The trouble with civil engineering is that it is a very very very broad field and depending on who you work for would pretty much decide what you do. I worked on the construction side of things and although I used some of my training, not a great deal of it was required. For the greater part of my job I was site based setting out where the buildings/railway line/bridge/road/whatever we were building had to go. Yes, I enjoyed it but it all became very monotonous and I realised that among other things that was going on, I couldn't see myself doing that or whatever progressed after, for the rest of my life. I could have stayed and worked for a consulting engineer doing design and project management but that was something I realised that I was not cut out to do. Yes, engineers are in short supply but like being a vicar, I believe to a greater degree it is also a calling. I was unfortunately forced into it to a greater degree.
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