« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: I officially have a real people engineering job now  (Read 1708 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Sigz

  • BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
  • DTF.org Member
  • *
  • Posts: 13537
  • Gender: Male
  • THRONES FOR THE THRONE SKULL
I officially have a real people engineering job now
« on: November 05, 2013, 03:30:20 PM »
I actually accepted the offer a few weeks ago, but just today I got word that my drug test and background check and everything cleared and that I start next monday in a mechanical engineering gig, four and a half months after graduating. I'm excited because by every account it's a really interesting job that I'm super interested in, but christ I'm nervous.

Anyways, that's all. Basically just bragging, also if there are any engineers out there with advice for someone entering the real people workforce, that would be nice.
Logged
Quote
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Offline Chino

  • Be excellent to each other.
  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 25330
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2013, 03:45:58 PM »
Congrats man! I just got word I'm being brought on full time as a DBA for ING. I can't start until January because I still need to graduate. Great feeling!
Logged

Offline King Postwhore

  • Couch Potato
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 59474
  • Gender: Male
  • Take that Beethoven, you deaf bastard!!
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2013, 03:59:58 PM »
Way cool Sigz!!  Congrats!!
Logged
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.” - Bob Newhart
So wait, we're spelling it wrong and king is spelling it right? What is going on here? :lol -- BlobVanDam
"Oh, I am definitely a jackass!" - TAC

Offline lonestar

  • DTF Executive Chef
  • Official DTF Tour Guide
  • ****
  • Posts: 30039
  • Gender: Male
  • Silly Hatted Knife Chucker
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2013, 04:34:30 PM »
Congrats bro, proud of ya.
Logged

Offline orcus116

  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 9604
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2013, 05:01:28 PM »
Awwww yeah. Welcome to engineering club.
Logged

Offline El Barto

  • Rascal Atheistic Pig
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 30740
  • Bad Craziness
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2013, 05:04:39 PM »
Quote from: Sigz on November 05, 2013, 03:30:20 PM
I actually accepted the offer a few weeks ago, but just today I got word that my drug test and background check and everything cleared and that I start next monday in a mechanical engineering gig, four and a half months after graduating. I'm excited because by every account it's a really interesting job that I'm super interested in, but christ I'm nervous.

I'm deeply disappointed in you, young man.

Congrats on the job, though.
Logged
Argument, the presentation of reasonable views, never makes headway against conviction, and conviction takes no part in argument because it knows.
E.F. Benson

Offline orcus116

  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 9604
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2013, 05:07:32 PM »
Don't be. He paid me to pee in the cup for him.
Logged

Offline j

  • Posts: 2794
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2013, 05:30:56 PM »
Congrats!  Engineering is where it's at right now.

-J
Logged

Online lordxizor

  • EZBoard Elder
  • *****
  • Posts: 5342
  • Gender: Male
  • and that is the truth.
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2013, 07:05:15 PM »
Congrats! That first job is always hardest to get. Just go into it like a sponge. Learn as much as you can about the real world. Take any training your company will offer you. Be willing to do anything at first
Logged

Offline Dark Castle

  • DTF.org Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6532
  • Gender: Female
  • SmegmaPrincessX
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2013, 07:06:15 PM »
Quote from: lordxizor on November 05, 2013, 07:05:15 PM
Be willing to do anything at first
Anything :zydar:
Logged

Online lordxizor

  • EZBoard Elder
  • *****
  • Posts: 5342
  • Gender: Male
  • and that is the truth.
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2013, 07:07:17 PM »
Quote from: Dark Castle on November 05, 2013, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: lordxizor on November 05, 2013, 07:05:15 PM
Be willing to do anything at first
Anything :zydar:
Especially if you have a hot boss.
Logged

Offline Prog Snob

  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 16727
  • Gender: Male
  • In the end we're left infinitely and utterly alone
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2013, 07:23:13 PM »
Congrats and best of luck!   :tup
Logged

Offline Neon

  • DT.net Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1039
  • Gender: Female
  • Beware the Jabberwock, my son...
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2013, 08:47:16 PM »
Congrats on the new job!!!!
Logged
I'd kill myself for you.
I'd kill you for myself.

Offline Ħ

  • Posts: 3247
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2013, 09:47:59 PM »
That's awesome, Sigz, you stuck with the difficult engineering route but managed to graduate in four years and get a job right away. I know so many people who are still in school after four years and have no end in sight. Nice job, buddy!

So is it a 9 to 5, Monday through Friday deal?
Logged
"All great works are prepared in the desert, including the redemption of the world. The precursors, the followers, the Master Himself, all obeyed or have to obey one and the same law. Prophets, apostles, preachers, martyrs, pioneers of knowledge, inspired artists in every art, ordinary men and the Man-God, all pay tribute to loneliness, to the life of silence, to the night." - A. G. Sertillanges

Offline yeshaberto

  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 8986
  • Gender: Male
  • Somebody Get Me A Doctor! - VH
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2013, 09:54:32 PM »
awesome news, Sigz!
mega congrats!
Logged

Offline TioJorge

  • Constantly Contorting
  • Posts: 7082
  • Gender: Male
  • Ashes to ashes, fun to funky.
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2013, 11:57:35 PM »
Friggin' awesome, dooder! Don't fuck up too much.
Logged

DTP says "WOW, LOOK AT THAT GREAT POST"
RIP DTP.

Offline Silver Tears

  • DTF.org Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2519
  • Gender: Female
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2013, 12:56:30 AM »
All grown up, I'm so proud of you :laugh:  :heart
Logged

Offline jasc15

  • Posts: 5026
  • Gender: Male
  • TTAL: Yeti welcome
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2013, 07:38:44 AM »
Congrats, Sigz.  I'm a mechanical/aerospace engineer, though I didn't start in aerospace.  The hardest thing about an engineering job isn't remembering how to calculate principle stresses or moments of inertia.  If you graduated with a degree, you have enough basis to learn the idiosyncrasies of the company you are working for, and you will realize they are often very different from the theory you learned.  The hardest part (for me at least) is time management, and figuring out "optimal" solutions rather than the completely accurate and correct solution (these take too much time).  Also, if your company is ISO 9001 or something similar, much of your time will be spent on documentation.

So what kind of company are you with?
Logged

Offline gmillerdrake

  • Proud Father.....Blessed Husband
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 19236
  • Gender: Male
  • 1 Timothy 2:5
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2013, 08:24:24 AM »
That's awesome.....such an exciting feeling. I hope your career flourishes. Good Luck!
Logged
Without Faith.....Without Hope.....There can be No Peace of Mind

Online Podaar

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 9938
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2013, 10:06:08 AM »
The only advice I think is worthwhile is to not criticize the current culture/procedures of your firm/company until you understand fully why they do things the way they do. Once you understand, don't be afraid to offer suggestions for improvement based on your education and experience. Oh, and have fun!

Congratulations!
Logged
"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.” — Christopher Hitchens

Offline ResultsMayVary

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 4856
  • Gender: Male
  • Go Buckeyes!
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2013, 03:42:55 PM »
Congrats, Sigz!

I graduate in the spring and I'll be going through this situation as well. However, I'm more a geologist than an enginner (petroleum geologist, to be precise), so its a similar field, but still quite distinct. Going to be very stressful to find an actual job.
Logged
Where would YOU be without prog?!
Quote from: Jamesman42 on July 01, 2011, 07:43:02 PM
I'd be standing somewhere with dignity, respect, and bitches.
Quote from: Jamesman42 on October 01, 2011, 08:40:06 AM
When Mike and Mob Unite, featuring the hit A Lawsuit in Lies

Offline ariich

  • Roulette Supervillain
  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 28047
  • Gender: Male
  • sexin' you later
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2013, 04:15:41 PM »
"people engineering"? Sounds... interesting :eyebrows:

Congrats dude!
Logged

Quote from: Buddyhunter1 on May 10, 2023, 06:59:19 PM
Ariich is a freak, or somehow has more hours in the day than everyone else.
Quote from: TAC on December 21, 2023, 07:05:15 AM
I be am boner inducing.

Offline CrimsonSunrise

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 3687
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2013, 05:24:53 PM »
Congratz Bro!!!  Well done!!  Welcome to 40 years of hell...... :lol  Just kidding.... no I'm not... :lol
Logged

Offline cramx3

  • Chillest of the chill
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 34417
  • Gender: Male
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2013, 03:47:39 PM »
Congrads, my degree is in computer engineering but sadly I am not in an engineering position professionally.  I work with the network and systems engineers and get to fix their mistakes.
Logged

Offline Sigz

  • BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
  • DTF.org Member
  • *
  • Posts: 13537
  • Gender: Male
  • THRONES FOR THE THRONE SKULL
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2013, 03:46:39 PM »
Thanks everyone! Enjoying my last few days of freedom.

Quote from: Ħ on November 05, 2013, 09:47:59 PM
So is it a 9 to 5, Monday through Friday deal?

Yup, though I'll probably end up working more than 40 hours a week a lot of the time.

Quote from: jasc15 on November 06, 2013, 07:38:44 AM
Congrats, Sigz.  I'm a mechanical/aerospace engineer, though I didn't start in aerospace.  The hardest thing about an engineering job isn't remembering how to calculate principle stresses or moments of inertia.  If you graduated with a degree, you have enough basis to learn the idiosyncrasies of the company you are working for, and you will realize they are often very different from the theory you learned.  The hardest part (for me at least) is time management, and figuring out "optimal" solutions rather than the completely accurate and correct solution (these take too much time).  Also, if your company is ISO 9001 or something similar, much of your time will be spent on documentation.

So what kind of company are you with?

Yeah, it's ISO 9001. I'm at a compressed gas cylinder company.
Logged
Quote
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Offline rumborak

  • DT.net Veteran
  • ****
  • Posts: 26664
Re: I officially have a real people engineering job now
« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2013, 03:52:36 PM »
Quote from: Sigz on November 09, 2013, 03:46:39 PM
Yeah, it's ISO 9001. I'm at a compressed gas cylinder company.





Is your real name Hank?
Logged
"I liked when Myung looked like a women's figure skating champion."
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »