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I graduated in aero many moons ago but somehow I ended up in the underground world building tunnels and heavy civil projects.
I’m one of those floaters @Lightcycle doesnt like.
I see an opportunity ‘oh that sounds good’ and go for it. So I somehow ‘floated’ through the last 15 years in a satisfying field, a good career, and I’m in a happy place.
Always in awe and admiration of people that strike out on their own and I’d love to. But I have no effing clue what I’d want to do.
Jack of all trades master of none here…except tunnels.
They need your help to move the big machine from the tunnel they abandoned.
Toronto spending $9M to rescue micro-tunneling boring machine stuck underground
The City of Toronto has issued an emergency contract to a construction company to retrieve a boring machine that’s been stuck underground in the west end for nine months.
Haha, I got no problem with floating through life. Some very positive people don't overly value career and money, focusing more on family, friends and being the best person they can be outside of work. I like hanging out with those folks as well.
(howzat for back-pedaling?)
Ya…someone messed up there. I’ve seen it and those tie backs are horrible for the machines as the metal fibres just wind into the cutterhead and conveyor inside.They need your help to move the big machine from the tunnel they abandoned.
Toronto spending $9M to rescue micro-tunneling boring machine stuck underground
The City of Toronto has issued an emergency contract to a construction company to retrieve a boring machine that’s been stuck underground in the west end for nine months.toronto.ctvnews.ca
Wood is just as bad as the strands have the same effect.
I'm retired now for 7+ years. Spent 35+ years in healthcare supply chain. Procurement, contract management and logistics in single site + multiple site hospital groups in Quebec, Ontario and BC. Good career, very rewarding, DB pension as well. Spouse is an RN and worked in cardiovascular surgery and post partum for almost 40 years, DB pension as well, retired 8+ years.
One daughter is an insurance agent, regardless of the economy, everyone needs insurance. One SIL is an engineer working for one of those construction consortiums building Toronto LRT's and these groups have money to burn it seems............. + probably a job for life.
One daughter is an insurance agent, regardless of the economy, everyone needs insurance. One SIL is an engineer working for one of those construction consortiums building Toronto LRT's and these groups have money to burn it seems............. + probably a job for life.
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I started in Comp Eng and ended up ‘floating’ through a finance job. Progressed up the ladder and it has provided well enough over the years but I’m currently looking for a different field. I’ve had enough of this shtick.
I can relate to the “Jack of all trades…” but it doesn’t look good on a resume lol. I miss the days of in person applications
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I've been a Cabinet Maker for 37 years. My hands are sore. Fingers are swollen and I walk like an old man for a few hours when I get home from work.
I have no regrets.
I have no regrets.
whoops, forgot to mention occupation after my comment.
grew up wanting to be a veterinarian, couldn't get the grades in university and switched over to health & safety.
dad is a contractor, so I've worked most of the trades growing up.
currently managing H&S for a manufacturing and construction business.
If you work for someone else, always make sure you bring value and are hard to replace.
have decent manners, be honest and do more than the bare minimum.
grew up wanting to be a veterinarian, couldn't get the grades in university and switched over to health & safety.
dad is a contractor, so I've worked most of the trades growing up.
currently managing H&S for a manufacturing and construction business.
If you work for someone else, always make sure you bring value and are hard to replace.
have decent manners, be honest and do more than the bare minimum.
I used to make and research new drugs now I teach others how to make them. No, nothing to do with Cartels. Academia and industry have been good to me but I started out never doing this for the money, I did it because I enjoyed it. Was never paid that well until I got tenure. I’m pretty comfortable now but that’s after nearly 20 years of contract work and the lack of security every cycle that comes with it. Got to live in different places and travel a lot though.
I’ve learned three main things from my career (and watching some others):
1. Do what you enjoy and everything else is a bonus
2. If you enjoy something and are good at it you can make it work for you (it might be hard work though!) somehow no matter what it is.
3. Step out of your comfort zone every now and then. It will do one of two things…tells you how good you have it or it will tell you what you’re missing so you can try to get it.
#2 is from family experience. Sister is a PhD archeologist…she enjoyed the subject and learned about various instrumentation for her research. Hard to find archeology positions but now…she works on the engineering side of nuclear submarines using her tech knowledge in a good, stable and interesting job.
I’ve learned three main things from my career (and watching some others):
1. Do what you enjoy and everything else is a bonus
2. If you enjoy something and are good at it you can make it work for you (it might be hard work though!) somehow no matter what it is.
3. Step out of your comfort zone every now and then. It will do one of two things…tells you how good you have it or it will tell you what you’re missing so you can try to get it.
#2 is from family experience. Sister is a PhD archeologist…she enjoyed the subject and learned about various instrumentation for her research. Hard to find archeology positions but now…she works on the engineering side of nuclear submarines using her tech knowledge in a good, stable and interesting job.
Any advice for a 21yr old kid who just graduated with honors from University of Toronto in science
Nice try, I saw your post before you edited it...
Make your CV stand out so it doesn’t look like every other 21 year olds. Ask to shadow someone, get lab experience (practical skills are in demand), do a stint abroad, if you contact someone for a position make it a personal, well written application (communication skills are lacking these days, simple grammar skills stand out), not a generic “cold call” type thing.
Edit: which science is the major?
Awesome series. Every year I usually get asked a question or two about it. I did actually know someone that used a research lab to make illegal drugs. He got caught as he was the only one in the building working on New Years Eve and no postgrad works on New Years Eve. When he was arrested he was told that it was “just in time” as the gang who’s toes he was stepping on were quite close to doing something permanent about the situation.
I graduated in mechanical engineering specializing in automotive. Which led me to automation in automotive manufacturing, including robotics. Current employer poached me and I've never been happier. I have interesting problems to solve, for applications I find "cool" e.g. robotic arms to be used in space, amazing work life balance compared to automotive, work from home at least half the week, comfy, nicely appointed office with nice freebies, and I now entirely get to avoid the regular exposure to occupational health hazards of a manufacturing environment e.g. carcinogenic compounds in the air, loud noises, crush/pinch/fall hazards, etc. There were a number of serious injuries during my employment including technicians losing fingers, an engineering intern with life altering injuries when she almost had her leg ripped off when she stepped in the gap in the floor for a track for car carriers, got stuck and no one could find the correct e-stop button in time.
I don't care what my offspring pursue in terms of more academic or more skilled trades as a career/profession. But I've seen manufacturing and their employment of general production workers, electricians, millwrights, etc. Both internal and external. And it's a rough job. The stuff you're exposed to, both short and long term e.g. I suggested to a guy welding in a little sunken area smoke pouring out of it, that he should be wearing a gas welding rated respirator mask and that he should have been provided with one. He said he left it in his truck. I'd occasionally see him wearing an absolutely filthy N95 particulate type mask at best (before COVID was a thing and no one wore masks). The culture seems to be they know it's bad, they just don't care. Definitely a man-enough/toxic-masculinity heavy culture. For a lot of trades, you have to be crazy to think your body will take you to ~65 if you do it everyday for ~40 years. So don't necessarily avoid the trades, just keep the above in mind.
ehhhh.
maybe for smaller businesses, in a corp you're just employee #111-2a. we're all replaceable.
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