Although he travels much of the time, if he spends six hours on a plane going to Brazil, he's paid for that time. Consulting can offer challenging, interesting careers with excellent pay and growth potential, if you're willing to constantly learn throughout your lifetime. You Can Start a Business. L aunching a successful business requires two things, says Milton Chang Ph.D., who has launched or helped other engineers start more than a dozen successful businesses with no failures. Those two things are a good idea for a needed product and a good business plan.
Business is a succession of logical decisions.
It does not require a genius. Chang, president of New Focus Inc. in Santa Clara, California, a manufacturer of laser research telecommunications photomic equipment that he founded in 1990, became a consultant in launching new businesses after a 15-year career as a senior research engineer at Northrop Aircraft. Although he was successful, he was not happy with his job or his career, and when a friend asked him to help launch a new company in the laser communications industry, he decided to take the risk. Taking a job that you enjoy or putting your career onto a track that you want is. Once his start-up became successful, Chang started helping other engineers start their own companies.