What does everyone do for work? I need to change jobs.

[Z06killinsbf]

Do you work in McKinney? Pretty sure I've seen that GT in the D-Wing parking lot.

Yep, thats my beater!

[slow99]

Plus you can still get Choo Choo money if you want.

You can drive trains?

[Ruffdaddy]

yea sucks with a kid coming in a month too BUT, still employed and do not have to move.

hey if you can keep your job in a downturn, you have done well. Lots of good geologists on our side leave the industry each time this happens because they are unable to find work and have to move on.

What do you do in the industry?

Mechanical design engineer. This is one of the reasons I push anyone I know that wants to do petroleum engineering into mechanical, electrical or computer. When there's a bust...at least your options are broader. Plus you can still get Choo Choo money if you want.

[Mike]

And I've been killing myself to get IN to HAL!

Posted from Halliburton parking garage

[Roscoe]

.I just moved to a smaller company last year to get out of halliburton.

And I've been killing myself to get IN to HAL!

Posted from Halliburton parking garage

[Mike K]

Supervisor for the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. I did a winter last year (our summer) and it looks like I will be going back in a couple of weeks.

Last year's thread:

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51504&highlight=antarctica

[akfodysvn]

saturated market. These basic industries (fire/police/healthcare) dont take a dive when the economy does. When the economy was in the dumps in 2008, there were tons of people that went back to nursing school as a second career knowing that it wont go anywhere.

Yep. Job security is awesome and for me it's a field that I really enjoy. It certainly isn't for everyone.

Finding guys hanging in trees at zero dark thirty scares the shit out of you... ask me how i know.

[zachary]

Sorry to hear man, but glad you got to keep it. I'm waiting to see of anything big Will happen here...I just moved to a smaller company last year to get out of halliburton and knew this was a risk so I've been trying to sock away a lot. At our quarterly meeting yesterday, all indications were that it's gonna be a challenge but we look to be positioned well to win the challenge.

yea sucks with a kid coming in a month too BUT, still employed and do not have to move.

hey if you can keep your job in a downturn, you have done well. Lots of good geologists on our side leave the industry each time this happens because they are unable to find work and have to move on.

What do you do in the industry?

[Ruffdaddy]

...and today 10% paycut but we did get to keep our jobs!

Hurray for cheaper gas prices and the benefits of them!

Sorry to hear man, but glad you got to keep it. I'm waiting to see of anything big Will happen here...I just moved to a smaller company last year to get out of halliburton and knew this was a risk so I've been trying to sock away a lot. At our quarterly meeting yesterday, all indications were that it's gonna be a challenge but we look to be positioned well to win the challenge.

[zachary]

Petroleum geologist, oil and gas exploration, and I love the heck out of it. I work in a small hub town for the industry not a big city. If i was in a big city would easily be 120+, i am salaried at 85k(lets not even talk bonuses here). Get prospect bonus for each well drilled and backend interest or small override in every well I get drilled. Work 8-4:45 and take hour and a half lunch. Just takes 5 years of school to get here! I enjoy my smaller salary in a smaller town though. Not so hectic going to and from work, do not have to worry about stuck in traffic for hours!


That being said, this downturn we are 4 months into, small companies are usually the first to be effected when cashflow goes to zilch! People are in business to make money, i am not oblivious to the fact that security is an impossible thought in the industry.

...and today 10% paycut but we did get to keep our jobs!

Hurray for cheaper gas prices and the benefits of them!

[quikag]

Investment analyst for a hedge fund.

Pay at a gig like that enough to cover the Yaris monthly nut?

[8mpg]

yeah when I first got my medic the departments around here were all about hiring medic only and "we'll put you through academy". Now the departments don't want to spend the time or money on that so they're requiring fire/medic

saturated market. These basic industries (fire/police/healthcare) dont take a dive when the economy does. When the economy was in the dumps in 2008, there were tons of people that went back to nursing school as a second career knowing that it wont go anywhere.

[slow99]

Investment analyst for a hedge fund.

[gonzo]

you can still get box time w/ certain departments. That's how mine is and I like it that way.

Atmosphere in our Dept is somewhat military feel... I enjoyed getting back to that mindset/mentality after leaving the service. It is tough to get a job but having your medic in Texas will make it 10x easier. The vast majority of fire/medic jobs I find are in Texas.

yeah when I first got my medic the departments around here were all about hiring medic only and "we'll put you through academy". Now the departments don't want to spend the time or money on that so they're requiring fire/medic

[Doug Hatton]

^Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalization of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well-articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.