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What was your first job after graduation?

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Pre-Operational Test Engineer - TVA - Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant

Small group of engineers that had to sign-off on all nuclear plant construction work before the plant could be certified to operate.
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Process Supervisor. Blue Bell. Fun Times with a bunch of Ags
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In reply to bassmaster07 • 10:12p, 5/3/19
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Construction PM


So you're the guy who can't get the damn electricians to put conduit in on time!
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8:01p, 5/4/19
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In reply to spherical • 3:14a, 5/6/19
spherical said:
92_Ag said:


My first job post graduation was lead engineer for Toyota.


Your first engineering job was as a lead? I'm not sure if you're a genius or if Toyota has issues...
Neither. New, small, very specific group based in the US at the time. You have to remember that cars from the 90s aren't anywhere near as complex as today. Point of reference, Lexus was a fledgling brand for them when I graduated. I got the lead because I was the only one willing to travel and live off and on overseas. It was a tremendous experience.
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8:45a, 5/6/19
Programmer/Analyst at Brown & Root, Inc. Back then B&R was the largest engineering construction company in the world. Amazing what a little political coup overseas can do to a company. This was back in the days of writing green screen systems using punched cards. The field changed a little over the next 40 years.
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11:17a, 5/7/19
Pool boy, Coach Sumlin's house.

Job didn't last long.
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3:07p, 5/7/19
Pre-Management trainee at Oscar Mayer in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Active duty Navy!
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5:06p, 5/7/19
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In reply to bearblaster • 6:34p, 5/7/19
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Active duty Navy!


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1:13p, 5/8/19
Process Engineer with same chemical company I retired from about 4 months ago,
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7:14a, 5/9/19
I worked for RUSTEX, Inc. out of the B/CS area working oilfield construction... For $9/hr in 1994 I had a job lined out in West Texast but they wouldn't let me start until September. I graduated May of '94 and I needed a job for the summer. So my "engineering degree" had me doing concrete construction, pipelining, ditch digging, and a lot of hammer swinging. Hotter than hell in remote locations around the area.... It was awesome most fun I've had in a hard hat lol
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7:48a, 5/9/19
Game Ranch Manager, Sugarloaf Hunting Club.
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In reply to Clavell • 8:05a, 5/9/19
Clavell said:
Process Engineer with same chemical company I retired from about 4 months ago,
how long?
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In reply to TyHolden • 8:11a, 5/9/19
Class of '82
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In reply to TyperWoods • 9:26a, 5/9/19
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Pool boy, Coach Sumlin's house.

Job didn't last long.


This is your winner. Underrated
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In reply to 92_Ag • 7:53p, 5/10/19
92_Ag said:
spherical said:
92_Ag said:


My first job post graduation was lead engineer for Toyota.


Your first engineering job was as a lead? I'm not sure if you're a genius or if Toyota has issues...
Neither. New, small, very specific group based in the US at the time. You have to remember that cars from the 90s aren't anywhere near as complex as today. Point of reference, Lexus was a fledgling brand for them when I graduated. I got the lead because I was the only one willing to travel and live off and on overseas. It was a tremendous experience.
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11:01a, 5/11/19
Maybe more interesting would be what you were paid at that job...as for me, 1000.00/month plus an excellent benefit package. This was mid 1976. 1000.00 was big coin back then. Sumitomo even paid for my park and ride expenses too since I took the bus in from OC.
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Selling propane with Hank Hill
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11:57p, 5/14/19
Finished BS in 66 and MS in 67. My new wife and I got jobs in NE school district in San Antonio, I was at T. Roosevelt HS and taught Physics, she taught HomeEC at a middle school. Together we made $700 per month and thought we had gone to heaven that we had so much money! (groceries for the week were $25 at Globe.) The good old days!
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7:10a, 5/15/19
After graduating undergrad: Insurance Agent for Nationwide selling home, car, and life.

After MBA school: Management consultant for Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young.
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Equipment Engineer at Advanced Micro Devices. Started in a 5" fab.
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Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tarleton State University.
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