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I got into control systems, by being a process operator first. I was an operator for 10 years, then spent five years getting a Chem Eng degree. I tries a few things as a Chem Eng, then found my niche in commissioning control and safety systems. I learned all the software on the job. The big value I brought, was knowing how to operate. The systems I worked on were Triconix and Honeywell. Control loops are pretty straight forward, but safety logic can be fairly complex. EPC would design it and build it, and I would sit in my office and simulate away. It was awesome, I would have started up the plant a hundred times, with full visibility of the logic, before operations got their hands on it. When they did, they were starting huge, complex furnaces, literally on the first purge. Billion dollar projects... starting in a week. Very rewarding.

My biggest challenges were getting appropriate operator interfaces and structured testing. Operator interfaces... well... EPC has little understanding of operational needs. Structured testing... how do you test some vague narrative? If you get into this, buy the following book:

https://www.amazon.com/Project-Managers-Software-Engineerings-Practices/dp/0769511996