Engineer Changes Career For Network Marketing

Engineer Changes Career For Network Marketing

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I have Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, which I have utilized by working as an engineer and Field Service Manager in the Broadcast and Post Production Industry for the past 16 years. I want to share with you what has transpired in the past six months. It was a foggy Monday morning when I was driving into the office to have a meeting with my boss. The business and industry had not been going as well as anticipated and we needed to let go of a couple of field engineers. My boss wanted to have a meeting to go over how we would communicate with these engineers. About two miles from the office, a driver, going too fast under the inclement driving conditions, rear-ended my car. We exchanged the usual details regarding insurance and I continued on my way into the office.


I had experienced this second rear end accident in less than thirty days. In fact, I had in my possession the insurance check to get repairs from the first accident in my car that morning. My plan that day was to seek permission to leave early to initiate repairs with a local auto body shop in town. This second accident was more violent than the first and I tried to remain composed. I managed to arrive in time for the meeting with my boss. I was all set to take notes on how we wished to proceed on the upcoming events. He handed me a folder and said that I was part of a reduction in work force. This is one of the new ways companies use to describe when people are let go from their jobs. This came as a complete shock to me but I was professionally composed. (Internally, I was thinking.... You have to be kidding me! What the heck is going on here man! Do you really understand the impact and efficiency that I bring to the equation?) He proceeded to go over all the forms that were part of this package. I had to sign most documents, pack up my personal belongings, and leave the office within the hour.

Wow! Is that how a loyal manager is treated in the 21st century? Do not get me wrong, I understand the dynamics of corporate America. A company will generally do whatever it can to please their shareholders before employees. The quickest means is to reduce costs. The fastest way to achieve that is to terminate employees. Before I left, I had to inquire just out of curiosity, how we performed the previous month on our revenue targets. I was told 93%. Okay, not bad for my last reported performance. It was not above the revenue goals but still respectable.

The drive home was quite strange and quiet. This is somewhat odd but I had always wondered how it would feel to be let go from a job. I had also thought about how it would feel to be in a car accident. Perhaps this is my unofficial endorsement to the Law of Attraction! (Perhaps another topic for a future article.) I never want to experience these feelings again! Anyway, I arrived home to the surprise of my wife. She asked why I was home so early and I simply told her what happened. She took things well, which made it an easier experience. I would say the next few weeks were the typical case of shock and dismay about what took place. I did not get angry because, as I stated, I was aware of the corporate game. It was reassuring to receive the pleasant calls from previous co-workers on the impact I had on their lives and careers. I think some of them took my departure harder than I did.

After a 16-year career in the technical and management arena, you feel you have your identity set in stone. However, I had felt for the previous three or four years that I needed a new career challenge. Competitors had approached me in the past for employment but it was never the right career fit. I was left thinking, who am I? Did I want to continue doing the same thing or not? At 42 years of age, I was at a crossroads and needed to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

I continued on the normal interview process throughout town. This proved difficult under the current economic climate as there were several candidates vying for the same positions. I tend to write things down as I prepare for interviews in terms of what typical questions I may get and how I would answer them. I actually found some notes that I wrote for one of those interviews and found them inspirational when you hear the rest of the story.

Some of the things that I was looking for consisted of the following:

1.I was looking for a challenging opportunity to bring change and value to a company.
2.A position with authority would enable me to achieve those goals in 1).
3.I am a process-oriented individual that feels this helps to create the right working environment.
4.I am a roll up the sleeves type of manager.
5.Communication is a key denominator in overcoming most challenges.
6.I wanted an opportunity to provide my firm fingerprints on the overall culture of a company.

In the back of my mind, I also considered the possibility of having a couple of different part time jobs. The thinking at the time was that I needed to find multiple streams of income to avoid having the, "economic professional rug", pulled out from under me ever again.

For anyone who is going through or already has gone through a similar experience, I think it is important to take advantage of the situation. Stop and enjoy what life has provided you. It could be your health, local neighborhood, or your loving family. The initial impact was wondering how and when I will recover to gain some sort of income and keep bills in line. We tend to think and act as humans towards easier wrong decisions as opposed to the harder right ones. We let negativity creep in and get comfortable in our subconscious.

When you stop giving into this easy route of thinking negatively, the world is not such a terrible place as we hear in the media. Yes, we are going through difficult times but 9 out of 10 people are employed right now. During the Great Depression, 3 out of 4 individuals had jobs.

A couple of quotes kept me focused on the positive energy during my uncertain career choice journey. The first came from the Bible:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6


"When the attitude is right, the facts don't matter." Anonymous

I took advantage of the "unexpected vacation" and enjoyed quality time with my son. I enjoyed witnessing and assisting his academic progress throughout first grade. It was a pleasure to attend each of his Little League games this past season. These things I would not have had time for if I had remained in Corporate America. I spent a lot of time reading a number of interesting books and CD's to help guide my search for the next career fit. After much thought and prayer, I decided to make a leap of faith and change career paths.

The business I choose was in the internet-marketing arena. I could get into the mental paradigm shift required to go from being an employee to becoming a business owner but that would take too long. I would recommend reading Robert Kiyosaki's books, "Cash Flow Quadrant" and "Increase your Financial IQ".

The great integrity of the founders and fellow entrepreneurs has been a blessing. It meets or exceeds all of my six requirements noted above and I am very satisfied with the change I have made in my career. There is a clear road map for success. The key to success is to listen to people who have what you want and then follow what they do.

Thank you for reading my short story and I wish you all the success that you have coming to you because you deserve it.

In closing, let me leave you with a quote from Napoleon Hill:

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and bring itself to believe it can achieve."

Kind Regards,
Abner Figuereo



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