u/Visarios

I recently graduated in computer engineering and been applying to job for a couple weeks and I applied to engineer and technical roles. I haven’t heard back from any engineer position, but I got offer a job at a defense company as a Electrical Test Technician. If I take this, will it kill my engineering career if I stay here for a year or two while trying to pursue a master in electrical engineering?

Should I keep applying to get an engineer position or do I just take this to not risk unemployment/career gap? I guess I am most afraid of putting a technician brand on myself.

Edit: I just saw that another person posted 13 hours worrying about the same thing lol

I really want to be an embedded software engineer, but I don’t know anyone who I even went to school with who is an embedded software engineer. I’m losing hope because there are barely any entry/associate roles within my city (Boston), most are senior roles which require a lot of experience. Is it genuinely over if I don’t have someone to help me get in the door because project alone is not enough to get in the door anymore in my opinion.