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My first outage...Any advice?
JassenB:
Wow, thanks for all the advice. I wasn't expecting such a large response; I really appreciate it.
A few of the things will be easy for me, since I don't drink, gamble, and I tend to be a hard worker. And I'm already married, so I won't be messing with the local girls or the recruiters. :)
--- Quote from: JessJen on Jul 28, 2004, 05:41 ---hey jassen I'll be at catawba as well, lets room!
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Thanks for the offer, but I've found an RV campground to crash at that has laundry and shower facilities not to far from the plant, and the nightly rate is incredible. I'll actually be living in/out of my car. It's been a couple years since I've been a car liver, but if you do it right it's not *that* bad. :) Yes, I'm a cheapskate, but the main reason I'm going is for the per diem (and the fact that there are no rad/nuc jobs in Colorado).
Thanks again, everyone!
-Jassen
JessJen:
yes there are nuke jobs in colorado.......rocky flats is out there I do believe
JassenB:
--- Quote from: JessJen on Jul 28, 2004, 11:19 ---yes there are nuke jobs in colorado.......rocky flats is out there I do believe
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Yeah, but they *all* require Senior status, which I don't have.
I have a B.S., current HAZWOPER, and junior time on the books, but that doesn't cut it for *any* of the companies I've tried getting in with at the Flats.
Thus, the road.
Take care!
-Jassen
UncaBuffalo:
--- Quote from: JassenB on Jul 28, 2004, 10:06 --- I'll actually be living in/out of my car. It's been a couple years since I've been a car liver, but if you do it right it's not *that* bad. :)
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Don't let that get around the plant when you get there...there was a tech not many years ago who was notorious for "living out of his car". He was also into dumpster diving & eating out of trash cans & ...... Anyway, he was just doing it as a big game (in MY humble opinion), but nearly the entire industry labeled him as a 'dirt-bag'. I have run up against a LOT of nuclear people who already have their prejudices in place if you let them know you are living out of a car (or tent...something I tried one outage), so my advice is...DON'T MENTION IT!
Jill:
Respect your fellow tech's and workers. Don't be an a** kisser, let your work speak for itself. (Although you WILL see some a** kissers that move along smoothly through the business, but they have to get off their a** and work sometime! BS can only get you so far, you'll see!)
Good luck!
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