<p>I have a MLIS and BA in English and after working a public library for 6 months, I think I may have made the wrong career choice. bummer I know. I decided to be a librarian when I was 12 and never really looked at anything else. I did have a librarian job while in grad school, I was discounted it since it was in an academic library and I was aiming for a public librarian position. Now I really think that librarianship is not for me. The work is too easy and I’m bored with it most of the time. 
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<p>I could live with boredom, but the main reason I’m reconsidering is that I think I may be laid off soon. This doesn’t happen much in municipalities, but my boss won’t look me in the eye and avoids me and sent me a very brief note last week to meet with her and her boss in the conference room on Tuesday. This is after a staff meeting in which the city comptroller attended and told us that several major tax payers had gone out of business this year and the city was looking to economize… </p>
<p>Anyway, so after considering potentially losing my job (I am the newest FTH), I wasn’t particularly sad and realized now might be the time for a change. I helped with a TexPrep (Math and Engineering Summer Camp) last summer and loved it. I mostly ferried the teens around, but also sat in on classes and graded their work. The program really opened my eyes to the varied dimensions of engineering and I remembered a surprising amount of math considering I graduated in 2000. This plus temping in an electrical engineering company and a petrochemical company with a lot of engineers has me seriously considering a career change. I know I’ll have to take practically all the classes for the major despite already having a BA in English is WAY different from anything to do with engineering.</p>
<p>So that’s a long winded intro to my question.</p>
<p>I’m trying to decide between mechanical and electrical engineering. I love taking things apart to see how they work (usually after they break down) and trying to fix them. I also enjoyed my programming in high school and took another couple of classes in college and still enjoyed it. Then again I love electronics. I just installed a touchscreen on my MSI Wind and it was a smooth installation. hmmm. </p>
<p>I know I’m jumping the gun a little and my job is probably safe, but there’s no harm in thinking these things out. Regardless, I’m taking trig and precal from the local community college this summer.</p>