terpkristin
01-13-2006, 05:09 PM
Please forgive me for bragging a little bit here, I don't exactly mean to brag, but to say, "Oh my word, this is NOT what I expected."
Remember, I was unemployed for 8 months last year, after finishing my Master's degree in Dec. 2004. I finally got a job at a company I really wanted to work for, and started on 9/12/05. Today, 4 months and 1 day after I started, I've become the harness design lead for 2 (and soon to be 3) of the satellites I've been working on. This means that I'm the one in charge of how the satellite harnessing (i.e. how the wires are run and where they go) is done, the schedule, the budget, the manufacturing, and the others working under me.
I must say, I never really expected this. I mean, they've been talking about me becoming the lead for these projects, but it never really sunk in. Yet today was Paul's (the guy who was technically the lead before me, though I've been working side-by-side with him for awhile now) last day on the project (he's moving to a different part of the company)...
So here I am, never having done harnessing before coming to this job, and all of a sudden, I'm in this crazy position. I gotta say, I'm a bit intimidated--there's a lot of responsibility and accountability...
But it's still kinda neat.
Just had to share.
/tk
Remember, I was unemployed for 8 months last year, after finishing my Master's degree in Dec. 2004. I finally got a job at a company I really wanted to work for, and started on 9/12/05. Today, 4 months and 1 day after I started, I've become the harness design lead for 2 (and soon to be 3) of the satellites I've been working on. This means that I'm the one in charge of how the satellite harnessing (i.e. how the wires are run and where they go) is done, the schedule, the budget, the manufacturing, and the others working under me.
I must say, I never really expected this. I mean, they've been talking about me becoming the lead for these projects, but it never really sunk in. Yet today was Paul's (the guy who was technically the lead before me, though I've been working side-by-side with him for awhile now) last day on the project (he's moving to a different part of the company)...
So here I am, never having done harnessing before coming to this job, and all of a sudden, I'm in this crazy position. I gotta say, I'm a bit intimidated--there's a lot of responsibility and accountability...
But it's still kinda neat.
Just had to share.
/tk