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1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Speedytech7, May 31, 2018.

  1. May 3, 2021 at 9:28 AM
    eon_blue

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    job security feels so lonely


    I do wonder how this is going to effect my ability long term to work with other people again, I mean it's been years now lol.
     
  2. May 3, 2021 at 9:29 AM
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    Some owners just insist that certain things are their way, even if it doesn't make sense.
     
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  4. May 3, 2021 at 9:30 AM
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    yeah that about sums him up, old school to a fault. And the kicker is that 6+ months out of the year, he's not even in this country.
     
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  5. May 3, 2021 at 9:31 AM
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    They asked if I had an idea for wages and I said more than 12.50 would be nice, they laughed and said they’d do way better than that.
     
  6. May 3, 2021 at 9:31 AM
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    All too familiar with that, though I'll keep the comments short :anonymous:
     
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    Good stuff

    Where's this internship at
     
  8. May 3, 2021 at 9:47 AM
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    Local oil and gas company, had a chance at an internship with them last year too, but then oil went negative in March, Rona, and the company was in the middle of a merger.

    Hopefully things go better this time around.
     
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    Miguel gets Perma'd for NSFW*
     
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    What will you be doing if you don't mind me asking? I work in the industry (Colorado).
     
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    Im going to school in to be an Environmental Engineer, he said inspections, I'm assuming that means inspecting locations. If they run out of inspections I'll move to pipeline planning.

    All assuming it actually goes through of course.
     
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    Sounds like you're probably doing SPCC or stormwater. Good opportunity to be outside and gain some exposure while making money! :thumbsup:
     
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    lol....it was an ass-teroid

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  16. May 3, 2021 at 9:57 AM
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    I think the word he used was SPCC. And yes, looking forward to actually learning about what I could be doing for the next 60 years haha. I learned lot when I worked on a rig for a summer, but this is different.


    What do you do?
     
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    Just that, but as a consultant. My wheelhouse is construction, water quality permitting & management, and reclamation (upstream and midstream), but we do anything / everything. Engineering, permitting, waste, remediation, etc.

    If you have questions send me a PM and I'm happy to provide my biased interpretation of whatever they've pitched to you in an interview haha. I was an intern once as well.
     
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  18. May 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM
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    Perfect, thanks
     
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    Intake tube (purple thing?) through me for a loop, thought it was a toy
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