[ScottFree]

> A friend I know went from software engineering to civil engineering

Do you mind if I ask how he achieved that? Did he go back to college? I ask because I've been thinking about transitioning to mechanical engineering, but going back to college for 4 more years and racking up 10s of thousands of dollars in debt is off putting.

[nashashmi]

The first degree was from India. So he had little college debt. Second degree was from public university. With two years at county college. And he worked part time.