Career Path > Navy Nuke
after going through nuke school...
RDTroja:
Speaking (for now) only as a contributor and not a moderator, I can tell you that how you write, speak and present yourself, in person or on line, has a HUGE effect on how you are perceived by others. Sometimes by others that may matter to you at some point. It is easy to become very informal online but it carries over to your 'real' life as well, whether you want it to or not. Spelling errors are not critical, but they show a lack of caring which carries over to the reader. That same lack of attention to detail (getting to hate that phrase, but it is appropriate) shows in everything you do and is painfully obvious to people that do pay attention. Any future employer in the commercial world will most certainly notice, since attention to detail is beaten into people in nuclear plants every day. Those details will probably make you stand out from the crowd if you are in competition for a job... either for better or worse. Don't let yourself get lazy... and if you don't know how to spell or compose a proper sentence, learn.
Now, as a moderator, I will let the thread get back on topic. :D
thesparo:
Thanks to all with the valuable tips, I will use them wisely :)
Don't get me wrong, I am always extremely professional and respectful to those that deserve it. Seeing as how this forum is a much more serious issue than those I've frequented before, I will "change gears", per say, when posting here. Also, believe you me, I will be the last person to look down upon an enlistee just because I would be an officer... That is NOT my style, I treat people with respect if they earn it, and do not treat anybody as if I am "above" them.
Regards
edited for correct terminology
mlslstephens:
--- Quote from: thesparo on Apr 15, 2008, 01:13 ---Thanks to all with the valuable tips, I will use them wisely :)
Don't get me wrong, I am always extremely professional and respectful to those that deserve it. Seeing as how this forum is a much more serious issue than those I've frequented before, I will "change gears", per say, when posting here. Also, believe you me, I will be the last person to look down upon an enlistee just because I would be a mustang... That is NOT my style, I treat people with respect if they earn it, and do not treat anybody as if I am "above" them.
Regards
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thesparo,
I've got to hand it to you, you are confident. You speak as though you've accomplished. Honeycomb hinted as to this. It seems as though you are a nice person wanting to pursue a career in the Navy, or at least serve in the Navy; to this, I salute you. However, you mentioned something in your last post that "caught my eye". I might be a tad bit confused here but have you joined the Navy yet? I am assuming that you haven't because of your first post yesterday speaking of going in the Navy as an Officer.
--- Quote from: thesparo on Apr 15, 2008, 01:13 ---Also, believe you me, I will be the last person to look down upon an enlistee just because I would be a mustang... That is NOT my style, I treat people with respect if they earn it,
--- End quote ---
This is the part that gets to me somewhat. How do you make the leap of being a Mustang? I am a Mustang, and yes, "I did it the hard way, I earned it". I'm not so sure you can say that just yet. But I might be wrong here and just not know your situation. If I am, I'm sorry. If I'm not, then don't call yourself a Mustang until you've "earned it". Either way, I wish you nothing but the best as you begin your Navy journey. You've found a wonderful website here as most here want to help you out with anything you could possibly imagine.
Good luck!
Fermi2:
thesparo, uh dude you're not a Mustang so far as I can tell.
Mike
thesparo:
--- Quote from: NaVLI4 on Apr 15, 2008, 03:27 ---thesparo,
I've got to hand it to you, you are confident. You speak as though you've accomplished. Honeycomb hinted as to this. It seems as though you are a nice person wanting to pursue a career in the Navy, or at least serve in the Navy; to this, I salute you. However, you mentioned something in your last post that "caught my eye". I might be a tad bit confused here but have you joined the Navy yet? I am assuming that you haven't because of your first post yesterday speaking of going in the Navy as an Officer. This is the part that gets to me somewhat. How do you make the leap of being a Mustang? I am a Mustang, and yes, "I did it the hard way, I earned it". I'm not so sure you can say that just yet. But I might be wrong here and just not know your situation. If I am, I'm sorry. If I'm not, then don't call yourself a Mustang until you've "earned it". Either way, I wish you nothing but the best as you begin your Navy journey. You've found a wonderful website here as most here want to help you out with anything you could possibly imagine.
Good luck!
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I apologize for the confusion, I did not mean it like that at all!
I also may have used the term incorrectly, but no I have not yet begun the process quite yet. From what I was told (can't remember the source) a mustang is an officer that went in as an officer, ie not going enlisted first, then officer... but I feel as though this is incorrect now..
Again sorry, I did not mean to imply that.
I'll just be quiet now and do some research :-X
***EDIT: Just found out I had the Mustang thing completely backwards! No hard feelings I hope, I will be much more careful in my terminology next time!
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