Does it Really Matter?
By Mona Lisa
“Ms Monalisa… Please find one Drilling Daily Progress Report on your table. I would like you to go through that and report the details to me in ten minutes”.
That was how, I met my Company, my Boss, my Work and most importantly my New Life, as an Energy Professional. First hour of the first day at my office. Fresh out of university, with a pure chemistry background, I had been mad with the molecules all my learning days. Nanoscience was my specialization at university and this sudden, monstrous hike in scale dazed me.
Imagine a nanoscience graduate trying to drill a well!
Weird but true! I started working as a professional with the Energy Industry with a close to zero pertinent background. All I carried along with myself was my confidence, my hope and above all my eagerness to learn. Fortunately, the Energy Industry seemed to be a welcoming one. I learnt from my boss, the buzz and the books and above all I learnt from my mistakes. It has been three years since then, but the process of learning seems a never ending one. Trust me guys, the Energy Industry is so mesmerizing that it would steer you from feet to fathoms and still you would want to dive deeper.
The transition from being a hardcore chemist/ nanobiochemist to a Reservoir Engineer was not an easy one though. But it had been a wonderful one for sure! The Energy Industry has so much to offer that one cannot easily escape its charm. The Reservoir Engineering discipline being a Multi Disciplinary Team, I had to work with Petroleum Engineers, Geologists, Geophysicists, Chemists, Physicists and even Mathematicians. Everybody had their own role to play. We shared knowledge among ourselves and the bond grew so as the knowledge.
All these days, I have seen people like me, people from various backgrounds, people who had stumbled over the Energy Industry by chance or by choice, people whom the Energy business embraced with all its love and warmth. I have seen them grow and prosper with the wonderful world that the Energy Industry offers.
And all these days, one question lingers in my mind…Does your background really matter?
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siddharth dubey:
26/4/2011 9:06:29 PM
written from the heart..really a food for thought and it truly shows that if you are eager enough to learn and the field titillates you, you will scale heights. A nano-scientist/ chemist becoming a reservoir engineer and learning things by doing them, succeeding and most importantly enjoying it all; inspirational stuff. It may sound cliched but really when LIFE THROWS LEMONS, MAKE LEMONADE. GREAT ARTICLE. I look forward to scintillating and inspirational articles from you.
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suhanasidik:
5/5/2011 10:16:55 PM
I guess it's always a continuous learning cycle for most of us, where the industry offers so much of this! I had many support myself from bosses to ever-supporting colleagues, when i had the transition from an Electrical Engineer to a Project Engineer in my gas project, so i really can relate. Bravo. great article
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mamtaism:
22/5/2011 4:57:35 AM
yeah....really one's background never matters...what matters are one's mistakes, confidence to not to repeat them and opportunities...so never afraid to do them as they always provide new paths for your future...if one is doing well in his/her own subject then its quite normal, but, doing well in an unknown/strange/totally different/unfamiliar subject is called a real challenge....so i salute you and all other people like you....:)
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monalisa:
22/5/2011 10:00:10 PM
Thank you everyone for liking the article. It was really something that I felt and wanted to pen down. @ mamtaism: It was all possible because of co workers like you. Had I not tormented you with my queries on logging, I would have never been able to groom and develop myself as a true energy professional. Salute to all who love the industry and want it to touch the acme of success.
