Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Where did I go wrong?

Mechanical Engineer Job
They need a mechanical engineer with experience with Naval design of valves.
Required: moderate degree of business awareness and passion for engineering discipline.
Job Functions: Understand the technical requirements of industrial and Naval customers, scheduling and resolving engineering design/assembly and test problems. Mechanical drafting work and involvement with shop environment.
Familiar with autocad and ASME standards, industrial and military specs for specialty metals, fasteners and piping, Naval valve design, stress analysis, fluid power, solid modeling, welding, and microsoft office, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
Perks: Great benefits, matching 401k, paid holidays/sick time, nice area, 2 weeks vacation after 90 days of employement and paid relocation.
Pay: $47,000 to $65,000 a year.

I've welded for about 6 months, built huge industrial machinery, have experience in operation and maintenance of various hydraulic pumps, valves, turbines, heat exchangers, distilling plants, refrigeration units, air compressors, ladder logic programming, industrial electrical wiring, installation of hydraulics/pneumatics, operation of machine shop lathes, horizontal/vertical boring machines, I have three years of experience with autocad, majored in psychology, and have experience in maintenance of Naval nuclear reactor plants. And I have my class "A" CDL.

I'm living off of about $14,000 a year.

Where did I go wrong?

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