Yeah I've seen you post about your work and it sounds cool. I've applied for a lot of field tech stuff with companies but ideally it wouldn't involve sales and would be local to the region.D Griff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:13 pmI'm with you on not enjoying being in an office all of the time.dtraill27 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:17 am I'm on the hunt for a new job and have been thinking about a total career change as a possibility as well. I currently work as an IT engineer (network/server admin) and I am bored out of my mind. Outside of working on projects when I truly have work to do and am engaged I probably work less than 5 hours a week. I work for a decently sized accounting firm with over 40 offices and on a day to day basis there just isn't work to do. I know a lot of issues I have with IT are from my current position, number 1 being that I am completely isolated and can go months without seeing a fellow IT worker in person ( everything is conf calls and IMs through skype). I worked for a college previously and was bored there too but at least IT was centralized and the comradery aspect was there.
As crazy as it sounds I'm looking for something that is going to give me more work to do and actually engage me. I just got a job offer for a signal maintainer for a local railroad and it sounded amazing but it was too much of a pay cut in year 1 and no PTO for 2 years so I had to turn it down. I like working with my hands so something along those lines would be cool as well as something that could involve outside work but not a requirement. I'm basically looking for ideas on something that involves spending time away from a desk as that's my main requirement.
Right now I look on indeed for any jobs at like 55k and apply to things that sound interesting but I know there are plenty of places that don't advertise on there so looking for ideas I haven't thought of yet. Not looking to relocate but I have a pretty wide area of PA to search from Wilkes-Barre to Lansdale/Norristownish. I have a BS in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business Admin and 7 years full time progressive IT experience.
So DFD what careers haven't I thought of or what companies should I look into
I'm a "Sales Support Engineer" for an audio mixing console manufacturer. Basically, I travel around and give sales demos and support to potential and current clients. I drive a big demonstration vehicle around the US and show people six figure audio gear, explain how it works, convince them that it will make their jobs better. I fly home on weekends. I'm also responsible for trouble shooting, fixing, maintaining and keeping pretty all of the gear in our truck.
I can live wherever I want, have virtually unlimited free hotels/flights for personal travel, all of my food is covered, no commuting costs, which makes the salary pretty OK (it's in the high 50s). Overall I love my job. I like being somewhere different every day, meeting new people, getting to play with the latest and greatest gear. We're a really high end company so I end up seeing cool stuff and meeting cool people (NFL stadiums, rock stars, that kind of stuff).
Over all it's a fun line of work. I like audio/music and went to school for that but I think I'd be happy doing pre sales engineer type work with just about any product that is quality, could me guitars, cars, network switches, whatever.
Not to get too ahead of myself but I feel like I'll get an offer relatively soon after my interview Tuesday and then have a tough call of taking a job that is going to be similar to my current just because I want to leave my current job. I'd hate to take it and then get contacted about one of the more interesting jobs I applied for that involves field work.