Starting over after military career (1 Viewer)

Hi All! I'm retiring from the military in 5 years, what are some great technology areas to get educated for? I'm currently working on getting my math up to speed. I know I'm interested in devices, robotics, and user interfaces. I like a combination of sitdown, get up and make stuff, with lots of creativity, some team work.
Are there any apprentice type programs?

Any ideas or recommendations? What's your story and what do you do?

(Let me know if I put this in the wrong place)

Thanks!

First, this is as good a place as any for this kind of comment.

Second, most of this group will be more software oriented - including me. It sounds to me like you might want to talk to folks in an IEEE forum and to browse the web for "Industrial Robotics" as a search string. Siemens is one of the more widely known companies in the hardware end of the business but they are FAR from the only game in town.

Try this link as a springboard to find places doing robotics work:

https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/companies/

not sure if this is off base, but you might want to investigate the Raspberry Pi as a learning tool

https://www.raspberrypi.org/

it's used to teach kids about these things, but you can make it do much more sophisticated things such as linking to sensors, operating servos etc. Even build a walking robot. On a more commercial level, I met someone a couple of years ago who uses it to monitor their greenhouse, controlling ventilation, shade and water dispersement.