Challenges In Starting A New Job 1

[shamsdebout]

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.

 

[KENAT]

thread731-226963 might be vaguely relevant.

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.

KENAT,

Have you reminded yourself of faq731-376 recently, or taken a look at posting policies:

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

What is Engineering anyway: faq1088-1484

 

[shamsdebout]

I will have to do that, I was given a notebook with some of their regulations I need to review it more thoroughly.

 

[COEngineeer]

Really.. just make sure you get to know people you work with. Go out to lunch with them.

Never, but never question engineer's judgement