Change in plans, I'll see you in Oklahoma

So last fall if you would have talked to me about career paths I would have given you my traditional answer that I have been using for the last few years; one could say, "my dream." Those that know me well and have heard about this dream a million times are aware that it consists of working as a mechanical engineer in the Bio-medical industry. I have also wanted to take that "dream" a little farther and work more specifically in prosthetic devices for veterans. While this has been my plan for ....well forever, it has been changed slightly. I was able to work for DePuy last spring in the area of Orthopaedic implants, which gave me a good taste of the medical device industry.

I loved it, but not as much as I thought I would. DePuy is a great company to work for, don't get me wrong. However, I realized at this job and in the past job that I had in the Automotive industry, that I can't stand sitting still at a desk. IT DRIVES ME INSANE. Literally crazy. Remember that Autoclave sterilize project I was working on? As boring as that was, it was an excuse to get out of my desk. Based on all of my experience I realized right away that I need something more hands on in the manufacturing side of the engineering world.

Then one day the fall engineering career fair was upon me and I was talking to different people about the different companies I was going to approach at the event. I distinctly remember saying, "I will never work in oil and gas." (keep this in mind). So, I was walking and talking to some of my selected 300+ companies at the fair and I was trying to decide who to choose next; that was when I stumbled across Schulmberger.

Schulmberger, pronounced Sh-lum-ber-jay (it's french), is one of the largest or perhaps THE largest well services company in the world. Companies like BP own the oil, and companies such as Schlumberger are the main part of the drilling, fracturing, cementing, measurement, etc. processes. At the career fair they wear their bright blue FR's (fire retardant work coveralls) making them hard to miss and causing a pull at the hands on part of my personality. I had a moment of "what the hell," got myself an interview and got a spot in their Field Camp. I finished my work semester on Friday, May 2nd, moved back to East Lansing (EL) on the 2nd and 3rd, and headed out to Kellyville, Oklahoma on the 4th.

So much for never wanting to try oil and gas.