Submitted by foamfingerman44 t3_11wwuge in massachusetts
InterestingFroyo1501 t1_jd0jlfn wrote
You are effectively a new graduate in your original field of study but older, private consulting will be hesitant as this seems to be a mid-life crisis in their eyes due to switching into a completely different field all of a sudden, public is definitely more lenient. Your field of study is kind of related to civil engineering. USACE definitely does hire architectural engineers, MassDOT I'm not sure but you can try something related to Civil. I'm pretty sure you need your E.I.T license and afterwards your P.E. license to practice, which is difficult after being out of school for so long. If you do go this route, try USACE, you will start off on the low side of $ but stay there long enough for return rights, you can do a voluntary 3-5 year stint in another country with a lot of expenses paid and come back with a job. It's really nice, I suggest you look into it more.
Project management is too broad, BUT, can bypass the whole E.I.T and P.E shenanigans if you go to the right field. I know mechanical engineers who are in project management of buildings with LEET certificates which isn't really ordinary. This may interest you as you studied architectural engineering, you should be able to recall what LEET certificates are.
You can also go back to grad school but.. I'm betting you already did an MA in educational studies or something already and don't want another degree.
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