New job

Kloef · 09-29-09, 06:54 AM

I was hunting a particular job for weeks, close to my town, and i got it!

So from thursday i will be the cad-designer at a company that produces anti-vandalism street furniture and light systems for tunnels etc.

I'm excited but having been unemployed for some time makes it just the more exciting, as i will have to find out how my wrecked wrist will hold out

Neal and staff, as soon as i get my first paycheck i will donate some money to subsim, i spend alot of time here and i have alot of fun, i learned alot and i love coming here!

Dowly · 09-29-09, 08:40 AM

Congrats!

CAD is pretty fun.

nikimcbee · 09-29-09, 09:31 AM

Working is good.

Congrats!

SteamWake · 09-29-09, 09:58 AM

Congrats !

If you need any advice on autocad just ask I have like 12 years experience with it.

Tunnel lighting huh? Mind if I ask the company name?

See Im a consulting electrical engineer and like to keep up on this sort of thing.

Oh and the architect might be interested in the vandal stuff as well

FIREWALL · 09-29-09, 10:24 AM

XabbaRus · 09-29-09, 05:05 PM

I'm also looking for a new job. I have been approached by 3 different agencies who all wanted to represent me for the same position at the same company after seeing my CV online. Guess that must be a good sign.

Keep your fingers crossed for me to get an interview and the job as Ihave gone as far as I can at my current work.

I'm also a draughtsman, emphasis in the man part.

Kloef you will have fun. Hopefully I'll be moving on from AutoCAD to Solidworks.

UnderseaLcpl · 09-29-09, 07:08 PM

Congrats, Kloef.

Good luck to you, Xabba

Kloef · 09-30-09, 11:38 AM

Thanks guys, really appriciate it!

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If you need any advice on autocad just ask I have like 12 years experience with it.

Thanks, i will mainly work with Inventor as they want to convert all autocad designs to a 3d environment, do you use Inventor?

Ever since i use Inventor Autocad became somewhat obsolete, but its still great for scetching on the fly together with guys from the shop!

Tommorow is D-day for me

antikristuseke · 09-30-09, 11:40 AM

Congrats on the new job, hopefully will find something for myself soon aswell. Been unemployed since January.

SteamWake · 09-30-09, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kloef

Thanks guys, really appriciate it!

Thanks, i will mainly work with Inventor as they want to convert all autocad designs to a 3d environment, do you use Inventor?

Ever since i use Inventor Autocad became somewhat obsolete, but its still great for scetching on the fly together with guys from the shop!

Tommorow is D-day for me

Nope sorry never heard of it in fact. 90% of what I do is 2D.

jumpy · 10-01-09, 10:33 AM

Yay, CADmonkeys unite!

Good to hear someone can still get a job as a draughtsman... our construction industry has been dead since the end of 2008!

AutoCAD is great software, but a friend of mine is suggesting I have a go a learning Revit.

After five or six years experience in working in several different drawing offices, ranging from refrigeration engineering/design (with quite a lot of responsibility for multiple projects as CADmonkey), to monkey-see-monkey-do at a firm who designed and installed Fire-alarm systems and programming the alarm system software database for a complete new build in London, to temping for a few weeks at an engineering firm, drawing stuff for fabrication that I'd never laid eyes upon before, finding any job doing CAD within a realistic distance to where I live is impossible.

I'm going to stop now before I begin to hijack this thread with an (un)employment rant

Good show Kloef, I hope you get along well with your new job

Kloef · 10-01-09, 12:58 PM

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Good to hear someone can still get a job as a draughtsman... our construction industry has been dead since the end of 2008!

Well building anti-vandalism stuff is very good business in these times, the more people misbehave the more stuff we need to build!

It was a great first day, started with waiting for my pc to arrive and being installed, then i had alot of fun installing Inventor and all the other software..

Couple of hours later i allready had drawn some of their products and tommorow i will start working on an assembly, not bad i think since i used version 2010 for the first time..finally a ribbon!

As far as the people, they seem to be nice and the atmosphere seems pretty relaxed, but they work hard..

But thats the first day, well see how it goes i have alot of motivation to really make something out of this

, i used to be different its scary

Its good to work again

Things will get better over time and there will be plenty of work in the future, cherish it while it lasts

Falkirion · 10-01-09, 06:48 PM

Being a draughtsman is fun. Been doing it myself for the past 2.5 years. Enjoy my work on Melbourne's railway network. Signalling and level crossings mainly atm.

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Kloef Weps Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 360 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	New job I was hunting a particular job for weeks, close to my town, and i got it! So from thursday i will be the cad-designer at a company that produces anti-vandalism street furniture and light systems for tunnels etc. I'm excited but having been unemployed for some time makes it just the more exciting, as i will have to find out how my wrecked wrist will hold out Neal and staff, as soon as i get my first paycheck i will donate some money to subsim, i spend alot of time here and i have alot of fun, i learned alot and i love coming here! __________________ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Congrats ! If you need any advice on autocad just ask I have like 12 years experience with it. Tunnel lighting huh? Mind if I ask the company name? See Im a consulting electrical engineer and like to keep up on this sort of thing. Oh and the architect might be interested in the vandal stuff as well __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm also looking for a new job. I have been approached by 3 different agencies who all wanted to represent me for the same position at the same company after seeing my CV online. Guess that must be a good sign. Keep your fingers crossed for me to get an interview and the job as Ihave gone as far as I can at my current work. I'm also a draughtsman, emphasis in the man part. Kloef you will have fun. Hopefully I'll be moving on from AutoCAD to Solidworks. __________________

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Congrats! CAD is pretty fun.

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Congrats on the new job, hopefully will find something for myself soon aswell. Been unemployed since January.

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jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Yay, CADmonkeys unite! Good to hear someone can still get a job as a draughtsman... our construction industry has been dead since the end of 2008! AutoCAD is great software, but a friend of mine is suggesting I have a go a learning Revit. After five or six years experience in working in several different drawing offices, ranging from refrigeration engineering/design (with quite a lot of responsibility for multiple projects as CADmonkey), to monkey-see-monkey-do at a firm who designed and installed Fire-alarm systems and programming the alarm system software database for a complete new build in London, to temping for a few weeks at an engineering firm, drawing stuff for fabrication that I'd never laid eyes upon before, finding any job doing CAD within a realistic distance to where I live is impossible. I'm going to stop now before I begin to hijack this thread with an (un)employment rant Good show Kloef, I hope you get along well with your new job __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Being a draughtsman is fun. Been doing it myself for the past 2.5 years. Enjoy my work on Melbourne's railway network. Signalling and level crossings mainly atm.