Superchips - Bluefin

[shnazzle]

I'm an offshore drilling electrical maintenance technician working on an offshore platform. My employer is a very big American oil company.

Work 2 weeks (14 days, 12 hour shifts) then home for 3 weeks (21 days)

Offshore2/3onshore

Only work 4 months of they year

Your job sounds so much cooler than mine...
I knew I should have gone down the engineering route instead of this stupid IT sh**. I hate computers.

 

[WeeG]

Your job sounds so much cooler than mine...
I knew I should have gone down the engineering route instead of this stupid IT sh**. I hate computers.

Your good at fixing them though bud

 

[shnazzle]

Your good at fixing them though bud

actually...I'm not anymore.

I don't even use a pc/laptop that isn't maintained by my work.

We were looking at replacing our dead one and the latest specs mean arse-all to me now.
"Can it run my browser without being slow?" ...I'm getting old.

I deal with systems that I never see now haha. I know a lot about massive enterprise systems that I'd probably walk right past without recognising them hahaha

 

[WeeG]

actually...I'm not anymore.

I don't even use a pc/laptop that isn't maintained by my work.

We were looking at replacing our dead one and the latest specs mean arse-all to me now.
"Can it run my browser without being slow?" ...I'm getting old.

I deal with systems that I never see now haha. I know a lot about massive enterprise systems that I'd probably walk right past without recognising them hahaha

Still sounds good buddy, you've obviously being doing it a while

 

[shnazzle]

Still sounds good buddy, you've obviously being doing it a while

Hardly. Only been on the relevant working force for a total of 6 years.

It's all easy though... anybody could do this stuff

 

[WeeG]

Hardly. Only been on the relevant working force for a total of 6 years.

It's all easy though... anybody could do this stuff

As they say "if it pays the bills.."

 

[shnazzle]

As they say "if it pays the bills.."

...then being miserable is something you need to accept.



Back on topic...
What are actually some good parameters to check to ensure that the DTUK map is "clean"?

 

[Jimbobcook]

Your job sounds so much cooler than mine...
I knew I should have gone down the engineering route instead of this stupid IT sh**. I hate computers.

IT is rather rubbish these days! Although iPad 4, iPhone 4S and iMac for free is always a winner lol There is a theme with my work...

Shame I think Apple is crap!

 

[olitaylor07]

Well I'm an accountant in the motor trade so think yourselves lucky!! Lol

 

[shnazzle]

Well I'm an accountant in the motor trade so think yourselves lucky!! Lol

I feel better

 

[olitaylor07]

I feel better

It has some perks....looking to see how much PX's where brought in at and using it as a weapon when buying a car. Plus not long back I could have had brand new 10 mile (full leather) supercopas for £17k however i had just bought my car so had missed out on that :-(

 

[bigbadjay]

I'm an offshore drilling electrical maintenance technician working on an offshore platform. My employer is a very big American oil company.

Work 2 weeks (14 days, 12 hour shifts) then home for 3 weeks (21 days)

Offshore2/3onshore

Only work 4 months of they year

Is it a dangerous job?

 

[WeeG]

Is it a dangerous job?

Depends what you mean by dangerous mate? We fly in/out on choppers. We sit on what "can" become a ticking time bomb. H+S is such a major importance though. Drilling electrical maintenance has it's usual risks etc. but everything is risk assessed P to W etc

 

[bigbadjay]

Sounds like a great job lad!

 

[WeeG]

Sounds like a great job lad!

Aye, being honest I love it bud

 

[Crafoo]

Your job sounds so much cooler than mine...
I knew I should have gone down the engineering route instead of this stupid IT sh**. I hate computers.

+1 this

 

[bigbadjay]

I did engineering at college. Turns out there were no jobs so i laid roads :/

 

[shnazzle]

I did engineering at college. Turns out there were no jobs so i laid roads :/

It all seemed so easy back in the pre-bubble-burst years. Get a degree, and play pic-n-mix with jobs.

I feel like such a wasted resource at work...

 

[shnazzle]

Come on then Darth....don't keep us in suspense....
It's been 1.5 hours, you should have had your phone out by now and giving us an update!

 

[olitaylor07]

Haha I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe the figures where mammoth...250bph and 400ftlb and his cars blown up on the way back