My career as a Mechanical Technician

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Benjamin Guérard

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Word count: 1606

Choice count: 55

Section count: 37

Image count: 37

Error count: 5

Field Related Analysis

Education : 100 matches

(cegep, choice, courses, failed, field, high school, knowledge, learned, reader, school, skills, technology, term, training, university)

Business : 33 matches

(agenda, business, company, deal, factory, manager, office, paid, pay, profitable, store, technology)

Film : 25 matches

(desire, experience, focus, story, technician, the look)

Target Structure: (11 matches)

foot in the door (1 match)

hr (5 matches)

intern (2 matches)

internship (4 matches)

learned the ropes (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

overwhelm (1 match)

retirement (1 match)

vacant position (1 match)

corrupt (2 matches)

bribe (1 match)

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My career as a Mechanical Technician

High school is over.

High school was over, and it was time for you to choose your path.It was a difficult decision to make because you had no idea of what you would like to do in the future.

Choice 1 : Mechanical Engineering Technology.

Choice 2 : Civil Engineering Technology.

Choice 3 : Springboard to a DCS.

End of school graduation

Mechanical Engineering Technology.

It's a great choice because you really like mechanic. You will find yourself in every courses, and develop new skills that can bring you in the top of a company. You were accepted in both places you applied, and you must choose one of them.

Choice 1 : Cegep of Thetford Mines.

Choice 2 : Cegep of Sherbrooke.

Mechanical Engineering

Civil Engineering Technology.

You had a good interest in Civil Engineering, but you didn't find yourself into the program after a year.

Choice 1 : Kick your butt to university.

Choice 2 : Drop out of studies.

Civil Engineering

Springboard to a DCS.

You didn't know what to do, so you chose to go in the closest CEGEP from your home. You completed every semesters possible in Springboard to a DCS, and you had to decide between school and work.

Choice 1 : Working.

Choice 2 : Industrial Electronics.

Springboard to a DCS

Working.

You were tired of being at school, so you started to work in a gas store for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Gas store

Industrial Electronics.

Your family pushed you to find something to study in. Feeling obligated, you went into Industrial Electronics. You didn't like the program, you were not able to make friends at school, everything was boring, and you were not motivated.

Choice 1 : Stay at school.

Choice 2 : Change program.

Industrial Electronics

Stay at school.

However, you decided to stay at the cegep and complete your studies. As you were not able to make friends, you were feeling very lonely. This loneliness caused you ta have a severe depression.

Choice 1 : Once you got over it, you decided to study into something else.

Depression

Change program.

Industrial Electronics was definitely not for you. That's why you were back to explore other programs.

Choice 1 : You were back to your inital choices.

Future

Working as a Technician.

Everything went fine at the cegep, and you are now ready to work. You applied at the place you were interested in, and they hired you.

Choice 1 : Become manager.

Choice 2 : Stay Technician.

Mechanical Engineering Technician

Internship.

Being an intern gave you a lot of advantages. You had a foot in the door into the biggest factory in town, and you got proper on-the-job-training with your manager.

Choice 1 : Work at the factory.

Choice 2 : Apply in a little factory.

internship

Cegep of Thetford Mines.

Good! You chose the best cegep for Mechanical Engineering Technology. At the end of your three years of studying, you could do an internship.

Choice 1 : Internship.

Choice 2 : Working as a Technician.

CEGEP of Thetford Mines

Cegep of Sherbrooke.

The Cegep of Sherbrooke is a good place for Engineering, but it is also well-known to party a lot during semesters. You got involved into it and really liked to party. It led you to a huge alcoholism problem. You had to do something about it.

Choice 1 : Do nothing about drinking all week.

Choice 2 : Go back on track.

Cegep of Sherbrooke

Stay Technician.

You learned the ropes quickly and get yourself a good reputation. You decided that it was the moment to have a pay rise.

Choice 1 : Go to Human Resources.

Choice 2 : Go directly to the boss.

Technician

Go to Human Resources.

You went to see the HR, and she told you that you need more experience to have a pay rise.

Choice 1 : Flirt with the HR.

Human Resources

Flirt with the HR.

You have seduced the HR in order to get the pay rise you desire. It worked perfectly. She also offered you to go on a date.

Choice 1 : Go on a date.

Flirting

Go directly to the boss.

The boss was not expecting you to go in his office. You explained to him what you wanted, and he immediately fired you because it was inappropriate to directly ask him a pay rise.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Boss

Become manager.

Years of hard work finally paid off as the manager went to retirement. His job was in a vacant position. You got a try on the job, and you earned it. You spent the rest of your career as the boss of the plant.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Manager

Corrupt her.

You offered a bribe to the lady in charge of getting you an augmentation, but she refused. She was shaken of what you did because of your good reputation.

Choice 1 : Deal with consequences.

Corruption

Go on a date.

You had a wonderful night with her, after all. Finally, you fell in love with the beautiful lady, you get married and have kids with her.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Dating

Deal with consequences.

Now, everyone knows you tried to corrupt the HR. Every day, you felt overwhelm by the shame of what you did. You couldn't deal anymore with the look of all the other employees on you, so you hanged yourself at home.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Hang

Work at the factory you were already in.

Once your internship was over, you worked at the factory you were an intern, but you had to be on night shifts. You were not happy about it.

Choice 1 : Complain to the manager.

Choice 2 : Stay on the night shifts.

Working in a factory

Complain to the manager.

You wanted to address the situation to your boss because you couldn't work on night shifts. You were not sure of how you should explain your need.

Choice 1 : Be rude.

Choice 2 : Be gentle.

Complaining

Stay on the night shifts.

It was impossible for you to keep working on this daily basis. You quit your job to work somewhere else.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Night shift

Be rude.

Being rude with him was not a good idea. However, you were not fired. He changed your schedule, but you had to do a different job. You liked it, and you chose to stay at this position.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Being rude

Be gentle.

It was the right way to talk with him. He changed your work agenda, and you went on the daytime schedule.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Being gentle

Apply in a little factory.

Despite the fact you had a big job ahead, you went to another place where it was more profitable for you as a Technician. You earned a lot of knowledge there, and you thought about doing something on your own.

Choice 1 : Start business.

Choice 2 : Keep working where you are.

Apply in a factory

Start business.

Starting your own business ruined everything you had in your bank account because you were unprepared to run something on your own.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Start your business

Keep your job.

You realized how hard it would be to start your own business, so you gave up on this idea and kept your job.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Keep your job

Do nothing about drinking all week.

Studying went off your mind, and you preferred to go out, even in the week. You failed all of your courses, and you were kicked out of school. Taking care of your addiction should be a problem to solve.

Choice 1 : Go to rehab.

Choice 2 : Deny the problem.

Drinking problem

Go back on track.

You took care of your problem. It was the right thing to do, because you were able to focus on your studies, and you made your way to Sherbrooke's University. Once you were there, you had the possibility to specialize yourself or not.

Choice 1 : Specialized in Aerospace Engineering.

Choice 2 : You don't need to specialize.

Be kind to yourself

Go to rehab.

Write this part of the story here and present your reader with choices.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Rehab

Specialized in Aerospace Engineering.

After you specialized, you were hired by the NASA and spent your career for them.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Aerospace Engineering

End of Story.

Was it the best life you could live? I bet not. Try again!

Choice 1 : High school is over.

End of story

Kick your butt to university.

You didn't like the program, bu you felt in love with a girl at your cegep. It convinced you to complete your studies there. After the cegep, she was going to university, and you were not sure if you wanted to follow her to university.

Choice 1 : Follow your girlfriend to the same university.

Choice 2 : Go to the university of your dream.

University

Follow your girlfriend to the same university.

As you did your studies only to be with your girlfriend, you ended up with a job you didn't like at all. Your lifestyle was so expensive you had no other choice than working in this field for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Disapointement

Go to the university of your dream.

You put a term to your relation, and went to Laval University, the one of your dreams. You became an Engineer and you were successful.

Choice 1 : End of the story.

Laval University

Drop out of studies.

Civil Engineering was a waste of time. You had the choice to study in another field or to work.

Choice 1 : Find yourself in a different program

Choice 2 : Working.

drop out of studies