cbuysse
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This forum is the best!
I first got started in the world of PLCs and automation about 16 years ago when I went to work for a company that supplied industrial automated paint systems. They were completely unafraid to let me completely screw things up as I learned, so I went from barely being able to spell PLC to being the company expert in just a couple of years.
Since then I've bounced around, sometimes using PLC's, sometimes not. Every time I've left the PLC world and had to come back in there was always a lag where I had to relearn what I'd lost and then catch up with the changes. For instance, I left PLC world right as Allen Bradley was rolling out the ControlLogix platform, and then had to jump back in a few years later and quickly make that transition - ouch.
About 2 years ago, I found this forum and became a member. Since then I've been able to use my experience to help a few times, but mostly I've watched and learned by reading threads that have interested me.
Right after joining this forum, I made another jump out of the PLC world to a job at one of the least automated manufacturing plants I've ever seen. I spent about a year and half there without once looking at a PLC. But I never quit following this site, which has now proven to be invaluable.
A couple of months ago, I made my most recent job change and I'm back in the PLC world. This week I was sent out in the field to fix a problem on a municipal water treatment plant. It was like I had never left. The information I've learned here while looking over the shoulders of other members kept me current. I must have used knowledge gained from following this site at least half-a-dozen times that I can identify over three days this week.
There are several people who post here regularly and provide massive amounts of help to those who ask for it. For your trouble, you quite often take some verbal beatings that are truly undeserved. I want to try to offset that with my sincere thanks. Not only have you been helping those that ask for help when they need it, but you were proactively helping me and others like me, long before we even know we need it.
Thank you. Please know that what you do here matters. If you're ever in West Michigan - send me a line, I'll buy you round.
Clay Buysse
I first got started in the world of PLCs and automation about 16 years ago when I went to work for a company that supplied industrial automated paint systems. They were completely unafraid to let me completely screw things up as I learned, so I went from barely being able to spell PLC to being the company expert in just a couple of years.
Since then I've bounced around, sometimes using PLC's, sometimes not. Every time I've left the PLC world and had to come back in there was always a lag where I had to relearn what I'd lost and then catch up with the changes. For instance, I left PLC world right as Allen Bradley was rolling out the ControlLogix platform, and then had to jump back in a few years later and quickly make that transition - ouch.
About 2 years ago, I found this forum and became a member. Since then I've been able to use my experience to help a few times, but mostly I've watched and learned by reading threads that have interested me.
Right after joining this forum, I made another jump out of the PLC world to a job at one of the least automated manufacturing plants I've ever seen. I spent about a year and half there without once looking at a PLC. But I never quit following this site, which has now proven to be invaluable.
A couple of months ago, I made my most recent job change and I'm back in the PLC world. This week I was sent out in the field to fix a problem on a municipal water treatment plant. It was like I had never left. The information I've learned here while looking over the shoulders of other members kept me current. I must have used knowledge gained from following this site at least half-a-dozen times that I can identify over three days this week.
There are several people who post here regularly and provide massive amounts of help to those who ask for it. For your trouble, you quite often take some verbal beatings that are truly undeserved. I want to try to offset that with my sincere thanks. Not only have you been helping those that ask for help when they need it, but you were proactively helping me and others like me, long before we even know we need it.
Thank you. Please know that what you do here matters. If you're ever in West Michigan - send me a line, I'll buy you round.
Clay Buysse
