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so what's everyone up to today so does
everyone have enough work
that's it i've had enough of this doing
all these changes i don't understand
like why do we keep making all these
things you're making me do all this
additional work doesn't make
sense i've done this all changes all the
time like what are you doing looks like
brenda's got really bad email he's
yelling at someone luckily he's on mute
so
this i quit
where'd he
go
guys i just got back from the site did i
miss anything
come on guys that's not actually how i
did it it's not how you should actually
be doing it and i don't recommend you
quitting out of anger taking a deep
breath and making sure that you're not
burning the bridges behind you he's
crazy
you see engineering is a small community
you don't know when the people you need
to deal with need to work again you may
be meeting at the same company or you
may come back to the company you're
working for so you don't want to burn
those bridges behind you
you want to make sure that you're
leaving on good terms as they're both
giving you the opportunity to work where
you have been it also might give you a
future opportunity and you never know
where you may be working for them or
they may be working for you
and being a smaller community news can
travel fast so don't burn those bridges
behind you and this is just my last day
as a consultant engineer
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my decision to leave engineering
consultancy really feels like an end of
an era i've been working it for over 15
years just after i graduated and i've
enjoyed it yes i've changed companies
from time to time but i've really
enjoyed my time working as a consulting
engineer now the decision to move away
from engineering consultancy it wasn't
because of anything bad that happens
lack of opportunities or great projects
to the contrary the projects i was
working on were great i was helping
shape the technical excellence within
the firm that i was working for i was
truly grateful for the opportunities
that i was given and the team i was
working for was really looking up and up
and the culture was developing quite
well
i truly miss the colleagues that i was
working with what does this mean for
this youtube channel we don't need to
worry i'm not really moving far away
from engineering i'll still be doing
quite a lot of engineering so i'll have
a lot of content to give you in fact
it's something really quite exciting
that will lead some exciting content on
this youtube channel i can't wait to
take you on this journey
so what is it like on your last day well
it isn't much different from what i
normally do day to day
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of course i need to start the day with
the coffee because what good engineer
doesn't get going with a coffee
except now i have a hard deadline you
see there's things that i need to finish
well at the end of the day i need to
hand over everything we really need to
make sure everything is all wrapped up
everything is complete you don't really
have time to do it later as you're not
going to be there anymore so you want to
make sure that you're having the easiest
handover possible
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also need to make sure that anything out
in your computer is correctly filed away
so people can find it at another time
and of course i need to give out my
number for those in case of emergencies
break glass but what the hell did i do
here moments
still getting some mentoring so people
are asking questions about how i do
different things and talking to junior
staff as well to get as much knowledge
across as i possibly can and sketching
up some last minute details from designs
that i'm working on
so what will i miss most about moving
out of engineering consultancy
especially moving away for the company
that i'm working for and it's really the
people although i've had some great
projects but i've also had some tough
projects some long hours some tough work
it doesn't matter how good the work is
if you don't have a good work culture
and people behind you it's going to be
hard to work there even with the
toughest projects and the right people
behind you your work can still be
enjoyable so let's let some of them say
hi
hi guys
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so how are we going matt
hey brandon
are you good you wanna say hi to the
crew
hey crew
oh hey hello hi
how are we
and then of course
you need to have that mandatory going
away lunch
which is thoroughly enjoyable
having fun with my colleagues for the
last time after which i need to go back
handing over all the work wrapping
everything up
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the end of the day i can shut off my
computer not need to worry about those
next projects
then of course cleaning up my desk
cleaning up my locker and making sure
that i haven't left anything behind
and hand in my computer then on to the
next journey of my life
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if you haven't seen what a standard day
in the life of a consultant engineer is
we'll link to our video here
as always stay safe keep learning and
i'll see you next week bye