Anna

So.

Tomorrow I hand in my work experience logbook. It's been giving me a bit of grief on the graduation front but I finally have cobbled together some options to get it finished properly. (Details are dull and complicated, you don't wanna know.)

I talked with my trainer about engineering. He seemed rather pleased, which doesn't surprise me, considering that he picked up on it long before I knew that it was what I want to do.

He suggested three main things: a military cadetship, a cilivian cadetship, or just straight-up uni.

The first is very good if you can put up with the actual soldiery stuff. They pay your fee, you get training and experience, all that jazz. Even better if you can get into officers' school. Only catch - at least, it was a catch when he was in the Air Force doing his apprenticeship - is that you have to stick around for a few more years after getting the degree.

Second is great for pretty much everything else. When I mentioned that I was going for RME, his general response was to the effect of "fuckin' go for it".

Third is still a very valid option; if I end up doing it, I should stay in touch with companies and keep an eye out for cadetships.

I am going to research all of these options.

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On Thursday, I will graduate, and be the proud owner of a Certificate II in Electrotechnology.

Also, I have a sore throat.

Ah, shit. Work experience tomorrow. Is it a bad sign that I'm not really looking forward to it? Although I guess that's because work experience is fucking boring. At least when there's no work to do, which was OFTEN this last week, 'cause the boss was away at another site.

... even then, actual electrical work is kinda dull. It's like, tape up insulation, rough in cables, wire shit up, over and over and over again. More interesting than regular work, but still...

Heh. That engineer I spoke to, Tony, said that by definition, that's what a trade is. Doing something over and over again, and doing it well. Shit. This is not good. Electrical theory is fun, but the work itself is pretty cruisy, and for a mind like mine, cruisy = BORING. It either needs to be interesting work (to keep my mind busy) or hard work (to keep my mind from caring).

Re-evaluation time! I got into electrical because I wanted a job that was interesting (yay science) and worked me hard (it's a trade). Well. It only fulfils half the first criteria, and same for the second.  (I only lasted as long as I did as a painter because while the job had none of the former, it had a LOT of the latter, and that was enough to keep me going for a while.

It looks like engineering is now my primary objective.

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"Slow and steady wins the race."

Well, I said I'd talk a little more about it "later", which it certainly is now, so here I am.

( In which I ramble a bit about my plans for uni. )

Phew. I think that covers everything for now. Point is, engineering = primary goal now, regardless of how I get there. I'm also going to talk with my TAFE teachers about it, too.

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In other news, I've dug up Fallout: New Vegas again, and started playing through my first semi-RP character. Charlie Douglas, a sharpshooter chick with srs medical and repair skills. Intelligent and agile, but physically weak and completely unlikable. (This may or may not be my excuse to kill everyone I don't like. XD) It would be interesting to play a nice character who had poor people skills, though. This would actually be a challenge... :3

Wish my Fallout 3 disc wasn't all scratched up. :(