[happyjack]

Oh man, I don't really know what to say or how to begin. So many angles with this.

I'm about 75% through my job switch after working in a different career / industry for about 10 years (still do some projects 25% of the time in old industry).

I'm going to come from another angle on this one. What is your motivation? Are you bored? What are the soft issues? Do you have kids, a mortgage, what state of life are you in? Do you plan to be employed or self employed? Are you confusing working on cars / planes / ships as in engineer in an office on CAD with being physically on them and turning wrenches?