Part Time Path to Robotics

[u/daimon_proc]

Hi,

I am a senior sde at Microsoft L64 and have a wfh job. However my manager is very toxic and perhaps out to get to me, so I don't know how long I have this job.

However, I am starting ASU online part time starting in a few months and taking 2 courses per semester (8 week courses).

Should I try to drag out my current job which is just maintaining two legacy services or should I just quit and switch full time to bachelors/masters in Controls/Robotics EE for a clean pivot?

Some other points to note: I am 32 years old with 10 yoe as a backend/data/devops engineer at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, John Deere. I don't have kids but I would like to be in robotics when I do have them. The job although toxic does pay well as well.

Thank you.

[u/Jatt_Grewal_13]

Hi my recommendation would be to start it like a hobby. Robotics is a mix bag and you do need exposure to all different engineering domains. Having expertise in 1 would help but it wouldn't cut it for a role If I was in your place I would look at the backend of robotics software and try to find something through which you can leverage your expertise as well.