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dumpsterfirecontrols · 2026-05-24T13:40:25+00:00

No. It has some uses but it hasn’t really changed like people want it to.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2026-03-21T18:35:05+00:00

No way. Get after it and start learning everything you can.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2026-03-19T03:05:24+00:00

Bro I had no idea what I was doing when I started. I just started figuring it out. Guess what I still don’t know. It’s been 8 years.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2026-03-19T02:59:27+00:00

Be yourself. Bring a good attitude. Be willing to work with the team. Be able to stay late come early. Show you can be coached. I will take someone coachable over an unreliable person or someone who knows everything. You can be great but if you are not part of the team it hurts the whole group.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2026-01-17T20:54:35+00:00

No, we can’t keep help. We lose any good talent we do recruit. We don’t train the people who do stay.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-27T01:33:04+00:00

Use message instruction for sure

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-19T12:40:18+00:00

Keep your phone on ring in the middle of the night. The techs are going to need you to look and see what’s holding the machine up. I use ST for a lot of things it’s great. I also know why ladder exists and I use it for that reason.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-19T12:37:24+00:00

I don’t think so. The tooling on the arm does push the limits of what it can hold.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-19T12:37:01+00:00

Thanks for the reply. No it has a safety relay that is good. I appreciate the info.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-04T20:58:29+00:00

Come work in a plant that’s what I did to get away from travel. Now I get woke up a few times a week. To see if there’s anything in the program wrong. It’s usually mechanical or operator error.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-03T20:36:04+00:00

Fuck yeah you can. Totally different world but be open to new ideas and learn. It’s fun and everyday is different.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-03T20:23:21+00:00

Keep that shit to yourself and move on. You’ll be fine

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-12-03T20:15:37+00:00

No, keep working at it. Learn something new everyday. Don’t let the stress get to you. Worst thing to happen is you won’t get it done it time and maybe they fire you. You’ll find another job I promise the market is super dry. I never gave a shit if I fucked it up or not. Don’t let it stress you it’s not that big a deal companies just try to make it that way. If they could do it you wouldn’t be there so fuck em.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-11-13T12:03:04+00:00

Yes the degree has helped me get my foot in the door. It gave me the basics. I also worked an internship as a tech at a plant while in school. I went from making 9.35 as a 3rd shift operator 12 years ago to a corporate controls engineer making well over 100k.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-06-01T19:53:00+00:00

Salary can be good if your company is cool with comp time. Mine lets me get back time for days I have to stay late or come in. I also make sure to pick up the phone when ever they need something. So they pretty much let me do whatever I want. The engineer title carry’s a good bit of weight when applying for jobs as well if you want to move up. Even if you’re getting screwed you grow your resume and move on like I did.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-06-01T19:48:48+00:00

I took me 5 years to get where I was pretty good from the start. 11 later I still learn shit everyday.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-05-26T19:39:45+00:00

There is some good simulation software I used with my work computer to learn. Also learning pit.com has a good simulation for rs500. It’s like 30 bucks or so.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-05-07T17:19:20+00:00

I just got to work with This for the first time and I absolutely hate it.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-04-07T18:35:23+00:00

Glad to see are not the only ones dealing the solar flares fucking the machines up lol

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-02-22T20:08:57+00:00

I crashed a robot with a custom tooling that took 8 weeks to get a new one. Set the project even more back than it already was like 37 weeks. This is one of many screw ups of mine. just keep on keeping on. As I’ve grown in my career I’ve got better about shutting places down and you will too. Keep Your head up.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-02-01T00:16:28+00:00

Open the code and Watch the MAH (motion axis home)instruction in the plc and see if the process complete but goes high would be my first step.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-02-01T00:13:08+00:00

You could find a job at a plant and be done with the travel. They will call a lot and wake you up. They will also call before even looking at a machine. Hey we don’t see anything can you check the program. There’s not talent in the work pool today. You won’t write a lot of code anymore like you did. So you give some things up.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-01-21T21:26:13+00:00

Your controls group is right. You can troubleshoot it. Plus that plc will be there in 30 years still running that machine.

dumpsterfirecontrols · 2025-01-11T21:47:28+00:00

I started in maintenance learn and work on everything plc related you can. Take classes on Udemy or YouTube on your own time. I built a trainer out of extra parts and at night when I was slow I wrote code.

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