Hello all
Scruggs, interesting thread ! Here's my story so far.
Got a degree in engineering then slowly progressed through various flying qualifications whilst holding down a sequence of interesting engineering jobs, mostly in systems & instrumentation.
I've now got a CPL / Frozen ATPL and am working as a full-time engineer and part-time flying instructor. So I'm doing lots of flying (which I love) and lots of engineering (which keeps my brain free of rust and pays reasonably) but still looking for that magic opportunity to combine these two things and do some flight test work. It definitely looks like it's a matter of "the right place at the right time", judging by a lot of the posts on this thread.
Until then, So, I'm really just a wanabe TP in truth, but maybe one day...
Good luck in your own endeavours.
Boltzman