Their turnover rate is almost nill. This company's yearly revenue is about $2B. It's like caterpillar for mechanical engineers. You join such a company to stay with for life and they take care of you and your family.
So where can you expect to be in 10 - 20 - 30 years? Management? Or still cranking out at your entry level? Where do you want to be in 10 - 20 - 30 years?
Message 11: My current boss late last year suggested that my current company could use this software as a line of business software and use it internally by our engineers. The goal is to have an advantage over other engineering firms in this area. ...
I did that at one company -- improved processing of designs to the point that the work could be done by 4 engineers instead of 5. Then they let me go because they only needed 4 ... (that was a learning experience).
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