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Career Change

  • 06-12-2008 2:54pm
    #1
    Ruttiger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    I'm wondering if any of ye could help me out? I've got a Bsc in Electronic Systems Engineering but don't want to work as an Electrical Engineer. Is there any other fields I can go into with this degree?


Comments

  • #2
    toiletduck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭toiletduck


    Programming? What areas did you cover as part of the course? Would you be willing to do a postgrad?


  • #3
    Serafijn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Serafijn


    What about technical training? You do need to be a certain type of person to do well and enjoy it.. but if you like working with people and are good at explaining things it's worth considering.


  • #4
    theboytaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭theboytaylor


    I got a degree in Electronic Engineering and got my first job in Finance and really enjoy it...do lots of programming problem solving etc. a bit like engineering but all the numbers just seem more practical when they're actual money, you know?

    Hope this helps.

    p.s. I'm aware it's a rank ol' time to be looking to start a finance career


  • #5
    Ruttiger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Ruttiger


    theboytaylorI got a degree in Electronic Engineering and got my first job in Finance and really enjoy it...do lots of programming problem solving etc. a bit like engineering but all the numbers just seem more practical when they're actual money, you know?

    Hope this helps.

    p.s. I'm aware it's a rank ol' time to be looking to start a finance career




    What area in finance did you go into?


  • #6
    theboytaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭theboytaylor


    I work in Market Risk.

    As with anything there's a lot of learning and so on but most of the eng. skills
    are very transferable and the sort of I'll-figure-it-out as I go along attitude
    I got from engineering helps a lot....and enthusiasm.

    efinancialcareers.ie

    irishjobs.ie

    are good places to have a glance at...give you a feel for things you might like/have an aptitude for.

    Just do some research/interviews and you should get a feel for how you feel about it. Personally on the education front I'm doing exams at home but hoping to really formalise this with a masters sometime in the future.

    Oh yeah and ditto what Serafijin said (in finance anyways) working with people is a big big part of it.

    A good article to look at is www.math.uic.edu/~hanson/Finance/M_Page_QF.pdf
    it leans a little towards pretty hardcore quant finance stuff at times but worth looking at for
    someone from an engineering background.


    Another good area to look into might be consulting http://www.spectrumstrategy.com/ being a prime one given your
    educational background I'd have thought. I don't work in HR though so...

    Anyways, best of luck, keep us informed.


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