Suggestions for future job

[Guest]

Please give me some suggestions, I'm good at computer stuff (mostly hardware) and I hate doing physical work (I'm lazy as fuck). Money would be nice as well

[Oshino Shinobu]

Computer work.  (A vague response to a vague question)

[Samfisher]

Please give me some suggestions, I'm good at computer stuff (mostly hardware) and I hate doing physical work (I'm lazy as fuck). Money would be nice as well

 

You can't like hardware and not do physical work.  Starting off as a System engineer would mean lots of work in data centres, where system migrations are common parts of your job.

[SPAS-ID]

Programming, or just building PC will give some extra cash

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

 I hate doing physical work (I'm lazy as fuck). 

first and foremost: fix this. if you are accepting your laziness, you won't get very far. for starting work, gruntwork is pretty common, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.

[kon1eczko]

First job is always a pain.. I've got my first job at an company that produces Security garage doors & shutters wages were lowest but was an easy job... after working 3 months in an warehouse i've decided to do my forklift truck licence costed quite a bit but was worth it now i just sit on my ass allday and the money is good ;-) Saying Ur lazy wont get you no where...

[GrimNeo]

Please give me some suggestions, I'm good at computer stuff (mostly hardware) and I hate doing physical work (I'm lazy as fuck). Money would be nice as well

Well if you want a lazy job then you could work tech support over the phone. No offense to people that do that. I did that job and it was so easy. Just sat back in my chair and helped people. Just had to type a quick note about a sentence long and on to the next call. It was an easy job and the pay was decent. Or if you are not lazy. You could get a degree then apply for a programming or engineering job. I'm going back to college. Getting my degree in Computer Science and Information Systems at OSU. Then I will apply for a Systems Software Developer or Information Security Analyst. Best of luck.

[Nuluvius]

Depends on the context you're applying lazy to. Are you physically lazy, mentally lazy or both?

[Guest]

Depends on the context you're applying lazy to. Are you physically lazy, mentally lazy or both?

 

Physically, It's why I hate sports.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

Please give me some suggestions, I'm good at computer stuff (mostly hardware) and I hate doing physical work (I'm lazy as fuck). Money would be nice as well

Lol, if you want money? You need to put out brah.

Oilfield ftw! Don't need no fancy degree, just need to show some effort with a hammer, wrench and learn to drive class 3 or class 1 depending on the job. It pays amazing.

[Guest]

Computer work.  (A vague response to a vague question)

 

Exactly my problem, I have no idea what to do.

[Nuluvius]

Physically, It's why I hate sports.

 

Then I'd suggest Software Engineering. Depending on industry sector one is very rarely required to get off one's behind. The benefits are fantastic, including but not limited to; family private medical cover, bonuses, working from home, choosing your own hours and travelling as much or as little as you like (again depending on sector); and the pay is generally uncapped... 

 

Heyyo,

 

Lol, if you want money? You need to put out brah.

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Oilfield ftw! Don't need no fancy degree, just need to show some effort with a hammer, wrench and learn to drive class 3 or class 1 depending on the job. It pays amazing.

 

Yes because that guy looks like he is so totally happy with his life? The pay is only amazing given that one is often required to be away for upwards of 6 months and is at high risk of death often in squalid conditions. Or am I mistaken?

[ThE_MarD]

Yes because that guy looks like he is so totally happy with his life? The pay is only amazing given that one is often required to be away for upwards of 6 months and is at high risk of death often in squalid conditions. Or am I mistaken?

Heyyo,

Err... that guy is me hahahaha.

Fuck yeah I love it! That was one of my best friends who works for a different company that took the surprise photo... he just yelled "HEY YOU!!!" so I turned around thinking "Who?" Hehe, good times.

I've ran into some friends even in the middle of nowhere that have also joined the patch. I was about a ten hour drive from my town and surely enough I'm in my harness on top of my tool and he shouts "I'd recognize that moustache anywhere!! MARC!?"

It's honestly always an interesting adventure. Different challenges on each location, training guys to be the next generation of field operators... It's something special.

As for high risk of death? Only if you put your eye-blinders on and get complacent. There's safety regulations up the yang man. Renewals and training of first aid, h2s alive, aerial work platform, fall arrest, general oilfield driver improvement, hours of service, fatigue management... and laws to protect the workers such as here in Canada's Act C-46 section 219 for "Criminal Negligence" which essentially means if someone or yourself died under your watch due to complacency? It's a criminal offense... so safety is taken VERY seriously. Companies that try to lie or fail to meet safety requirements can easily get audited and fined out of existence.

Pressurized equipment? All has a safe working pressure limit and are rated to half of their burst. So for example, a piece of equipment rated to 69MPA (10k PSI)? Can technically be pressurized up to 138MPA (20k PSI) before they could burst.

There's safety meetings before work begins where they check if you have your safety orientation for the customer you are working for and discussing the job at hand and everyone's responsibilities and in the event of an issue the escape plans and means of emergency transportation by ambulance or helicopter, pressure tests as well before any hydraulic fracturing job where they say what pressure they will pump for the "job" and they always test above that pressure for any leaks.

Isolation valves have to have pressure test charts and inspections...

Safety everywhere man. Honestly? The only time anyone is at risk is complacency (which leads back to that criminal negligence law tbh, which every employer and employee is bound to anyways). Know your task, what others are doing around you and what the goal is? Everyone goes home. Every time... and then figure out what to do with the money.

As for being away Six Months? Only if you work international. They're usually in a camp with catering and all kinds of stuff. Internet is the only thing that sucks usually since you're in the middle of nowhere half the time lol. If poor 3G connection is what you mean by "squalid conditions" then sure, lol, but I'm not THAT addicted to technology hehe. I can read a book if I need to.

Me? I work for a company that is 15 days on and 6 days off. So I work half a month straight... and then I almost get a week off. I've planned trips out of town to go visit friends, done trips five hours away to Edmonton to go see my favorite bands (Electric Six, Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, Blink 182, Metallica, Green Day, Rise Against, etc). It's like a mini-vacation! I freaking love it!

Of course, it all depends on what kind of job you take. I'll admit I could have worked for a different field job that pays more... but yeah, I'd be away longer. Alberta's Oilfield Exemption means you're allowed to work up to 27 days on but then to reset your schedule you need three days off. Those are usually drilling rigs. They pay up the yang, you stay in a camp on location with free catering 24 hours (at risk of poor 3G connection though heh depends if they slap a 3G cell booster tower on location tbh) but yeah... gone a lot. But they pay about 1.5x the amount my current job is.

All you really need though? Is common sense (otherwise you'll probably get released before your three month probationary period ends), grade 12 or equivalent diploma, a clean driver's abstract and be able to pass drug and alcohol tests. Simple stuff.

[henrizzle]

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Interesting, what's your specific job title. And you said it pays well, how well?

[ThE_MarD]

Interesting, what's your specific job title. And you said it pays well, how well?

Heyyo,

Wellhead Isolation & ball launcher operator. My gross pay range is $70k to $100k a year depending on how many days off I feel like working and how many field bonuses I make. I don't know how much I am at liberty about speaking my split of salary vs bonus, but the majority of my income is field bonuses.

BUT, I have no problem saying how much the government gutted me in income tax.. Last year? I paid $31,874.99 in income tax... DAMN YOU CANADIAN GOVERNMENT! Take my income if ya want... but let me bring my future wife to Canada to see if she likes it before we get married ffs... now we just have to "wing it" and try immigration I guess sigh.

I make a base salary and I get paid job bonuses, any additional hour on location, a portion of the mileage and a tax-free meal subsistance. Right now? The salary is good since it's quite slow right now as it is "breakup" season in Alberta.. which essentially means the frost of winter is out of the ground and it's muddy season so county and private road bans everywhere.

Our company goes by a three tier system. Operator Level 1 is a green hand / trainee phase. Pretty much you're not allowed to run tools but you can go out and learn them. Once you have the competence to do so safely and can get two tier 3 operators to sign a recommendation letter and a manager too? Then you can become a Operator Level 2.

Level 2 operators (juniors) can run jobs and that comes with a per-job bonus pay, mileage percentage and the yearly base salary increase too. Same idea as tier 1, show you got lots of technical knowledge and can handle most situations without the need for calling into the office for help and get the proper people to sign a letter of recommendation? Then you become a level 3 operator (senior).

Same idea for level 3 operators. Higher base salary, job bonuses and mileage percentage. Pretty much the most reliable guys to do jobs without issues with and great for training the green hands.

I'm currently only a level 2 operator... so one day it'll be epic to get promoted to level 3. They're saying keep up the work the way I am and in 2016 I should be there.

Wellhead isolation? I run a 8 ton "bodyjob" truck that has a 17 ton crane on it and I use said crane (I'm a journeyman Wellhead boomtruck tradesman btw, company pays for all my safety training and paid for my class 3 drivers licence btw) to install a set of valves on the well after they do the initial drill and before they do the hydraulic fracturing. It's a rental tool... so I install it, head home for the night and in a few days after the frac I return and pick it up. Simple stuff, I'm on and off location in an hour and a half if I keep a steady pace where I'm not running but always planning a step ahead of what my installation plan is.

Ball launcher operator, as in during the hydraulic fracture job? I'm in charge of launching balls down the well in between "stages" which essentially means wells these days are split up into zones at a set distance horizontally where they try to fracture the formations in the earth around the well to promote better oil or gas flow to surface. So I launch balls into the wells to shift ports. Once rigged in? I just listen to the radio on how far along they are on pumping the sand (essentially sandblasting the formations underground with the aid of fluids and sometimes nitrogen or other energies) and when they stop pumping sand temporarily for me to launch the next ball. It's pretty easy stuff once you're all rigged in... just a matter of paying attention and observing your tool to make sure it's working good for loading and launching and observing the wellhead to ensure there's no leaks. Any leaks? We need to shut down and resolve it before completing the job.

Packers Plus is a company whos balls I launch a lot. They actually have an awesome video with visuals to give you an idea how it all works... but I warn you, they do use a lot of jargon lol.

http://www.packersplus.com/products/stackfrac.php

[Zytherman]

Well if you want a lazy job then you could work tech support over the phone. No offense to people that do that. I did that job and it was so easy. Just sat back in my chair and helped people. Just had to type a quick note about a sentence long and on to the next call. It was an easy job and the pay was decent. Or if you are not lazy. You could get a degree then apply for a programming or engineering job. I'm going back to college. Getting my degree in Computer Science and Information Systems at OSU. Then I will apply for a Systems Software Developer or Information Security Analyst. Best of luck.

I wish my job in tech support was that lazy   we have 4 person strong desk providing support to roughly 2500 people across Europe some of which don't speak english, not to mention the work i need to do around the office at the same time, hardware and stuff.

I think the job you're describing is junior level 1st line support. they just need to read the script and what ever. it gets harder later on cryingface.gif

[Nuluvius]

@ThE_MarD It's impressive, both technically and physically. Had it have been available as a choice to me when I was a lot younger then maybe. Maybe I wouldn't have destroyed my PIP joint being a idiot. Though maybe I'd have done a lot worse. That's what's so awesome about causality 

 

Alas I shall choose to remain firmly seated (sometimes even slouched) behind my desk (with the broken finger)  :lol:

[ThE_MarD]

@ThE_MarD It's impressive, both technically and physically. Had it have been available as a choice to me when I was a lot younger then maybe. Maybe I wouldn't have destroyed my PIP joint being a idiot. Though maybe I'd have done a lot worse. That's what's so awesome about causality 

 

Alas I shall choose to remain firmly seated (sometimes even slouched) behind my desk (with the broken finger)  :lol:

Heyyo,

Thanks amigo!

Tbh? You're never quite too old... we literally have a "senior" senior... his nickname? Old balls... lol. He's 58 years old and he's been in the oilfield for longer than I've been alive, lol, so over 30 years.

Since he's always working out from swinging sledge hammers, pulling wrenches and lifting smaller valves and smaller equipment of about 120 lbs or less? He's surprisingly fit. Me too, I've lost a bit of weight but gained a crapload of muscle... BUT, you know those camp jobs? You have to be REALLY careful since it's always buffet... spend too much time in the food lineups? You can get fat doing this job hahaha... But even the fat guys have a good amount of muscle after doing this job a while.

I plan on being in the oilfield for quite a while. I want to pay off my truck and at least the majority of my mortgage. I'm 30 meow and tbh spent a month last year in the Philippines with my gf of over one year at that time and it was the best month of my life. Now? Due to the Canadian Federal Government being a complete piece of crap over her temporary resident visa? Screw it, I'm heading down there for two weeks to get married instead I guess heh, that way we can being her 17 month immigration papers... so needless to say next year I'll probably book another month off to be with her in between our damn immigration wait.

After that? Maybe once we settle down and have kids and they start getting old enough to truly remember me? Meh, I might then settle for an in town job and enjoy raising my kids. Albeit? With work it's only winter where it gets crazy busy and in the summer I can take all the time off with or without vacation pay (if I run out of vacation days that is heh) but I'd be nice once they're old enough especially for school and stuff to be there for them. Start dedicating my life to my kids instead of to work and my wife much like my dad taught me... and may he rest in peace my crazy old frenchman dad. For him? Instead of the oilfield it was the forestry industry. Gotta carry the Bourgoin legacy mang!