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Wow, 20 posts since i fell asleep... heres opinion before I passed out, take it with good cheers fella's!
As an "un"degreed tech, I suppose learning some physics would be at the top of my list if I didn't have to work 65 hours a week, figure out controlLogix, learn visual basic, learn C++, learn the O.S.I. model, learn different networking switchgear/routing equipment,learn SQL, which in turn wants me to learn crystal reports, and learn scripting, and learn about DSN and forests and trees and learn unix and learn servers and learn the stuff that I learned years ago, but forgot, and learn to weld, and learn not too p*ss off the new management, and learn how to change the spark plugs on this new, all too typical, engineering degree'd individual, who thinks everyone in the world had fingers as small as the minimum allowed clearence spec in his cheat book requires to change a spark plug , type new car. Besides, needing to learn all these various hmi packages we have, and the siemens, and the old stuff I'm still learning, and hey, how bout all the projects I'm put on now, which I need to learn, because I have absolutely no idea what they want, but I should learn how to "know" what they want'cause they said they want something to do something, and they want it installed somewhere around "here."
In the meantime, I need to just keep things going, and do it safe, and if it's not safe, learn how to do it safe.
And let's not forget,learn how to teach these new employees who don't want to learn.
BTW, did I mention there might be other things, to learn...yea, silly things like playing the guitar. Although this is for people who don't want to learn about what it takes to be a learner.
Learning to play the guitar on your own time indicates an individual who, like myself, would likely not be able to troubleshoot his way out of a paper bag, since I'm not using the 8 hours a week free time the company affords me to learn physics.
Yes, I wish I was an engineer, but I'm not.
Yes, I agree, without some fundamentals, I quickly get confused, but I don't get paid to do the complex engineering work, because, I'm not the engineer, I get the pleasure of working off-shift and weekends...Yearlong!
I believe this site is PLC related. No question is stupid.
If you want more complex questions, keep asking them, you always get replies, and believe it or not...you always spark interest!
Don't get discouraged, theres plenty of highly educated individuals calcuating the effects of nuclear fallout right now...with safer side effects!
I wish everything was easier, but I'd probably never learn anything...
As an "un"degreed tech, I suppose learning some physics would be at the top of my list if I didn't have to work 65 hours a week, figure out controlLogix, learn visual basic, learn C++, learn the O.S.I. model, learn different networking switchgear/routing equipment,learn SQL, which in turn wants me to learn crystal reports, and learn scripting, and learn about DSN and forests and trees and learn unix and learn servers and learn the stuff that I learned years ago, but forgot, and learn to weld, and learn not too p*ss off the new management, and learn how to change the spark plugs on this new, all too typical, engineering degree'd individual, who thinks everyone in the world had fingers as small as the minimum allowed clearence spec in his cheat book requires to change a spark plug , type new car. Besides, needing to learn all these various hmi packages we have, and the siemens, and the old stuff I'm still learning, and hey, how bout all the projects I'm put on now, which I need to learn, because I have absolutely no idea what they want, but I should learn how to "know" what they want'cause they said they want something to do something, and they want it installed somewhere around "here."
In the meantime, I need to just keep things going, and do it safe, and if it's not safe, learn how to do it safe.
And let's not forget,learn how to teach these new employees who don't want to learn.
BTW, did I mention there might be other things, to learn...yea, silly things like playing the guitar. Although this is for people who don't want to learn about what it takes to be a learner.
Learning to play the guitar on your own time indicates an individual who, like myself, would likely not be able to troubleshoot his way out of a paper bag, since I'm not using the 8 hours a week free time the company affords me to learn physics.
Yes, I wish I was an engineer, but I'm not.
Yes, I agree, without some fundamentals, I quickly get confused, but I don't get paid to do the complex engineering work, because, I'm not the engineer, I get the pleasure of working off-shift and weekends...Yearlong!
I believe this site is PLC related. No question is stupid.
If you want more complex questions, keep asking them, you always get replies, and believe it or not...you always spark interest!
Don't get discouraged, theres plenty of highly educated individuals calcuating the effects of nuclear fallout right now...with safer side effects!
I wish everything was easier, but I'd probably never learn anything...