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grayalien

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Leaving an engineering job for IP law?

Post by grayalien » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:20 am

Quick background on me: I graduated from UOttawa with a BASc in Computer Engineering two years ago. RIght now I work at a semiconductor company as an ASIC Engineer making about $108k in San Jose. The problem is that I'm getting tired of hardware debugging and circuit design. I've always known about IP (patent) law as a possible career for an engineer, but I'm debating if it's really worth it the debt, time, etc. What do you folks recommend? Also I have no idea how much a patent lawyer makes after 5-10 years. I see figures ranging from $70,000 to $140,000. If I were to work at a normally sized IP firm, what's the income I could expect? Appreciate any insight :)

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Re: Leaving an engineering job for IP law?

Post by toobig2lose » Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:44 pm

Do you like writing and reading more so than working with hardware? If so yes, go ahead. If no, stay away.

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Re: Leaving an engineering job for IP law?

Post by UnicornHunter » Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:47 pm

I wouldn't.
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