[saganite]

I got my first job in the oil patch without asking. My Uncle called me and asked if I wanted to work. Of course, that was as a roughneck!

[fulltlt]

Three P’s”: Patience. Persistence. Perseverance."

Yeah, Yeah, Patience. How long will that take?

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[353FMG]

Spent my entire professional life sniffing hydrocarbons in design, operations, construction and management.

I still have my bamboo slide rule in case TSHTF and all the lights go out and our present day engineers lose the use of their computers, electronic calculators and canned software programs.

Loved to hear the whine of compressors/turbines but hated the wearing of fire-proof coveralls, ear protection, safety shoes and hard hats, especially when daytime temperatures approached 100F.

Recruiting? I understand that you don’t even get to talk to a recruiter these days but have to fill out electronic data sheets and submit it to some faceless individual.

[SVTCobra03]

Most petroleum engineers have a job offer before they even graduate.

[spokeshave]

You got to put in your dues...

There was an article last year about a single mom who got her truck driving license...but couldn't get a job in ND...

so she hauled vegetables from farms for a year...then got hired driving an oil tanker and making some decent money.