b"vXYLEM SPOTLIGHTWhat do you love about your job, and whatWhat advice would you give to keeps you passionate about what you do? someone interested in starting a career in the water monitoring industry?Curtis: The best part about my job is that no day is like anotherits an adventure! In any givenCurtis: Honestly, the biggest thing is to develop week, I may be visiting customers to providepatience. It can be difficult to come out of school training, maintaining our field testing sites, orand find the perfect career right away. It takes time supporting product development projects back atto establish yourself and understand what you want the office.in life. It doesnt happen overnight, and most people dont get it right the first time around.I also love troubleshooting problems when they come up. Everything in life is a puzzle to beId also recommend developing your soft skills, solved, and I want to get to the root of it. Andincluding your ability to listen and empathize with often, solving these puzzles involves rolling up myother people. In my role with Xylem, its not about sleeves and getting my hands dirty, which I reallyjust honing in on the root cause of a technical issue, enjoy! As an applications specialist, I feel like oftenfor example. It's also about understanding how our times Im a detective solving a case. customers are impacted and how we can alleviate that problem for them. It doesnt matter which Theres never a dull moment! industry you go intosoft skills are underrated. Lastlyand maybe most important of allmake sure youre up for fieldwork. Its not for everyone, especially not the faint of heart! Its also not glamorous. The summer heat, mosquitos, and 60+ hour work weeks are no picnic. You have to be passionate about the environment to want to do these jobsAnd I respect all the folks in this industry that manage field sites.Curt's experience has grown over the years, including expertise in data collection and analysis.55"