October 2019 15k SPAM Thread

[MadamPirate PE]

I should have gone into sub-station design.  

There's still time, friend. Come to the dark side, I make cookies!

 

[Orchid PE]

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[Orchid PE]

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[Orchid PE]

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[txjennah PE]

Lots of electrical in this thread. Any enviros? Where my enviros at?  LET'S TALK ABOUT SODIUM PERSULFATE INJECTIONS WOO HOOOOO

 

[DLD PE]

I interviewed with Schneider for a controls/relay engineering position.  I was there for 4 hours.  I thought they were going to hire me, but they hired someone internally who probably had more experience.  It made sense, but wish I would have landed that job.  

 

[Orchid PE]

Lots of electrical in this thread. Any enviros? Where my enviros at?  LET'S TALK ABOUT SODIUM PERSULFATE INJECTIONS WOO HOOOOO

 

[DLD PE]

There's still time, friend. Come to the dark side, I make cookies!

I live in the Nashville area.  I can look around.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

I like greenfields. I get to play with new relays that way. 

a lot of the ones i've done have had decent standards and it's like here, use SEL421, GE L90, etc. Standard suite of relays, never anything "exotic" 

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

There's still time, friend. Come to the dark side, I make cookies!

That's what Boyfriend says when he tries to get me to switch to MEP/Controls 

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Lots of electrical in this thread. Any enviros? Where my enviros at?  LET'S TALK ABOUT SODIUM PERSULFATE INJECTIONS WOO HOOOOO

 

[Orchid PE]

I interviewed with Schneider for a controls/relay engineering position.  I was there for 4 hours.  I thought they were going to hire me, but they hired someone internally who probably had more experience.  It made sense, but wish I would have landed that job.  

There was a controls position I was going for in January this year. It was three interviews in one day. Two people came in for 1.5 hours, then two different people came in for 1.5 hours, then two different people came in for 1.5 hours. Then I went out to lunch with two people. This was also after a 1 hour phone interview (not even a screening) with two people a week before. After lunch, I sat down with HR and we discussed my pay requirements (which she was ok with), benefits, and relocation. Then I drove the 9 hours home. Waited two weeks, and found out they went with someone internally.

 

[DilutedAr18_PE]

The only improvement is their addition of the design-tool, but it creates this nice 3-D image and then you go to hit "print" and it prints it out in 2-D.  I'm like wtf?  Maybe someone can recommend good illumination software?  I just use Visual because our lighting reps give us a free license.

AGI32 is another one that I have used. That is the one I learned on, but use mostly visual now, since it is cheaper. I think the company still has one AGI32 license, but everyone uses the Visual license, since multiple people can use it at the same time.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

There was a controls position I was going for in January this year. It was three interviews in one day. Two people came in for 1.5 hours, then two different people came in for 1.5 hours, then two different people came in for 1.5 hours. Then I went out to lunch with two people. This was also after a 1 hour phone interview (not even a screening) with two people a week before. After lunch, I sat down with HR and we discussed my pay requirements (which she was ok with), benefits, and relocation. Then I drove the 9 hours home. Waited two weeks, and found out they went with someone internally.

Ugh gross.

One of our competitors interviewed ones of Boyfriend's MEP coworkers for a P&C position. There were multiple phone interviews and in-person interviews totalliny 10 hours of interviewing. He was upfront that he had no P&C experience in the first interview but they proceeded. And then ultimately didn't hire him because he didn't have P&C experience... like wut... so I think he's switching to Controls from MEP  

 

[Orchid PE]

AGI32 is another one that I have used. That is the one I learned on, but use mostly visual now, since it is cheaper. I think the company still has one AGI32 license, but everyone uses the Visual license, since multiple people can use it at the same time.

I just made a giant spreadsheet after reading a book on illumination engineering. The firm I used to work at still uses it to this day.

 

[DLD PE]

AGI32 is another one that I have used. That is the one I learned on, but use mostly visual now, since it is cheaper. I think the company still has one AGI32 license, but everyone uses the Visual license, since multiple people can use it at the same time.

I've heard of AGI32.  Yes everyone I know uses Visual.  I guess you get what you pay for.

 

[Orchid PE]

Ugh gross.

One of our competitors interviewed ones of Boyfriend's MEP coworkers for a P&C position. There were multiple phone interviews and in-person interviews totalliny 10 hours of interviewing. He was upfront that he had no P&C experience in the first interview but they proceeded. And then ultimately didn't hire him because he didn't have P&C experience... like wut... so I think he's switching to Controls from MEP  

I know a previous company I worked at had to interview multiple people even though they knew who they were going to hire. If they make the person they want look outstanding when compared to the others that were interviewed, it doesn't look as bad.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

I know a previous company I worked at had to interview multiple people even though they knew who they were going to hire. If they make the person they want looking outstanding when compared to the others that were interviewed, it doesn't look as bad.

but why waste 10 hours interviewing one person if you're not going to go that way?! it was 4 interviews for him 

 

[DilutedAr18_PE]

Tim @ NCEES is not online right now. It makes me so sad 

 

[DLD PE]

Ugh gross.

One of our competitors interviewed ones of Boyfriend's MEP coworkers for a P&C position. There were multiple phone interviews and in-person interviews totalliny 10 hours of interviewing. He was upfront that he had no P&C experience in the first interview but they proceeded. And then ultimately didn't hire him because he didn't have P&C experience... like wut... so I think he's switching to Controls from MEP  

I've been through stuff like this so many times.  I design all my work in AutoCAD MEP.  No one I've ever worked for has ever used Revit.  Someone wants to interview me and I tell them upfront I don't know Revit.  We go through the entire interview process.  At one point my would-be supervisor admitted it wouldn't take long (a few months at the most) to learn Revit.  Hell it's from the same company who produces AutoCAD.  But then someone I probably never talked to (in corporate in another state) will decide not to hire me because I don't know Revit.  It's ridiculous.