One of the smartest guys I ever knew told me to
never take a job for the money. He was right and after taking the job the
money did come.
If you are happy doing what you are doing then
stick with it, if not take the other job. I took a $10,000 per year paycut
to work for a small firm but what I learned over the couple of years was
priceless. I was able to do everything from sales to engineering to
fabrication to testing and even installation. It gave me the knowledge and
desire to take another $20,000 a year paycut to start my own business which I
now work twice the hours but love every minute of it. Sure it's starting
to pay off but even if I was still making $30,000 a year less I would still do
what I'm doing just because I love it. And even though it's even more
stress having your own business I'm much healthier now that I control my own
path in life.
Maybe ask them if you can continue doing some
contracting on the side instead of trying to ask for more money. Maybe
you'll luck out and they will be flexible enough to allow you to come in early
and get out early if you need to see one of your clients or something. As
long as it's not their competition that you are working for.
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I've
just been offered a position of CAD Manager within an architectural company in
London, 60 full time CAD users. see below for the tasks that have been set. I
have been using CAD since the beginning of Version 9, been unofficially CAD
Manager at various companies throughout my career, and they have offered me
£30,000, is this too low??
I would really appreciate some advice, cheers in advance!
1. CAD Procedures on the Intranet· Review and revise current procedures and
upload
2. CAD Troubleshooting· Day to day on the spot problem solving·
Addressing specific CAD problems i.e. fonts / dimensioning
3. CAD
Development· PTE Block Libraries· PTE Template files – refine, introduce
alternatives.
4. CAD Drawing quality control· Establish rigorous
guidelines in conjunction with “The Building Design” Group Audit drawing sets
5. CAD Project Briefing·Stage of project - feasibility, pre-planning or
pre working drawing ·Type - Master planning, new build or refurbishment.·Scale
of project (250 Units or 5 houses)· From the above establish a Directory, File
Structure and necessary template files.
6. Project Auditing·Check
organisation of the Directory / File structure· Open Model files and check
Purging, Limits, blocking alignment etc
7. CAD Assessment / Induction to
new staff·Assessment of their CAD background·Introduction to the PTE House
Type model and CAD reference files·Explanation of PTE Layer convention and the
use of buttons.·Introduction to the PTE 10 CAD Commandments.
8. CAD
Training sessions (Individual & team cycles)· CAD Tips at Wednesday lunch
times to project teams.Individually programmed one hour training sessions.
9. Liaison with Surveyors and Ordnance Survey.
10. CAD Forum –
consisting of Systems Manager / Cad Co-ordinator / Team reps Roger (as chair)
would preside
11. CAD Research software upgrades / developments.·New
releases of AutoCAD / Architectural Desktop / Studio /
Viz
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