I am a recent Software Engineering graduate and I've worked in the oil and gas industry for the last 4 years. In the oil and gas industry you've got a ton of societies and professional groups; just in Oklahoma City there is the SPWLA (<a href="http://www.spwla.org/">http://www.spwla.org/</a>), OCGS (<a href="http://www.ocgs.org/">http://www.ocgs.org/</a>), and SPE (<a href="http://www.spe.org/index.php">http://www.spe.org/index.php</a>). I just went to my first OKCJUG meeting in August and I was thoroughly impressed. OKCCoco has a wonderful facility. The talk was great and informative, it gave me a great deal of reading to do! I'm planning on making as many meetings as possible. <br>
<br>I know of the different developer user groups; OKCDG, OKCSQL, and OKCLugNuts. But are there any local / national professional societies anyone is a member of? If I get some different certifications then there is that range of groups I can belong to. But what about IEEE (<a href="http://www.ieee.org/index.html">http://www.ieee.org/index.html</a>) or other national associations? <br>
<br>I appreciate any feedback.<br><br>Regards,<br>Jon<br><div style="visibility: hidden; display: inline;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style type="text/css">#avg_ls_inline_popup { position:absolute; z-index:9999; padding: 0px 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 240px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 13px;}</style>