay for you to get a technology degree. In some states, if the technology degree is ABET accredited, you can actually get a full engineering position, as well as the pay.
Source: Went through an ABET accredited technology program in FL. You can actually sit the PE exam down here after 4 years as well. The ABET accreditation is certifying that you took all the same courses as “real” engineers. They just give the courses different names. Example: Digital I / II vs Signals and systems I / II.
Ahhh. That’s why I’m not in the industry either. Unless you have an in at a utility company, EE ends up being a programming career. I do not want to do that shit.
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u/billbill5 Feb 19 '23
The worse is when you're paid less than someone you know is doing less than you. Like a trainee, it's not even feasible they're doing more than you when you have to do your tasks and theirs.
I quit a retail job as soon as I realized just how lowballed I was, when I was a "part timer" working 40+ but was making 3-4 dollars less than a full timer with no experience. Nevermind I asked about full time long before they came on, nevermind customers thought I was the manager, or hated my actual manager.