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New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« on: December 22, 2014, 01:34:31 am »
I got a new work and is going to start first week after the holidays.
But in the talks abut my task and responsibility things emerged that made me sleepless.
They employed me not fore the needed me now. They employed me so their competition can´t.

That is ok with me. I got a good pay. and the contract is singed.

And what they want is fore me to give them some plans in the fowling areas.

Travel and transport. Energy usage and efficiency in transport and road infra structure.
Energy production-cycle. Open fore all my Ideas.

Going to be fun. but it is making me nervous.

so if you have a good energy idea I am happy to take it.



 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2014, 01:42:50 am »
Note pad, write everything you can down. Tends to stick in the brain better.
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2014, 05:15:53 am »
Simplest thing to improve vehicle efficiency: Check tyre pressures daily. Inflate to the correct pressure for the load, and use low rolling resistance tyres. This will reduce fuel usage.

Keep to speed limit, or keep to the most efficient point of the engine power curve if the limit is high, so do 80kph on the freeway.

Keep the engine and transmission in good order, and change oil and filters at the recommended intervals with good parts.

Do not use the vehicle for short trips when walking is possible, short trips waste fuel in a cold engine.

Drive and anticipate traffic flow. Think that there is a raw egg between your foot and the accelerator pedal, and drive such that it will not break. Drive like there is another on the dashboard, and drive and brake such that it does not fall off.
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2014, 05:19:07 am »
so if you have a good energy idea I am happy to take it.

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2014, 06:11:01 am »
They employ you so their competition can't...?  That seems to suggest that your present employer isn't interested in your skills but their competitor is?

I'd ask your competition straight up and say "pay me [what you're getting now + 10%] and you got it".  Then bring their offer back to your employer as a counter offer.  Repeat until you're worth enough.

I'm probably responding poorly, but I can't quite make out the tone of your post.

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2014, 09:16:27 am »
They employ you so their competition can't...?  That seems to suggest that your present employer isn't interested in your skills but their competitor is?

I'd ask your competition straight up and say "pay me [what you're getting now + 10%] and you got it".  Then bring their offer back to your employer as a counter offer.  Repeat until you're worth enough.

I'm probably responding poorly, but I can't quite make out the tone of your post.

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I can´t give more than that. I can only speculate.
I got 150% pay of expected. And I got a contract on that. And I not one that go off on a contract. I guess that the competitor are building a power-plant and a Power engineer are on Very short supply. And if my employer have a need fore one in the near future he need to employ when supply last.

 
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2014, 09:44:58 am »
Always consider both the next job and the job after that. Will the next job help you to get the job after that?

When writing your CV for the job after that, you must list your responsibilities and achievements. Are "I wrote reports that nobody read" and "I got a big pay rise" going to impress future potential employers?
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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2014, 10:23:27 am »
"I wrote reports that nobody read"

Err, generally in my experience, there's plenty of that, particularly in medium to large outfits, it used to drive my crazy particularly in project-based work back when I did a proper job. Documentation should not be a box ticking exercise, but unfortunately, particularly the new brand of self-styled "project managers" who've suddenly appeared over the past decade or so who've done a Prince2 course (and generally are of an age to have recently acquired a cycling proficiency badge too) demand it, not that they have a clue what either the business requirements or the technical aspects mean of course. Take fifty pages of boiler plate intro pages, contents, glossary, index and add half a dozen UML diagrams and they wouldn't know any different.

Oh, and to add authenticity, put "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date" on the footer of each page despite there being no real document control.

Anyway, I could go on, but I'll resist, for now at any rate!
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2014, 12:00:13 pm »
"I wrote reports that nobody read"

Err, generally in my experience, there's plenty of that, particularly in medium to large outfits, it used to drive my crazy particularly in project-based work back when I did a proper job. Documentation should not be a box ticking exercise, but unfortunately, particularly the new brand of self-styled "project managers" who've suddenly appeared over the past decade or so who've done a Prince2 course (and generally are of an age to have recently acquired a cycling proficiency badge too) demand it, not that they have a clue what either the business requirements or the technical aspects mean of course. Take fifty pages of boiler plate intro pages, contents, glossary, index and add half a dozen UML diagrams and they wouldn't know any different.

Oh, and to add authenticity, put "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date" on the footer of each page despite there being no real document control.

Anyway, I could go on, but I'll resist, for now at any rate!

Hahaha so true of all engineering fields unfortunately!
 

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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2014, 12:42:08 pm »
"I wrote reports that nobody read"

Err, generally in my experience, there's plenty of that, particularly in medium to large outfits, it used to drive my crazy particularly in project-based work back when I did a proper job. Documentation should not be a box ticking exercise, but unfortunately, particularly the new brand of self-styled "project managers" who've suddenly appeared over the past decade or so who've done a Prince2 course (and generally are of an age to have recently acquired a cycling proficiency badge too) demand it, not that they have a clue what either the business requirements or the technical aspects mean of course. Take fifty pages of boiler plate intro pages, contents, glossary, index and add half a dozen UML diagrams and they wouldn't know any different.

Oh, and to add authenticity, put "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date" on the footer of each page despite there being no real document control.

Anyway, I could go on, but I'll resist, for now at any rate!

Ah yes, the "proof by weight" or "escape clause found to be hidden on p63 or p94, as appropriate" techniques. Never seen them, oh no. Never seen a report look more expensive by switching from Times New Roman to Palatino fonts, oh no.

But I wouldn't take on a "job" where I thought that would be my only output.
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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2014, 01:03:14 pm »
"I wrote reports that nobody read"

Err, generally in my experience, there's plenty of that, particularly in medium to large outfits, it used to drive my crazy particularly in project-based work back when I did a proper job. Documentation should not be a box ticking exercise, but unfortunately, particularly the new brand of self-styled "project managers" who've suddenly appeared over the past decade or so who've done a Prince2 course (and generally are of an age to have recently acquired a cycling proficiency badge too) demand it, not that they have a clue what either the business requirements or the technical aspects mean of course. Take fifty pages of boiler plate intro pages, contents, glossary, index and add half a dozen UML diagrams and they wouldn't know any different.

Oh, and to add authenticity, put "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date" on the footer of each page despite there being no real document control.

Anyway, I could go on, but I'll resist, for now at any rate!

Ah yes, the "proof by weight" or "escape clause found to be hidden on p63 or p94, as appropriate" techniques. Never seen them, oh no. Never seen a report look more expensive by switching from Times New Roman to Palatino fonts, oh no.

But I wouldn't take on a "job" where I thought that would be my only output.

I've produced many many reports where the references included the relevant parts of:-

BS3704

No-one has ever called me up on it.

I once spent seven months in a job where the only useful work I did was to properly format two very large word documents that had been produced and modified by many others. It was soul destroying, never again.
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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2014, 01:47:18 pm »
I've produced many many reports where the references included the relevant parts of:-

BS3704

No-one has ever called me up on it.

Hahahaha That's gold.
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2014, 02:59:35 pm »
I've produced many many reports where the references included the relevant parts of:-

BS3704

No-one has ever called me up on it.

Waterproofing, perhaps?

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I once spent seven months in a job where the only useful work I did was to properly format two very large word documents that had been produced and modified by many others. It was soul destroying, never again.

If that was the useful work, I don't dare ask what the useless bits were.
 

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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2014, 05:23:50 pm »
Thought that standard was familiar...........

I did do some paperwork where it basically was google for a similar document then copy and paste into a new one ( so the metadata would be reset) and edit heavily to change names and then a little localisation added and some unused parts were removed. Went from a 30 page document to a 50 page document, as I added pictures on a separate page in each case instead of inline.
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2014, 02:45:22 pm »
HAHA! I thought rang a bell!.  If you go to the BS website you will see that is has been "withdrawn" and also that you can now "download a hard copy" GUFFAW

Not sure how stressful I'd find simply not working for somebody else might be, however.  And if you're THAT hot, I am not sure there's much advice that any of us can give the original poster.
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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2014, 03:43:14 pm »
Testing them is interesting though....



 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2014, 07:13:40 pm »
HAHA! I thought rang a bell!.  If you go to the BS website you will see that is has been "withdrawn" and also that you can now "download a hard copy" GUFFAW

Not sure how stressful I'd find simply not working for somebody else might be, however.  And if you're THAT hot, I am not sure there's much advice that any of us can give the original poster.

I do not know if I am that hot. I got a degree as a Hydraulic design engineer, Automation engineer, and Electric power design engineer. And a got a certification as a documentation specialist. So I know how transfer energy.
 

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Re: New Job, New stress, New Problems.
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2014, 11:29:02 am »
I've produced many many reports where the references included the relevant parts of:-

BS3704

No-one has ever called me up on it.
:palm: leave it to the brits to come up with standards for that ..

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