Want A Tech Job? Try Oil Tech
from the where-the-money-is dept
Back in the 90s, interest in computer science soared, as everyone heard stories of computer science engineers in demand, with the opportunity to strike it rich quick. Of course, interest fell off after the bubble burst, but there's another industry desperately in need of skilled technicians, and it's making record profits. Apparently big oil is desperately looking for skilled petroleum engineers, but almost no one's interested. Very few people are studying to go into the field, and most of those who are in the field are getting up in age. Perhaps the field needs a new marketing campaign, redubbing the business as Oil 2.0, complete with AJAX-based oil rigs with pastel colors and rounded corners.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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If you can stand
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Re: If you can stand
How about flying first-class around the globe, living in a 5-star hotels all the time, driving compny BMW 7**, sheltering money in a tax-free account, not even seeing damn oil at all and retiring at 50 ?
Crude oil on your clothes ? I should tell this joke to some big oil engineers (not even managers) I know.
Techdirt is really clueless...
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Re: cologne
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Not on your life
Unreal. Never again.
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Hmmm... Bio-fuels, anyone?
Commerical biodiesel has been around $3/gallon for a long time, and now, all of a sudden, it's cost-competitive with dinodiesel. As dinofuels get progressively more expensive to produce, cleaner-burning alternatives are becoming viable, and I suspect we've recently hit a tipping point.
The main reason dinofuel is so expensive today is not (believe it or not) US consumption, but rapidly-rising Chinese (and other developing countries) demand. It looks to me like the future is not in petroleum engineering. BIG PLUS - a career in biofuel engineering probably would not involve trips to 14th-century theocracies.
--Violins and Accessories
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Been There, Done That
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worker Computer oprater
i hop you will be fine.
i have bachlare degry holder in university of pakistan
but no job please any vecency u r compney please adujust me.
thanks
ISMAIL
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everyone else
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needs to jobs
hand work experance of computer hardware and computer software.
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