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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
After some thought I've decided to clean up my resume, apply for some positions, and see what happens. If another opportunity comes my way then I'll take it. In the meantime, at least I have a job.
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Nothing wrong with that.
First engineering job I had was for a great owner of a nice little company. He took me under his wing and treated me like family. Unfortunately, I didn't like the type of work that they did and wanted to move in a different direction. When I went into his office and told him, I was shaking from being so nervous. He f!@#ing blew up at me... ranted for a couple minutes.
After the rant, he took a deep breath... asked me where I was going. He then told me I was actually doing the same type of thing he did and it was likely in my best interest long term. He never worked for more than 3-4 years at the same place for the first 20 years of his career before starting his own firm. He made tons of contacts, experienced different types of owners, met new client bases, etc.
Take care of yourself first. Do an honest days work for whoever you are working for, but in the end... moving around for the right reasons can build a good foundation for staring something up on your own in the future. Either as an independent 'consultant' or running a company.