FSE as an ECE thoughts?
Hi fresh grad here in electronics and need some advice in chosen career path starting out as a field service engineer. I'm looking into future senior roles in medical/navigation in the benefit of deeper understanding of equipment repair and the opportunity to go abroad. I know ece's go for semicon, automation and even IT roles, but distance and the effort to relearn certain skillset for the job might either make or break me. Whereas service roles does repetitive maintenance and deals with clients daily, which I am fine with. Traffic is not an issue as I'm not seeking jobs in Luzon (for now)
Experiences during college boosted my skills in technical repair and troubleshooting. I have been accustomed to work alone and can coordinate with a team which is why I can deal with long travels and finding workarounds. I know a lot of my peers have considered semicon, manufacturing, industrial, It's even common now to have career shift into software/it roles with the recent ai boom, but I am yet to fully grasp its benefits with the amount of consideration to be had seeing the western media.
I might just be thinking too hard about it or anyone starting out, given that I can just do a few yrs to any company that I got a job offer to feel it out, but life has already taught me a lot about patience and steady planning in making the best out of this fresh grad experience. I'm also recently licensed but it doesn't seem to matter in this economy anymore sadly.
Good companies give trainings and seminars as far as I know but I have considered the benefit of learning repair or just the logic of it so I can apply it for myself and even elevate my skills as a whole.
Tldr: I am seeking advice po if whether choosing certain non-mainstream engineering paths are still good in the long run and if it is justifiable, as the industry is too crowded considering ece's in semicon dont get much in return (salary/benefits)