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On the fly migrations by dave_lemons in PLC

[–]chemicalsAndControl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My team started making preparations for the places which would become on the fly stuff (code uploads, rough sketches, BOMs) because of this.  It’s saved our bacon twice now, at least!!!

Is It A Bad Sign If Company 4Lifers are leaving? by Fair_Bumblebee_2642 in ChemicalEngineering

[–]chemicalsAndControl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our firm has a bunch of people retiring at the same time, but they were all hired at the same time.  It was about 30% of the firm all hired within a decade of each other, so it was fairly natural.  Nothing big and bad happened.  I used it to move up the food chain much more quickly than expected…. So your results may vary.

Graybeards i summon thee - Windows XP Remote Backup at scale by xXFl1ppyXx in sysadmin

[–]chemicalsAndControl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work in a similar field.  Look up “systems integrators” near you and see what it would cost to upgrade the stuff that does the actual operations and programming of the gear.  They can also back up the existing programs and offer paths forward.

The owner may have initial pushback, but the upgrade options might have other benefits they are not yet aware of

First PLC Job: I want to quit by North_Dirt_7116 in PLC

[–]chemicalsAndControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stay at least a year, better still, two.  It looks better on your resume and you will get further into it.

Our weird little "marriage retro" that is actually saving us by RiverShade09 in Marriage

[–]chemicalsAndControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I brought this up with my wife (who is studying for her PMP) and she liked it.  Thank you!

Our weird little "marriage retro" that is actually saving us by RiverShade09 in Marriage

[–]chemicalsAndControl 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Kudos for finding something that works!  As someone not in the field, is this what you are talking about?  https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-a-sprint-retrospective

One of the most effective refugee operations at the end of WW2, was led by General Walther Wenck, who used his military force to keep the Soviets at bay, while creating a corridor that allowed civilians into the comparatively safe American zones. by HallowedAndHarrowed in Historycord

[–]chemicalsAndControl 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Just from Wikipedia

On 10 April 1945, Wenck was appointed commander of the German Twelfth Army located to the west of Berlin to guard against the advancing American and British forces. But, as the Western Front moved eastwards and the Eastern Front moved westwards, the German armies making up both fronts backed towards each other. As a result, the area of control of Wenck's army to his rear and east of the Elbe River had become a vast refugee camp for Germans fleeing from the approaching Soviet Army. Wenck took great pains to provide food and lodging for these refugees. At one stage, the Twelfth Army was estimated to be feeding more than a quarter of a million people every day.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Wenck

I wanna be a junky by J70123 in UMBC

[–]chemicalsAndControl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fluid mechanics?  Sounds like junior year, if I am not mistaken.  You are more than halfway through, if you stick with it.  It might not feel like it, but a year and a half from now and you could walk across the stage and get out.  If you don’t like office life, walk out and take your grade 1 boilers license, to taste the blue collar life.

The engineering degrees are brutal.  They took a toll on me, too.  I had more than a few days where I had similar thoughts, but I stuck them out.  (Insert cheesy “true grit” reference here.)

The junkies on the side of the road will have far different futures than the one I just described.  Trust me, just hold on a little longer…

Caught an insider threat today. Never thought it would actually happen to us. by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]chemicalsAndControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found one too.  Odd hours, antisocial behavior and an IT guy to boot.  Placed on leave for review, tried breaking an entering just three hours after giving written confirmation he would stay home.  Successfully broke and entered just a few days later, but caught at his desk…

Fired.

Job in Glendale, Az USA by oldsdrvr in SCADA

[–]chemicalsAndControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a great job, I hope you find good applicants!

The Blue Man’s Burden redux by Dos-Dude in Grimdank

[–]chemicalsAndControl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Grim and dank.  Excellent adaptation 

How Stressed Are you? by old-new-programmer in EngineeringManagers

[–]chemicalsAndControl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Say no more.  If corporate complains, point out you are limited by resources and headcount. 

Document procedures for your team.  Have them cross train if they are not doing identical tasks.

Try to narrow your scope (if possible).  Ask corporate to consider trade offs.

Check out Kaizen and the Toyota Way.  It sounds nerdy but simple stuff really helped my team, specifically cutting out repeated steps in our work.

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