So last week was the first week of my new job. I’m working for a utility company called Fortis, in the distribution design department. Basically I’m designing power lines. I’m not going to go into the specifics, it gets pretty technical, but it involves a lot of electrical/civil engineering with just a dash of programming. By the end of it I should be an Excel master and have my bible memorized. My bible is a four inch binder full everything you could ever put on a power pole (or underground).
So far so good. I am really enjoying it. I’ve never had to use my brain so much at work, the first week was just an overwhelming amount of information being thrown at me. Hopefully most of it will stick. I started my very first project today with only an hour to work on it and I almost wish I could have stayed later to make some progress. It took me an hour just to get all the plans printed and survey files opened. It turns out that my surveying experience will actually really come in handy since we have surveyors working for us to physically lay out the lines.
It is my first desk job, I was a bit uneasy going into it but I’m beginning to get comfortable. I will miss the exercise of working outside but at least I’ll be out in the field now and then.
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