Challenges In Starting A New Job
Challenges In Starting A New Job
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I am sure most have switched jobs at sometime in their professional career, I recently did but I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, I would like some advice.
I have close to years of professional experience as an electrical designer, I worked for a small firm that specialized in healthcare facilities, mostly clinics. While there I designed retail stores, resturants, warehouses, and did a few fire restoration jobs. I didn't have any experience when I started I went through a grueling learning curve but when I left I felt pretty comfortable with what I was doing, and I learnt alot. I was able to work with an engineer who was also an electrical contractor and I learnt alot from him.
I recently started a new job at a bigger firm at my old firm I would design and CAD, here they have drafters. The projects here are mostly Colleges and they are large compared to what I was working on before. I honestly feel overwhelmed, its been 3 weeks and I am still adjusting, they use microstation and I was used to AutoCAD.
What has helped you when your next job seems to be very challenging at first.
I have close to years of professional experience as an electrical designer, I worked for a small firm that specialized in healthcare facilities, mostly clinics. While there I designed retail stores, resturants, warehouses, and did a few fire restoration jobs. I didn't have any experience when I started I went through a grueling learning curve but when I left I felt pretty comfortable with what I was doing, and I learnt alot. I was able to work with an engineer who was also an electrical contractor and I learnt alot from him.
I recently started a new job at a bigger firm at my old firm I would design and CAD, here they have drafters. The projects here are mostly Colleges and they are large compared to what I was working on before. I honestly feel overwhelmed, its been 3 weeks and I am still adjusting, they use microstation and I was used to AutoCAD.
What has helped you when your next job seems to be very challenging at first.





RE: Challenges In Starting A New Job
I felt pretty over whelmed when I started here, moving from relatively small aerospace defense place in the UK to mid sized technology firm in California.
I was fortunate in that I had a pretty good manager who really took care of his people and some decent colleagues in my immediate department all of whome were relatively new.
Not sure I can share any great words of advice, obviously taking notes (so as not to ask the same question twice) looking at any company standards etc or examples.
I just knuckled down and did my best.
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RE: Challenges In Starting A New Job
RE: Challenges In Starting A New Job
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