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Im currently in vocational training, year 2 out of 3.5 in total (so I have 1.5 years left until I'm finished with Training). Based in Germany.
So I am now starting the 3rd year of my training and for about 4-5 months I begun to noticed that this is probably not the right job for me, personally. I'm in the IT/electronic business and it's a pretty boring and repetitive job in my opinion. I get to work at 8:30 am and leave at 5 pm. All I do is writing code, solder PCBs and sometimes I use the milling machine to make housings for the PCBs.
I find it very repetitive and boring,so I started looking for an alternate job. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a salesman and whose company is looking for a new worker. I did a little bit of research and found out that this job could be the right thing for me since it's not nearly as repetitive and it pays better, too.
Should I apply for this job or not? If I do, I'd be effectively restarting my vocation training, of course.
The only obvious negative point I can see right now is that I do not know whether I'd like this job better than my current one or not. There is no way to trial for a week since I do have monthly payments I have to make. One month without income is something I definitely want to avoid.
Should I change to this new job, despite the unknowns?
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Im currently in vocational training, year 2 out of 3.5 in total (so I have 1.5 years left until I'm finished with Training). Based in Germany.
So I am now starting the 3rd year of my training and for about 4-5 months I begun to noticed that this is probably not the right job for me, personally. I'm in the IT/electronic business and it's a pretty boring and repetitive job in my opinion. I get to work at 8:30 am and leave at 5 pm. All I do is writing code, solder PCBs and sometimes I use the milling machine to make housings for the PCBs.
I find it very repetitive and boring,so I started looking for an alternate job. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a salesman and whose company is looking for a new worker. I did a little bit of research and found out that this job could be the right thing for me since it's not nearly as repetitive and it pays better, too.
Should I apply for this job or not? If I do, I'd be effectively restarting my vocation training, of course.
The only obvious negative point I can see right now is that I do not know whether I'd like this job better than my current one or not. There is no way to trial for a week since I do have monthly payments I have to make. One month without income is something I definitely want to avoid.
Should I change to this new job, despite the unknowns?
new-job job-change career-switch
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
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asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
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closed as off-topic by gnat, Snow♦ Aug 28 at 7:55
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on a specific choice, such as what job to take or what skills to learn, are difficult to answer objectively and are rarely useful for anyone else. Instead of asking which decision to make, try asking how to make the decision, or for more specific details about one element of the decision. (More information)" – gnat, Snow
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Im currently in vocational training, year 2 out of 3.5 in total (so I have 1.5 years left until I'm finished with Training). Based in Germany.
So I am now starting the 3rd year of my training and for about 4-5 months I begun to noticed that this is probably not the right job for me, personally. I'm in the IT/electronic business and it's a pretty boring and repetitive job in my opinion. I get to work at 8:30 am and leave at 5 pm. All I do is writing code, solder PCBs and sometimes I use the milling machine to make housings for the PCBs.
I find it very repetitive and boring,so I started looking for an alternate job. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a salesman and whose company is looking for a new worker. I did a little bit of research and found out that this job could be the right thing for me since it's not nearly as repetitive and it pays better, too.
Should I apply for this job or not? If I do, I'd be effectively restarting my vocation training, of course.
The only obvious negative point I can see right now is that I do not know whether I'd like this job better than my current one or not. There is no way to trial for a week since I do have monthly payments I have to make. One month without income is something I definitely want to avoid.
Should I change to this new job, despite the unknowns?
new-job job-change career-switch
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
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asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
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Im currently in vocational training, year 2 out of 3.5 in total (so I have 1.5 years left until I'm finished with Training). Based in Germany.
So I am now starting the 3rd year of my training and for about 4-5 months I begun to noticed that this is probably not the right job for me, personally. I'm in the IT/electronic business and it's a pretty boring and repetitive job in my opinion. I get to work at 8:30 am and leave at 5 pm. All I do is writing code, solder PCBs and sometimes I use the milling machine to make housings for the PCBs.
I find it very repetitive and boring,so I started looking for an alternate job. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a salesman and whose company is looking for a new worker. I did a little bit of research and found out that this job could be the right thing for me since it's not nearly as repetitive and it pays better, too.
Should I apply for this job or not? If I do, I'd be effectively restarting my vocation training, of course.
The only obvious negative point I can see right now is that I do not know whether I'd like this job better than my current one or not. There is no way to trial for a week since I do have monthly payments I have to make. One month without income is something I definitely want to avoid.
Should I change to this new job, despite the unknowns?
new-job job-change career-switch
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
3,0742826
asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
1024
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
3,0742826
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
3,0742826
edited Aug 28 at 16:24
GOATNine
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asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
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asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
1024
asked Aug 28 at 7:24
user18596
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closed as off-topic by gnat, Snow♦ Aug 28 at 7:55
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on a specific choice, such as what job to take or what skills to learn, are difficult to answer objectively and are rarely useful for anyone else. Instead of asking which decision to make, try asking how to make the decision, or for more specific details about one element of the decision. (More information)" – gnat, Snow
closed as off-topic by gnat, Snow♦ Aug 28 at 7:55
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on a specific choice, such as what job to take or what skills to learn, are difficult to answer objectively and are rarely useful for anyone else. Instead of asking which decision to make, try asking how to make the decision, or for more specific details about one element of the decision. (More information)" – gnat, Snow
I rephrased the question to more accurately reflect what I feel you're asking for. Please feel free to undo the edit if I altered what exactly you are looking for.
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I rephrased the question to more accurately reflect what I feel you're asking for. Please feel free to undo the edit if I altered what exactly you are looking for.
– GOATNine
Aug 28 at 16:26
I rephrased the question to more accurately reflect what I feel you're asking for. Please feel free to undo the edit if I altered what exactly you are looking for.
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Aug 28 at 16:26
I rephrased the question to more accurately reflect what I feel you're asking for. Please feel free to undo the edit if I altered what exactly you are looking for.
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Oh. You have 1.5 years left.
Well, i'd suggest switching then. If you're of the opinion that this isn't the right calling for you, then there's not really much point keeping on doing it - what more are you going to learn? That you don't like it more?
I've found if you don't like something you might as well stop doing it - if you keep doing it you'll just get more experienced in it, and somewhat build yourself a gold cage.
I might suggest that you try to move - unless you very much want to work with your friend - in IT sales. There is a lot of upside in this industry, it is growing and they need sales people with some IT understanding. I don't mean "sales engineer" - that's not a great place to be - I mean proper sales for IT.
The only reason I suggest this is you have the training in IT, so you might as well leverage that in the next sales role you take.
You should to not take another IT job or keep on that path - if you don't like it now, you won't like it ever. It doesn't suddenly "change", and, sadly, it's the reason there are so many senior engineers who proudly state "they don't code anymore."
I've been in a room full of engineers, none of whom code - you wonder what the point was.
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
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I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
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Aug 28 at 10:45
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1 Answer
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Oh. You have 1.5 years left.
Well, i'd suggest switching then. If you're of the opinion that this isn't the right calling for you, then there's not really much point keeping on doing it - what more are you going to learn? That you don't like it more?
I've found if you don't like something you might as well stop doing it - if you keep doing it you'll just get more experienced in it, and somewhat build yourself a gold cage.
I might suggest that you try to move - unless you very much want to work with your friend - in IT sales. There is a lot of upside in this industry, it is growing and they need sales people with some IT understanding. I don't mean "sales engineer" - that's not a great place to be - I mean proper sales for IT.
The only reason I suggest this is you have the training in IT, so you might as well leverage that in the next sales role you take.
You should to not take another IT job or keep on that path - if you don't like it now, you won't like it ever. It doesn't suddenly "change", and, sadly, it's the reason there are so many senior engineers who proudly state "they don't code anymore."
I've been in a room full of engineers, none of whom code - you wonder what the point was.
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
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Oh. You have 1.5 years left.
Well, i'd suggest switching then. If you're of the opinion that this isn't the right calling for you, then there's not really much point keeping on doing it - what more are you going to learn? That you don't like it more?
I've found if you don't like something you might as well stop doing it - if you keep doing it you'll just get more experienced in it, and somewhat build yourself a gold cage.
I might suggest that you try to move - unless you very much want to work with your friend - in IT sales. There is a lot of upside in this industry, it is growing and they need sales people with some IT understanding. I don't mean "sales engineer" - that's not a great place to be - I mean proper sales for IT.
The only reason I suggest this is you have the training in IT, so you might as well leverage that in the next sales role you take.
You should to not take another IT job or keep on that path - if you don't like it now, you won't like it ever. It doesn't suddenly "change", and, sadly, it's the reason there are so many senior engineers who proudly state "they don't code anymore."
I've been in a room full of engineers, none of whom code - you wonder what the point was.
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
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Oh. You have 1.5 years left.
Well, i'd suggest switching then. If you're of the opinion that this isn't the right calling for you, then there's not really much point keeping on doing it - what more are you going to learn? That you don't like it more?
I've found if you don't like something you might as well stop doing it - if you keep doing it you'll just get more experienced in it, and somewhat build yourself a gold cage.
I might suggest that you try to move - unless you very much want to work with your friend - in IT sales. There is a lot of upside in this industry, it is growing and they need sales people with some IT understanding. I don't mean "sales engineer" - that's not a great place to be - I mean proper sales for IT.
The only reason I suggest this is you have the training in IT, so you might as well leverage that in the next sales role you take.
You should to not take another IT job or keep on that path - if you don't like it now, you won't like it ever. It doesn't suddenly "change", and, sadly, it's the reason there are so many senior engineers who proudly state "they don't code anymore."
I've been in a room full of engineers, none of whom code - you wonder what the point was.
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
Oh. You have 1.5 years left.
Well, i'd suggest switching then. If you're of the opinion that this isn't the right calling for you, then there's not really much point keeping on doing it - what more are you going to learn? That you don't like it more?
I've found if you don't like something you might as well stop doing it - if you keep doing it you'll just get more experienced in it, and somewhat build yourself a gold cage.
I might suggest that you try to move - unless you very much want to work with your friend - in IT sales. There is a lot of upside in this industry, it is growing and they need sales people with some IT understanding. I don't mean "sales engineer" - that's not a great place to be - I mean proper sales for IT.
The only reason I suggest this is you have the training in IT, so you might as well leverage that in the next sales role you take.
You should to not take another IT job or keep on that path - if you don't like it now, you won't like it ever. It doesn't suddenly "change", and, sadly, it's the reason there are so many senior engineers who proudly state "they don't code anymore."
I've been in a room full of engineers, none of whom code - you wonder what the point was.
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
edited Aug 28 at 9:47
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
11.4k22453
answered Aug 28 at 7:44
bharal
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11.4k22453
I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
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I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
I've got 1.5 years left. I'm now staring my third Year and after I finished this (September 2019) I have 6 more months (spring 2020) until I'm finished with Training.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 8:19
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
The OP is starting the 3rd year, so still has 1.5 years to go. Please edit it to reflect this fact.
– scaaahu
Aug 28 at 9:40
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
Thanks for the edit. I don't know why this answer has 2 downvotes. The points you mentioned are pretty much exactly what I've been thinking, too. Thanks for your answer.
– user18596
Aug 28 at 10:45
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I rephrased the question to more accurately reflect what I feel you're asking for. Please feel free to undo the edit if I altered what exactly you are looking for.
– GOATNine
Aug 28 at 16:26