First day of work today... wish me luck.. Updated..

[Eli]

I hope I don't make an idiot of myself This is worse than the first day of school ...

 

[kru]

good luck

 

[3615buck]

Tssssssssss, first day at work and already wasting time on forums !!!

Good luck !

Or... Condolences

 

[Crysla]

Have a wonderful first day Eli...... Tell us all about it tonite.

Princess

 

[Fingers]

good luck

 

[Yeeny]

Good luck Eli! You will do just fine, don't worry about it. And if not, hey, it's only your first day, what better day to screw up on?

And if it's like the first day of school, did you at least get some new clothes and cool sneakers out of it?

 

[oldandquitemad]

ENJOY!!!!

 

[HigherGround]

My first day was a nightmare, but it got better and better after that, so don't worry if it doesn't go too well.

 

[Adul]

I felt so awkward on my first day. You feel so lost.

 

[3615buck]

My first day was a nightmare, and it got worse and worse after that.

 

[yakko]

Just remember when you are cleaning my desk don't play with the toys.

Good luck and hopefully you will want to go back tomorrow.

 

[Engineer]

Good Luck Eli.... Wait until you get your first paycheck....Drinks on Eli

 

[squirrel dog]

Enjoy yourself!Everyone should work somewhere.

 

[4824guy]

Oh, first day of hell, opps, I mean work, now that brings back memories.

 

[Eli]

Well, I survived.. They must have given me the worst job in the place. Winding miniature flyback transformers... Groan.. Let's see if I can remember... 7 turns of 4 strands of 28AWG wire, layer of tape, 14 turns of 2 strands of 28AWG wire, one green, one red.. layer of tape, 61 turns of 36AWG wire, layer of tape, then (without breaking the wire) 61 turns back, and another layer of tape.. Then again.. 61 turns, tape, 61 turns back.. And another layer of tape.. Then 7 more turns of the 4 strands of 28AWG wire.. layer of tape.. then 14 turns of 5 strands of 36AWG wire.. And finally, a layer of tape.. There you have a small, 1kV flyback transformer...

The "big" 28AWG wire is easy to get to wind smoothly.. But the 36AWG wire is hell.. and it's hard not to break.. Heh.. Of course, you also have to put the ends of the wire onto the right pins. It's a surface mount device. So you have to be really careful about how tightly you put your layers of tape on, or it isn't all going to fit when you get to the end.. Heh.. I worked for 8 hours today, working on 7 parts, doing one step at a time on each 7.. I didn't even finish And I probably screwed half of them up, hehe. Oh well, at least I'm getting paid for training..


The job itself wasn't very fun, but the workplace isn't bad. All the people are nice, my supervisor, etc.. so I can't say it sucks yet.. And once I'm done making their order of 10,000 transformers(I'm not the only newbie working on them tho), I get to move onto something else..

I'd much rather be one of those people that sit there and tin done parts (dip their leads into a bath of solder)..