u/Commercial-Egg-8832

Hi Everyone,
I need some advice especially from USA citizens. I am a design verification engineer at a large aerospace company for 8 years. I don’t get paid tech money and I’d say I’m underpaid. I do not enjoy my work at all and I am feeling very depressed lately and wondering where this career will take me. Even though it provides good WLB, I’m finding it hard to stay motivated. I have my undergrad and masters from top public school in USA with 3.5+ gpa - however that doesn’t mean anything. I feel sad that I spent all these years studying yet I am unsatisfied with what I am doing. I do apply to other jobs but I feel like networking goes a lot further and I am at a disadvantage since I’m from a minority group in this field (connections and race matters a lot if your a hiring manger). I’ll be thankful for any advice or how can I pivot out. I am thinking of MBA but is it a good option with AI and all?

Do you guys recommend switching from fpga design verification to power? I work in large aerospace company for the past 8 years and I’m tired of sitting all day looking at code for 9 hrs days + I just don’t see the value in it.

I am a Design Verification Engineer who has been working for 8 years at a large aerospace company in the US. I did my undergrad at a top 3 public university in the US (3.5+ GPA), as well as my masters in CE. I had a 7-hour interview a few days ago for a Senior DV role, and I got wrecked. I got asked coding questions (LeetCode and similar) where usually I would just use ChatGPT for the code. Other questions were theoretical DSP concepts that I studied 10 years ago.

For the past two days, I've felt devastated. Even though this was my first interview in years, the questions they asked aren't really important on the job. I feel like staying 8 years at one company is too long, and my learning has stagnated significantly. However, I am also unsure of how to navigate this job market. After this interview, I feel like there was no need to go to a top university and study so hard if the barrier to changing jobs is that high. I’m in my early 30s and not sure how to take my career from here. Any advice on how to prepare or navigate this, especially from US citizens, would be much appreciated.

Another red day for JEPI. Every day JEPI doesn’t down .3%. JEPI is down 2.22% ytd while the spy ytd is up about 8%. Im starting to think that this index fund is a fraud and cash out with a loss. Can someone help plz.

Another red day for JEPI. Every day JEPI doesn’t down .3%. JEPI is down 2.22% ytd while the spy ytd is up about 8%. Im starting to think that this index fund is a fraud and cash out with a loss. Can someone help plz.