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我在一家手机公司做了三年的研发工程师，觉得工作无聊又累人，再加上薪水也不是很高，感觉得不到发展，所以我辞职了。我不想再做研发了，但不知道自己又能干什么。怎么办？

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I was an R&D engineer in a mobile phone company for 3 years, but found the work tiring and uninteresting. Plus, the salary isn’t high and I didn’t feel I was developing, so I quit the job. I don’t want to do my previous work again, but don’t know what else I can do now?

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Zhishang Career Expert Answer：

你说自己不想再做以前的工作，是指你不想再做研发工程工作，还是指你什么工程类的工作都不想做了？其实，还有许多与研发没关系的工程职位。鉴于你的背景，如果你愿意，你还能在工程销售、制造、产品、质量管理或是客服方面寻求工作。

When you say you don’t want to do your previous work again, does that mean you don’t want to do R&D engineering work again, or you don’t want to do engineering work at all anymore.  For example, there are many other engineering jobs that aren’t R&D-related.  With your background you can also pursue engineering jobs in sales, manufacturing, production, quality control, or customer service if you want.

还是你想要完全离开工程领域呢？其实，我的事业也是从研发部门的产品设计工程师开始的。但我面临的问题是，我对任何工程类的工作都提不起兴趣。最后，我离开了工程领域，并开始在商业世界追求自己的事业。

Or is it that you want to get out of engineering completely?  For instance, I began my career also working in R&D as a product design engineer.  My problem was that any engineering job was not interesting to me.  As a result, I left the entire field of engineering and began pursuing a business career.

无论你是想做和工程相关的工作，还是完全不同的工作，你首先都要意识到自己真正喜欢做什么。比如，你喜欢和人打交道，分析问题，策划事情，独立工作还是团队合作呢？你是否发自内心地对技术或商业感兴趣，你是喜欢发起事物还是管理事物？这些都是你需要回答的基本问题。

No matter if you do something engineering-related or completely different though, the first step is identifying what it is you actually like doing.  For instance, do you like dealing with people, analyzing problems, planning and organizing things, working individually, or as part of a team? Are you fundamentally interested in technology or business, building things or managing things?  These are some basic questions you need to answer.  

从你的描述来看，你还在事业初期。如果你是做研发工程类工作的，那你肯定很聪明。如果你要追求不同的事物，你需要再次从入门做起。不过别担心，无论这是会用到你的工程背景的工作，还是全新的领域，你的专业经历以及更清晰的思维方式都会帮你很快达到过去的高度。

From what you describe, you’re still very early in your career.  And if you did R&D engineering work, you must be pretty smart.  While you may have to start again at an entry level if you pursue something different, don’t worry.  Whether it’s something that leverages your engineering background or that’s completely new, your professional experience and clearer mindset should help you catch up to your previous level fairly quickly.  

其实，关键在于找到你真正感兴趣的，能让你振奋的事情。你会以惊人的速度掌握这些自己喜欢，并且有动力去做的事情。这是会对你的成功产生最大影响的因素。

The key is to find something that gets you excited and that you’re really interested in.  It’s amazing how fast you can become good at something that you enjoy and are motivated to do well.  That’s the biggest factor that will impact your success.  

在事业的这个阶段，试着向你感兴趣的事物所在方向努力就行了。与你之前做的事情相比，这对拥有更喜欢、更成功的事业来说，是个更好的开始。不管你如何决定，祝你下阶段好运！

At this stage of your career, just try to pursue things in the overall direction you want to go that involve doing things you’re more interested in.  Compared to what you did before, that’s already a better start to having a more enjoyable and successful career.  Good luck with whatever you decide to pursue next!