1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I saw an ad for one in NM that seemed to have a good rep.

 

It is really hard to get it tho don’t get me wrong.

 

Those southern states are all the same to me

 

Every consulting job I see on LinkedIn says 8-10 years of experience

 

Where? Jal, Carlsbad, Hobbs, Eunice, or loving lol

 

Even better

 

Touché

 

No one in their right mind wants a recent grad as a ‘consultant’.

Definitely requires a shit done of been there done that.

 

I think it was Carlsbad

 

Tough crowd out there. Wild West. It was a good time

 

Maybe as an aide of something I could see. But no, school doesn't teach shit, gotta get that experience

 

I meant for tech jobs, like going out to the field to take water and soil samples and stuff like that. If you do that for 5-7 years you should eventually move up to project management. That’s the kinda stuff I’m looking for with environmental firms. Even those are pretty competitive though.

 

That companies gonna go bankrupt with methane tax fees in the next couple of years haha

 

There's about 100 of them on LinkedIn rn

 

The indeed reviews seemed to be mostly positive.

 

@TacoVio this was the top comment on a post I looked at asking if mud logging was worth it. I know it was just one guys opinion and one company. But it’s definitely not for everyone. Who knows, I could end up loving it.

“That answer will vary from person to person. For me, that answer is no. The money is good, but not that good for what it requires in terms of lifestyle.

Here's my reason why:

I spent most of my twenties in the military, and then went to school when I got out. I got my degree in geology in my early 30s and now I'm looking to find a career that let's me settle down a bit. If I was 10 years younger maybe I would have a different attitude towards oil-field lifestyle, but I'm not.

I got a job offer to go from mud logging to MWD and turned it down because the company required 120 days non-stop training just to start, and on top of that had very little down-time between jobs. The hiring manager flat-out told me "say goodbye to your friends and family, you're not gonna see them a lot for the next couple of years". I'm at a point where I want to put that behind me, if I wanted to sleep out in a trailer far from home for years on end I could have just stayed in the service. I am looking for career paths that take me out of that lifestyle, not pull me deeper into it. Time will tell if I am fool for passing on the job offer.

But that's my take. Like I said, if I was in my early 20s I might have an entirely different attitude towards it. For some, the lifestyle might not be so bad - and the pay only gets better the longer you stay in the field-operations side of the industry.”

 

NM leaves this Utah dude with major culture shock every time I go down

 

Yea I’ve applied to a few in the past weeks, all over the country even.

 

They just went straight to the flare stack with that natural gas ha? Love to see it

 

It’s pretty.