Shrug Job
It's highly likely I'm going to say "screw it" and drop out of engineering next year altogether. I could consult for various design firms, teaching their staff how to design stuff the right way. But, frankly, I'd charge a high fee. So...may not be viable. So, to properly shrug I'm looking at 1-working at a buddy's burger joint. Best burger joint in the region. Little place that also has a great selection of beers on tap. 2-Work with a buddy who's started a small rental management company for short-term rentals. His business is taking off and he's running some of my real estate. I'd clean places, maybe help manage the reservations and answer questions. 3-Coach high school golf. Two seasons each year. Doing the organizing. More mental coaching than swing coaching. Plenty of outdoor time. Two seasons off for reading, hiking and drinking beer.
I shrugged my engineering job many years ago, (best move I ever made) consulted a few more years (on my terms) and then totally retired after that.
Life's too short to be enslaved to a job you hate.
VG
You're in Arizona now, if I recall correctly? We have decided that this place is not for us, and we are headed back to Texas as fast as our fat little feet will get us there....not to shrug, but just to live.
Funny thing is, we're moving to a blue county in Texas, which I'd rather not be....but you have to go where the job is and where the houses are. They are all "progressive" and everything. Ugh. Still I have lived there before, so I am comfortable with it.
I could have done that for the rest of my career. However, got an offer to do the same thing at a new, growing company, and an executive/IC position - more stable, more money.
Now I'm thinking of doing something like that again (e.g. a startup et al). Why do burgers when you have so much to offer technically? You can make (A LOT) more, and ignore politics as a consultant.
Oh, I forgot... I used to write (and do on Quora) Freedom = Responsibility. I stand by this. You can NOT properly exercise freedom if other people are responsible (I did not say they wouldn't voluntarily). I stand by this. If you want to buy/do shit (including education, tattoos and piercings), then YOU are responsible for the outcome. You can be an adult, or you can be a child. You CAN NOT be both!!!!!! This is so simple, but the Progressive idiots want it both ways, just like my kids did when they were 9-15.
High School Coach sounds the most "impactful" towards youth, and more outside time. Less Stress.
The rental cleanup stuff is a no-brainer, and partially handles your own self-interest.
Good for you. You are probably long past "having to work for food!", so do what you enjoy!
After all, the pursuit of happiness is supposed to be an American thing.