Courtesy of Rose Almond
- Rose Almond is a fully self-employed freelance engineer after resigning from her office job in 2015.
- Almond shared the positive aspects, and challenges, of this career move.
- There can be quiet work periods, but she likes the flexibility of picking projects and when to work.
Rose Almond was over her 9-to-5 job as a mechanical engineer.
"It was not a good place to be for a young female engineer," she told Business Insider. "It didn't really suit me being in the office environment."