My new office :) - United Bimmer Community

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 09:41 PM

I'd like to introduce you all to my first ever office.

I just started a job at an engineering firm today. I was given this semi cubical with a standard desk and (not seen in pic, located opposite of desk) a drafting table.

I glad I'm finnally able to get into the career field.

Dough

**CAPiTUL** · 05-17-2006, 09:46 PM

Congrats man. Feels great, doesn't it? :-)

witeshark · 05-17-2006, 09:49 PM

Yeah congratz yo! Looks great

**CAPiTUL** · 05-17-2006, 09:51 PM

Actually, I just noticed something. . . . .
are they operating on MS? I would've thought you'd use MACs instead. I know with music and video, mac is the standard. Much more stable and handles high end applications better.

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 09:56 PM

Dude, look at that keyboard, you think this beast is handling huge ass applications? Haha. We're running something like a P2, I think. I haven't checked, but these guys are old (in computer terms). The heaviest applications that they use is AutoCAD. Beyond that... that's it.

oh, and it hasn't sucken in yet, but i'm sure eventually, I'll feel more comfortable there... still too new.

Dough

**CAPiTUL** · 05-17-2006, 10:03 PM

what did you did you run your apps on in school? mac or PC, outta curiousity?

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 10:05 PM

PC, I think it's a general rule that east coast (for the most part) uses PC's while the west uses Mac's. Though some schools, like my girl's (in St. Pete, FL), use both. I could be wrong, but that's just my impression.

Dough

**Chris** · 05-17-2006, 10:09 PM

congrats man. but i don't think i'd be able to enjoy a desk job, same thing every day from 9-5 just doesn't interest me.

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 10:12 PM

The desk is just there for me to use when I'm not in the field. My hours are 7:30am to 4:15pm. Today, I took a 3 hour drive to deliver a proposal to south Jersey. Tommorrow, I'll be in some little training, and later on in the summer, I'll be going to bridges all over the parkway to inspect them for deterioration. At least that's the plan. I may also be going to JFK airport for other projects. Everything is still in the air at this point.

Dough

**Spieluhr** · 05-17-2006, 10:49 PM

congrats man, hopefully you can at least post on UB.c from that old electric box

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 10:51 PM

I don't know if I'm technically allowed to.... they "monitor" all sites accessed. So, going to a non-job related site may pop a red flag.

**CAPiTUL** · 05-17-2006, 10:54 PM

Dough, what school does your girl go to? I'm in the Tampa area, at present.

**doughboyea** · 05-17-2006, 10:56 PM

Eckerd College, off of 54th Ave South. She's graduating this Sunday. Finnally will be able to see her on Monday late night after not seeing her since... ummmm

Dough

**celsdogg** · 05-18-2006, 06:01 AM

congrats man, cubicle work can be fun, if the people in the cubes next to ya are fun too

when you have to go somewhere do they give you a car? or do you drive your own and they pay for miles?

**Dudesky** · 05-18-2006, 06:32 AM

Congrats, Dough. You've just entered the world of old man madness

Take a good look at that cubicle . . someday it will make you nuts like a rat in a cage. (just kidding).

Macs are coming up, but I doubt they will surpass PC's in design & engineering anytime soon, since the standard app is still AutoCAD. At my job, we use Vectorworks extensively on Macs, but we still have PC's right beside them for when outside firms send us .dwg's or .dxf's. Yea, you can convert them in Vectorworks, but you may sometimes lose pertinent information or details in the process.