Episode 7: Peter is an environmental manager

2020-04-20

Yeah, who’s the guy who cut off his guest at the start of the podcast recording? That would be me. His name is Peter, and he’s an environmental engineer for a steel company. He started as a mechanic out of high school, headed for physics in college to become a professor, but then found a love for geology and graduated with a degree in that. He does a lot of paperwork, but he also does a lot of site visits and gets to get his hands dirty sometimes. “I still enjoy getting outside, and I don’t...

Yeah, who’s the guy who cut off his guest at the start of the podcast recording? That would be me. His name is Peter, and he’s an environmental engineer for a steel company.

He started as a mechanic out of high school, headed for physics in college to become a professor, but then found a love for geology and graduated with a degree in that.

He does a lot of paperwork, but he also does a lot of site visits and gets to get his hands dirty sometimes.

“I still enjoy getting outside, and I don’t know if I’d want to be cooped up inside all day,” Peter says about a potential life in academia.

Learn about steel recycling, electric arc furnaces vs. blast furnaces, and more. My favorite part? Peter fights back against my question about having an unsolvable problem. There really is no such thing, you’ll find out: Tackle it in baby steps until you get closer, he says.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

> No, no, NO. An environmental manager (Wikipedia), not an environmentalist (Merriam-Webster.com).

> Curious about electric arc furnaces? Watch this video. (No, this isn’t Peter’s company, and no guarantee this is what this looks like in his facilities.)

> Peter used to work on Saturns. Remember those?

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