Call it a random thought, but the transition from shop to field is one of my bigger dreams.  As the trade is seemingly going downhill in the Okanagan Valley, and in the valley, welding jobs are hard too find and when the time comes, I seriously want to branch into field welding of some form or another.  I've set a goal, the current shop I work in will, well...be the last shop I work in!  Because of my experience level (to sum it up in seven words, western star parts, skids and floating lids), I'm considering a helper job to branch from point "Shop" to point "Field." 

Back when I was a dumber kid and newer to the trade, I worked as a helper for a day and a half and was in way over my head and thought I knew way more than I did(long story short, I told the welder I was workin with off, whoops!), but the way I see it now, I know f*ck all!  Yeah, I know enough to do my job as it is today, but it'd be nice to open more doors.

Anyway, in going from shop to field, any advice is good advice!  Thanks for reading!