I've should've gone to LSU and majored in petroleum engineering 

"E90M3" (e90m3) 09/21/2018 at 19:31 • Filed to: None

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Now if only I could tell 18 year old me that.

Nibby > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:37

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AM3R, lost another burner > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:40

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But why?

For Sweden > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:41

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Tiger?

Yellow Jacket?

BOTH?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:42

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poor kay?

For Sweden > For Sweden 09/21/2018 at 19:43

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mfw

wafflesnfalafel > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:43

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you just wait - when self driving electric vehicles take over the planet next year all those petro-engineers will be out of a job

E90M3 > wafflesnfalafel 09/21/2018 at 19:55

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And in the 50s they thought we'd have flying cars. The demise of engines powered by dead dinosaurs is pretty much a certainly at this point. Well still need petrochemicals, and I don't think we'll see the death of oil in my life time. 

E90M3 > AM3R, lost another burner 09/21/2018 at 19:56

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Grass is always greener. I had an offer to go to LSU for instate for 4 years, but then i got into Georgia Tech.

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/21/2018 at 19:57

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I guess I always wanted to be a petroleum engineer.

wafflesnfalafel > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:58

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yes... I was accepted into the Colorado School of Mines but didn’t have the money to go... I try not to dwell on it...

dogisbadob > For Sweden 09/21/2018 at 19:58

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oh great, so it can bite *and* sting :/

dogisbadob > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 19:59

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Georgia Tech is good too, and even if you did chemical engineering, that could still get you a good job in that industry, right?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:00

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What the heck is your actual job again?

TheRealBicycleBuck > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:00

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Out of the top Petroleum Engineering schools, LSU ranks the lowest. I have lived in Baton Rouge for over a decade now and I’ve found that LSU fans are among the more obnoxious. That includes several of my wife’s relatives.

You did well by not going to LSU. 

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/21/2018 at 20:03

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I’m somewhat of a process engineer at a company that makes capacitors. Right now I’m closing down a plant in Long Island and moving production to Greenville. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:04

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So what would be the advantages of being a petro boi compared to your current occupation?

E90M3 > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/21/2018 at 20:05

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Clemson fans are pretty bad here. 

E90M3 > dogisbadob 09/21/2018 at 20:06

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I may or may not have a ChemE degree. I guess it could get me a job in that industry.

Photo: me, 2015.

dogisbadob > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:08

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Cool! I did not know that, sorry

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/21/2018 at 20:08

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Plus it’s what I wanted to do when I was in college, money aside. I would happily work an office oil job for what I get paid now. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:09

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I happen to work with a Clemson grad. He’s not as bad as the LSU grads. 

E90M3 > dogisbadob 09/21/2018 at 20:09

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It’s all good, I’m a big fan of sarcasm and you basically left the goal open for that one! 

E90M3 > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/21/2018 at 20:11

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That’s cause there’s not 600 more of them and fans at your place of employment. 600 might be an exaggeration , but it feels like it. I see too much of that stupid orange on Friday.

IF Tech beats them this weekend, I’m going to be beyond happy. 

Svend > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:13

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Funny thing life.,

If the Yemenese weren’t bombing Saudi Arabia and forced non essentials back to the U.K. I would of gone to a Saudi petroleum university.

If my dad had accepted the offer (or rather if my mother let my dad accept the offer, but we would of been no better off financially) to be poached by Boeing from British Aerospace I would of been living in or near Seattle and possibly followed him into the aircraft industry.

AM3R, lost another burner > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:14

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I certainly understand where you are coming from. I had similar “grass is greener” thoughts up until my junior year of college. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:15

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Hmm, yes. Money is the key that opens many doors.

E90M3 > AM3R, lost another burner 09/21/2018 at 20:19

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It’s one of those, I wonder how much my life would be different.

Without getting too personal, my inability to find a significant  other has me thinking that maybe I should just go chase money instead. 

E90M3 > Svend 09/21/2018 at 20:21

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Strange indeed. I think it’s because I’m still wanting for somethings, it has me thinking about the what ifs. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > wafflesnfalafel 09/21/2018 at 20:25

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Even worse, I got rejected from the Colorado School of Mimes.

Svend > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:26

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Thinking about what ifs, will get you nowhere mate.

It never pays off. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:27

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Interestingly, I find the primary - if not only - motivator in my life is my significant other.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:31

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Clemson chatter in my office in Charlotte is tolerable, but clients in Greenville who network with my competitors while tailgating and chatting about the games gets really frustrating. I sympathize. 

wafflesnfalafel > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/21/2018 at 20:31

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couldn’t get out of the box?  (I’m sorting diet coke...)

E90M3 > Svend 09/21/2018 at 20:33

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Right. I feel its unavoidable at times. Although I did choose where I am over oil, so there is that. I don’t regret that, but I just wish somethings were different. 

PatBateman > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:34

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I, personally, would like to go back in time and become a plastic surgeon. 

Svend > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:36

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True, but try n ot to dwell too much on what ifs. What’s done is done, it’s what you choose to do that matters. 

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/21/2018 at 20:39

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The counter point to that is that everything I do is because of me; however, I wouldn’t mind some external motivation. I just can’t find a girl. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 20:46

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It may be a problem of numbers, although I’ve been around large numbers of fans from other schools and LSU fans are, hands down, the worst I’ve seen. I have stories.

Look at us, discussing whose fans are the worst! That doesn’t speak well for either school. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 21:00

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While taking an OSHA class, the instructor gave a very good example of a Clemson fan. One students stated that every school at Clemson is better than USC’s. Another student who was a USC grad chimed in with, “Even the medical school?” The Clemson grad replied, “Yes, even the med school.”

Clemson doesn’t have a med school. 

GLiddy > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 21:36

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What was it someone said to me? “Bloom where you are planted.”

Wishing for things never done does you no good. Jumping careers is risky...I tried it and still didn’t get the career path I wanted and settled for what I could get.\

Josh - the lost soldier > E90M3 09/21/2018 at 21:52

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The only thing I can say about LSU’s Petroleum Engineering program is that I know a guy that graduated from it and he sells process instrumentation (flowmeters, pressure transmitters, process analyzers, etc) to oil companies. From what I gather, he does pretty well for himself.

Also, you’re a Georgia Tech grad? Nice! I work with a lot of those. My current employer has got a thing for Tech grads; it’s kind of weird that they gave an Auburn Mechanical Engineer a chance, but whatever.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > E90M3 09/22/2018 at 00:02

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If you’re not happy doing what you’re doing then you’ve got to do some soul searching. If you’re married that also complicates things, if you’re married with kids, then it’s even more complex. But my old man went back to school after being laid off from a well paying factory job back when I was a kid, he must’ve been 30-35 at the time. He went to school and to become a machine a machine operator and CNC tech and used that to get one job, then went back for a few more years of school to get another job and that was when he was near 40ish with two kids at home. So it’s never too late, but it might be super inconvenient.

I’m to the point worth my career that I want to do something different, but I’m pretty well stuck, but in a good way. I’m well compensated and I don’t hate my job. And it allows me time with my family and other more fun pursuits. So I’m at peace with doing what I’m doing. And with 4 little ones, I can’t go making some drastic life change, unless I was forced to. But I don’t knwo your situation, so you Have to think about what your options are. And who is depending on you. If it’s just you, then I say it’s never too late. Might be painful, but not impossible to make a change. But once you add the family in the mix, all bets are off. Good luck though.I hope you are able to find joy in what you do.    

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > E90M3 09/22/2018 at 00:18

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Get yo self to church son! But seriously, if religion isn’t your bag, maybe look for opportunities to serve others in your community? It definitely gives you a different perspective on things. And you may even find a nice girl there too. For me, my faith has got me through lots of things and helped me to understand that money isn’t all it cracked up to be. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to have money, but I’ve also gotten to the point of contentment with many things in my life. I would say that money is a means to an end. And that end for me is volunteering. My job pays me well enough that I can afford to give money and time to other things. And that helps me cope with working in a job that isn’t my dream job. It allows me to support a family and help others.

Maybe look for fulfillment elsewhere besides money, and you may find yourself in a better overall situation.

I was telling my wife the other day, if you asked my 30 year old or 25 year old self to write out how I’d want my life to be at 40, I wouldn’t have been able to even write as good a life as I have right now.  Not even in my wildest dreams.  And a lot of it is perspective, because the things I valued at 25 and 30, aren’t as important as the things I value now at 40.  Again, I hope you find joy in what you do, and don’t be afraid to try something new.