I've been considering a complete change.
I need a job I can leave at work and not think about when I'm home.
I'm an engineer in a senior position yearning for something simple.

Don't laugh, I did consider becoming a bus driver.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that's laughable. Work that follows you home can be so mentally/emotionally all-consuming and I think it's pretty normal to fantasise about manual jobs with short, well-defined hours (and easy to forget they sometimes follow you home too, in the form of aching back muscles etc).

Did you get into engineeting because you were passionate about some aspect of it? @[email protected] is right about some careers not feeling like work most of the time if you really enjoy them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

The reason I said don't laugh is because that's what most people do when I tell them that "... you'll be wasting your talent...". I should take Dave's advice and get qualified as a driver before I'm too old to be considered.

To answer your question, I was born an engineer so I can't stop being one.
But on the work front... my passions have changed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Honestly, just go do a course and get a bus licence, it shouldn't be too much of an investment. Then do that for a while, come back to IT when (or if) you feel like it.