I've always been a bit directionless, without any well defined career-related passion except that I knew I liked taking things apart and learning how stuff works. I felt good enough at math and sciences that I decided to jump into ME without knowing much about it (except that mechanical is in the name, which intrigued me). I went through school still not knowing what my angle was, just trying to get through with it. I will say the most interesting classes to me were physics, circuits, programming, and a mechatronics elective.
I graduated 2 years ago and have since then worked in the semiconductor industry as a "field service engineer". Basically, following incredibly dull and often very confusing procedures on a computer interface connected to photolithography scanners. Absolutely nothing like what I imagined I'd be doing after school, still with "mechanical" in my mind. I quit my job after saving a good amount of money, with no new job leads.
Is there any good way to find everything that exists in the engineering world? I feel like I often look at job listings and walk away not knowing exactly what the job would be like. Or if I find something that sounds interesting, they will want somebody with a PE and 6 years in the specific field.
I think I might be more inclined to be a "doer" type than a designer etc... What I mean by that is physically working on mechanical structures/systems vs. thinking them up or designing them on a computer. Would that make me a technician then, or could that still be in the realm of engineering?
I have a job offer, again in the semiconductor industry, but a different company and different job. I have 5 days to either accept or deny, and am trying to figure out if I should hold out and try to find something more satisfying.
Also, at what point should one consider maybe going back and getting a masters degree?
Thanks for any advice!
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