What Was Your First Job in Oil and Gas?

Did you start in the field or behind a desk? Was it upstream, midstream, or downstream? Share your career beginnings to inspire newcomers.

Started upstream in the field as a wireline helper in the Permian — 12s, dust, and those 2 a.m. callouts. > desk? Was it upstream, midstream, or downstream? Share — field/upstream for me; seeing toolface drift and stuck guns up close made later desk work way easier.

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