Several years back when I was living on a sailboat I read an interview with a successful sailmaker. He said that when he graduated from college with a rather generic degree he spent some time thinking about what sort of work he wanted to do. He decided that sailmaking would be a job that brought him into contact with happy people. People who were looking for a new sail for their boat were likely to be people whose lives were in a good place. Unlike, for example, someone working with bankruptcies.

I found that really interesting. I had recently retired at an early age from a profession that I simply did not enjoy. It never occurred to me early on to think about my work future and I simply followed opportunities which led me into a non-challenging career. I never asked myself what I wanted to be doing ten, twenty years later.

You want to work in an environmental field. Inside a lab or out in the field? You want to work in energy, EVs (batteries), sustainable industrial feedstock, something else?

I’d suggest spending some time thinking about what would make you happy. And then look for a role for a chemical engineer in that area.

Ok this is good advice! I will start to take note of when i voluntarily seek more information!

What do you enjoy? What interests you? What topics send you (voluntarily) seeking more information?

Pay a lot of attention to what you like and what you don’t like. Once you launch yourself into a field and spend a few years there it’s going to be hard to move to another field. You’re likely to spend a few decades working and work will take up the majority of your waking time. Try to implant yourself someplace that makes you happy.

Once you figure out what floats your boat then look for ways your education can be applied.

I am currently studying chemical engineering in the UK and will have a masters degree by the end of next year. I want to go into an environmental field but am unsure of what the options to me would be. I ideally want to study in europe somewhere but again am very unsure of where or what.

Can you give any advice?

I am also being harrased by Bob Wallace, what’s the deal? owners bother or somthing?

hey, we’ve got the message now (and been in communication) — thanks! (Note: the contact form does work. :D)

Just tried the Contact Us at the bottom of the page. I got a page I’ve never seen before. An email address for Zach used to appear.

I’ll contact him and see what’s up.

I’ve seen them already (considering that I’m already on the ‘contact us’ page). Neither link features an email address, and hence the post.

Top of the page in blue “contact Clean Technia…” or bottom of the page “Contact Us”.

I work with CIIE (www.ciieindia.org) – an Indian business incubator at IIM Ahmedabad. We have recently set up a $25 million cleantech-focused VC fund (www.infuseventures.in) here at the Centre and are about to make our very first investment announcement. How can we submit a press release to CleanTechnica? Is there an email address that we could use?

Thanks,

Mohsin

Thanks. Have seen news on this, but haven’t covered it yet. Good piece, may use it. 😀

This is a very friendly open way to talk to a website 🙂

I just wanted to point your news editors to some analysis our solar market research team just came out with, showing the huge crash in actively operating PV manufacturers: http://www.enfsolar.com/news/Small-Chinese-Solar-Manufacturers-Decimated-in-2012

Make that five days 🙂 for now.
http://www.eex.com/en/Market%20Data/Trading%20Data/Power/Hour%20Contracts%20%7C%20Spot%20Hourly%20Auction/spot-hours-table/2012-12-27/EU

too much wind I guess.

Thnx 😀

Also an interesting “news”

http://www.eex.com/en/Market%20Data/Trading%20Data/Power/Hour%20Contracts%20%7C%20Spot%20Hourly%20Auction/spot-hours-table/2012-12-25/EU

today is third consecutive day of morning negative prices at EEX because of the strong winds and the low demand.

Tomorrow maybe the same.

Zack, Bob Wallace is still harassing me and being a troll like poster. Please make him stop posting to my posts?

Zackary. I’m being harrassed by someone named Bob Wallace on your site almost every time I post . Could you see that it is stopped? Thanks

Yes, definitely! Thanks for the find! 😀

Here is an article you would probably like to publish:

Italian Solar Generation Surpasses Wind for First Time

Renewables Now Meet One-Quarter of Italy’s Electricity Supply
Solar Produces Nearly Twice Italy’s Famed Geothermal Power Plants

Italy’s Per Capita Solar Five Times that of California

http://www.wind-works.org/FeedLaws/Italy/ItalianSolarGenerationSurpassesWindforFirstTime.html

More importantly:

This may be the first time that a developed country has generated more electricity with solar PV than with wind energy.

Which means that PV finally is catching up with Wind!!!

Cleantech Competitions
Sustainable Reference
Sustainable or Cleantech events in CA, NY area.

I’m Anne by the way. Your reference will be really appreciated.

Just emailed you. 😀

I dont wanna  bother you but i would really appreciate if you could  maybe make an article about renewable energy in Armenia? both wind, hydro and especially solar?? it is said that for each m2 you will get around 1700 kwh for solar. And the problem is that they dont really use Solar, they could replace it with there Nuclear Reactor which is placed in a dangerous earthquake area. so maybe an article would open people and investors eyes for especially Solar energy in Armenia. 

Miko Hairapetian. 

Hehe good to hear 🙂

Yeah is it expensive, especially living there 😛 !

near the top of my list 😀

not far away from me, but quite expensive to get there it seems.

Yeah Copenhagen is nice! Clearly a place to visit! And a lot of windmills 😀

CleanTechnica is just a blog about cleantech news and issues.

Are you looking for a solar panel company?

Hi Issa. I don’t quite understand what you are asking.

English is a tough language to learn. Why don’t you try again?

What do you mean by “what type of weather”? I think you’re asking about how much sun you need to make solar work?

What are you trying to do? Bring some electricity to your village?

Ask away. Some of us will work with you to try to get your questions answered.

Bob

Thanks a lot! Denmark so rocks. 😀 Hope to visit someday. In Copenhagen or elsewhere?

Thank you 😀