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Originally Posted by Muta
Here's a question, and it's one people, I've found, can't answer honestly a lot of the time:
.. do you actually like O+G? Do you have a real, genuine interest in it? Is it something that you can't imagine yourself doing without? Or, if you were at home dreaming of something to do that excited you, it would be oil and gas?
Or are you interested in it because of the money?
Just curious.
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A bit of a personal history/story.....
Started in IT, moved more towards electronics and product design, and crafted a nice little career in Project Manager and/or Department Manager type roles. After about a decade I had pretty much peaked and fell into the 'slow and steady' mode of career growth. Topped out earnings in the $70k range.
Decided to move to Oil and Gas purely for the money, assuming that many of the fundamental management skills would transfer (they did, thankfully).
Funny thing happened.....O&G has ended being one of the more interesting industries to work in. The projects tend to be massive in scale (my last 'tiny' role as PM had a $70M TIC, previously worked a key role on a $1.5B job) and touch on every aspect imaginable.
Health, Safety, Environment, Engineering, Business and Planning, Project Execution, Accounting, Supply Chain, and still (for a nerd like me) thankfully heavy on Technology and R&D.
EVERY day I do something interesting. EVERY day I work with brilliant people from every corner of the globe. EVERY day we're solving problems.
As expected, the salary basically doubled by shifting industries (which was the goal). The incredible surprise is that the work is far more interesting than I ever could have expected and I am
exceptionally grateful for it.
My dirty secret....I would stay in O&G now even if the wages were comparable to other industries. It's fun, but ymmv.