re: Private Sector vs state employment

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its an engineering job for CPRA. im young and just trying to figure out my life right now

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You can make bank working for the state as an engineer. And CPRA pays their engineers well. It’s not as much money as you could make in private more than likely, but that’s where you have to weigh the benefits of both and make the choice that best suits you.

But being an engineer for the State is sort of like the best of both worlds. You’ll pretty quickly be making more than more state workers but you’ll also have the stability, retirement, etc. I’d say do it for a while and if you like it stick with it, and if you don’t you can most likely find a private job (and your government experience will likely benefit you). You can even take out the money you’ve put into retirement when you sever ties with the state as well (though I don’t recommend that unless you are 100% sure you’ll never go back).