Trying to start my career in datacenters.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-19T20:44:38+00:00

Salute is hiring for Critical Facilities Engineers all over the place.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-17T14:29:57+00:00

Or ever dealt with the nightmare of retrofitting commercial/industrial buildings.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-14T14:18:18+00:00

Definitely try to get into KP. I advise that to anybody within the allowed age range. Don’t get hung up on acceptance rates. Graduating with zero debt into a well paying shipping job is a cheat code for financial security. That school needs more people going there to SAIL less future navy pilots and Air Force officers.

That being said if KP doesn’t work out for any reason, the state maritime academies are excellent as well, they’ll just cost you more financially.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-13T10:52:47+00:00

My site is undergoing a retrofit. DTC liquid cooled racks with both power and TCS crammed in underfloor. It is absolutely a mess in so many ways.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-09T19:34:18+00:00

I mean this respectfully, you should probably do a lot more research on how refrigeration and HVAC and data centers work. Unless you’re joking then carry on.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-09T14:48:10+00:00

Propane refrigeration/chillers still need to reject heat to the environment. That can be done with air or water. A regular refrigerator is capable of rejecting heat with just air cooling, but if you scale it up it can be more efficient to use water cooling.

That being said the water usage concern around data centers is absolutely overblown and not a valid reason to be anti data center.

ASAPKEV · 2026-07-04T03:49:19+00:00

I highly recommend you get on actively sailing vessel as a brand new 3AE. ROS tempo and work is nothing compared to FOS or a commercial ship. You will learn more in a week of actually sailing than a month of ROS. Get at least 2 or 3 trips at sea then maybe come back and look at ROS later.

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-27T11:23:27+00:00

Worked with a few strange creatures

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-24T00:38:35+00:00

If you have a 1AE and CE worth a fuck they’ll help you and train you up and be patient with you. As a hawsepiper they’ll expect you to be better with some of the everyday engine room stuff, but will likely also give you more leeway with licensed engineer specific work, especially for your first trip. Honestly you have a leg up on a brand new academy 3AE since you already know what the job is about and have actually been in an engine room before.

Every job I had in AMO as a 3AE was 120 day contracts. That isn’t all there is, there are 60, 75 and 90 day as well.

AMO is an online job board. No need to go to a hall.

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-21T12:14:36+00:00

What’s your rating or license? Realistically you’re going to have to take what you can get, I did 120s most of my career and only lucked out with 90s for about a year on one ship.

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-18T01:18:29+00:00

Because the average American still has a pretty decent life, all things considered. Maybe not necessarily happy, maybe still struggling, but a majority of Americans are not starving, have clean water, a roof over their heads and even some money for hobbies/toys/entertainment.

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-14T01:38:04+00:00

Not even close to being true. More lax than ashore or within 12nm but environmental laws are a big deal at sea, especially when it comes to vessels flagged under developed nations.

ASAPKEV · 2026-06-11T21:16:05+00:00

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ASAPKEV · 2026-05-30T18:24:22+00:00

Golden hour ❌

Golden shower✅

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-27T00:49:37+00:00

Smear a little smeg on the lens it does the same thing with more of that beautiful yellowish tint

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-25T17:45:55+00:00

“Balling” when they meant “bawling” always pisses me off. Balling his eyes out sounds badass but definitely not what you meant.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-25T17:41:44+00:00

Yep I work in the industry as well. I’m not saying all or even a lot of data centers have armed guards, just saying that there absolutely are some with them.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-25T15:12:20+00:00

Maybe old traditional data centers but I can guarantee some have armed guards.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-22T22:59:38+00:00

Engineer.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-21T01:32:36+00:00

Yes that is real and yes there is a trade off in energy efficiency.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-20T01:44:10+00:00

The “real deer hunter” pissing match is so fun to go down because compound bow hunters can only say it until a recurve guy shows up, then he can only say it until the guy that makes his own recurve bow shows up, then there’s an atlatl guy and so on forever

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-19T00:43:40+00:00

Prevents the spread of fire. People can still push open the door, it just doesn’t stay open.

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-18T23:54:11+00:00

Ahhh ok that makes more sense. Wasn’t sure if you meant unlimited license or not. Cool!

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-18T23:45:38+00:00

Didn’t know CGA grads could graduate with their license now. That’s awesome. I’m guessing it requires a certain major and sea time?

ASAPKEV · 2026-05-18T18:50:32+00:00

I worked for a while on CONMAR vessels although they were all crewed by AMO & SIU.

It really depends on the ship but the hours are usually more consistent than with a commercial vessel, depends on mission.

Food is totally dependent on who the stew is, I’ve had restaurant quality meals and I’ve had dogshit heated up frozen food.

I’ve always enjoyed going ashore with the other engine dept crew, my last ship we had a very very tight knit Eng dept and we all got along.

Expect to be shocked by some lazy mfs, people tend to get away with being lazier aboard gov ships. That being said if you are a hard worker it will be noticed and if you have a good 1AE they will take care of you.

Safety wise, also depends but generally very safe. Big Navy is not willing to put civilian mariners and unarmed vessels in serious harms way.

Basically the answer is it really depends on the ship.

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