mcmopar
Well-Known Member
Hey guys. I just wanted to pass along some good news! I have accepted a full-time position at Florida Engineering Group, Inc. as a Senior Civil Engineering Technician/Designer. You can veiw their website here: http://www.feg-inc.us
I saw an ad on Craigslist last Thursday and it looked promising but they were looking for someone with experience in AutoDesk Civil 3D 2011 software. The last version I used fully was AutoDesk Land Development Desktop 2004 but I figured "why not respond with my resume?" The rest of the requirements were right up my alley.
Well, I sent my resume off, not really expecting a reply. Then, the next day (last Friday), I get a call informing me they were interested in having me come in Sat. morning at 9:00 AM for an interview! Sat. morning came and we had a great interview (at least from my perspective). I took a tour of the office and liked what I saw. They said they would let me know by early this week one way or the other.
Well, I got a call Monday (yesterday) morning and they said they wanted to make me an offer! I was somewhat shocked and surprised all at the same time! It is a really nice offer with 3 personal weeks per year (accruing after the 60 day probationary period), medical coverage split 50-50 between the company and myself, a 401k plan after 1 year of employment and a pay rate slightly more than double what I am currently making at the market! Needless to say, I accepted with great gratitude! I sure will be nice to have weekends off again! My current employer was very magnanimous i allowing me to leave my position today. Thye were very understanding of my predicament to say the least. I've been on light duty for about 4 weeks now because of inflammation in my right shoulder in the rotator cuff area so it wasn't like I was in a vital position.
Another plus is that FEG is less than 15 minutes away from my house and I can take in my own computer if I want to - and I do. Nothing against their equipment but I just like building my own system so I went out today and bought the parts needed to put a new system together. Here are the specs for you computer geeks out there:
- Diablotek case with 400 watt power supply
- AMD 1090T six core processor at 3.2 ghz (easily overclocked - or in car terms -"hotrodded" to 3.6 ghz or more).
- MSI motherboard with on-board ATI 3000 graphics - no video card needed
- 4 gb of DDR1333 ram
- Hard drive to be determined. I need to get one. probably a 250 gb SATA unit.
- CD/DVD burner with Lightscribe disc labeling capability
- Microsoft economy keyboard
- Mouse
- I-Inc 25" 1080p monitor with integrated speakers
- Win XP Pro operating system
I am due to start Mon. Feb. 6 but may start sooner than that if I can get some things out of the way. I'll need to learn the new software but I can download a trial version from AutoDesk's website and I also plan on buying some books tomorrow to get me up to speed as soon as possible. Needless to say I am stoked about getting back into the CAD game after being out of it for nearly 4 years. Things are finally looking up!
I saw an ad on Craigslist last Thursday and it looked promising but they were looking for someone with experience in AutoDesk Civil 3D 2011 software. The last version I used fully was AutoDesk Land Development Desktop 2004 but I figured "why not respond with my resume?" The rest of the requirements were right up my alley.
Well, I sent my resume off, not really expecting a reply. Then, the next day (last Friday), I get a call informing me they were interested in having me come in Sat. morning at 9:00 AM for an interview! Sat. morning came and we had a great interview (at least from my perspective). I took a tour of the office and liked what I saw. They said they would let me know by early this week one way or the other.
Well, I got a call Monday (yesterday) morning and they said they wanted to make me an offer! I was somewhat shocked and surprised all at the same time! It is a really nice offer with 3 personal weeks per year (accruing after the 60 day probationary period), medical coverage split 50-50 between the company and myself, a 401k plan after 1 year of employment and a pay rate slightly more than double what I am currently making at the market! Needless to say, I accepted with great gratitude! I sure will be nice to have weekends off again! My current employer was very magnanimous i allowing me to leave my position today. Thye were very understanding of my predicament to say the least. I've been on light duty for about 4 weeks now because of inflammation in my right shoulder in the rotator cuff area so it wasn't like I was in a vital position.
Another plus is that FEG is less than 15 minutes away from my house and I can take in my own computer if I want to - and I do. Nothing against their equipment but I just like building my own system so I went out today and bought the parts needed to put a new system together. Here are the specs for you computer geeks out there:
- Diablotek case with 400 watt power supply
- AMD 1090T six core processor at 3.2 ghz (easily overclocked - or in car terms -"hotrodded" to 3.6 ghz or more).
- MSI motherboard with on-board ATI 3000 graphics - no video card needed
- 4 gb of DDR1333 ram
- Hard drive to be determined. I need to get one. probably a 250 gb SATA unit.
- CD/DVD burner with Lightscribe disc labeling capability
- Microsoft economy keyboard
- Mouse
- I-Inc 25" 1080p monitor with integrated speakers
- Win XP Pro operating system
I am due to start Mon. Feb. 6 but may start sooner than that if I can get some things out of the way. I'll need to learn the new software but I can download a trial version from AutoDesk's website and I also plan on buying some books tomorrow to get me up to speed as soon as possible. Needless to say I am stoked about getting back into the CAD game after being out of it for nearly 4 years. Things are finally looking up!