Downstream boy reporting in !

After a few years of trying to get into OnG since graduation, I recently (finally!) landed a job with a supermajor as a piping inspector despite obtaining a degree in chem eng.

My question to the DS vets out there is: Is it possible for a lowly piping inspector to leap from inspection engineering into technology (where all the chem engineers are) after a few years of working in inspection ?

Have any of you DS vets witnessed this before ?

Thanks in advance for sharing.

Bro,

I do realize that Piping & Mech inspectors earn very good money with enough experience and qualifications.

I just want to see what career paths can be taken outside of inspection.

Production and Technology look like good places to be in, so I was wondering how's life in those fields.

Any stories to share ?

Yikes !

I suppose the closest thing to best of both worlds would be Corrosion Engineer.
You get to understand the process and still keep essential elements of inspection and reliability engineering.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Technologists only have an edge in the DS portion of the industry ?
It's rather difficult for refinery technologists to move into the world of upstream OnG ?

I see.

Thanks for the insight, bro !