Fresh Mechanical Engineer going into oil pipeline installation

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<p>Hi
I'am a fresh graduate with a bachelors of engineering in mechanical engineering. During an interview for a job opportunity in crude oil pipeline installation, the interviewer warned me that if i got the job and entered this domain it will be really hard for me to enter another mechanical engineering domains in the future such as HVAC, manufacturing,aviation , automation etc.
I didn't choose the job opportunity because i like the domain of pipeline installation, i chose it instead because:</p>

<p>1-It pays good compared to other jobs, and i need that money to get a masters degree later
2-I didn't score high grades in my university, so i couldn't enter other high paying jobs that requires a high GPA such as consulting, investment, design etc.</p>

<p>This job opportunity i got has a bad reputation by forcing tough lives on the people working there. Its on site in the middle of the desert, i may have to stay a couple of consecutive months on the project. I don't want to spend the rest of my career on some desert isolated from civilization. I always wanted to work something related to investment, trading, management ,sales, consulting in any bank, corporate ,or engineering firm etc.</p>

<p>If i started this job in pipeline installation, how hard will it be to change my
career track in the future? How much will masters degree help me with achieving this?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>The Masters degree can serve to re-orient your career so I would not worry too much about the pipeline installation being a dead end as long as you are willing to quit the job and get back to school.</p>

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<p>Alright man, thanks for your advice</p>

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<p>Any job you take will add to your experience. You will also start to develop a label as being whatever the job you have is. Do it for 20 years and yes, it will be hard to change. Do it a for a year or even a few years to get some kind of experience and you can easily change. </p>

<p>So, early in your career, I wouldn’t get too concerned about bracketing yourself into any one field.</p>