Interview

Webinar: My professional career… a reflection of the development of geophysics in Venezuela

José Regueiro

José Regueiro is a Ph.D. in Geophysics (1984) graduated from the University of Colorado, where he previously obtained his B.Sc. (1978) and M.Sc. (1980) in Geophysical Engineering. José is specialist in Seismic Technologies, AVO (Amplitude vs Offset), Seismic Inversion, Seismic Attributes, Multicomponent Seismics and Integrated Seismic Reservoir Characterization. Currently, he is Retired Full Professor in Applied Seismic Methods of the Department of Earth Sciences of Simón Bolivar University, President of Geociencias Virtuales C.A. (Consulting and Educational Company) and International Instructor (Seismic Methodologies).

The event was held the 29 of April and the talk was focused on motivating young people, students, and professionals within our profession so that they are encouraged to make the decisions they deem appropriate, which will lead them toward success in their career and happiness at work. During the webinar, José told us about his past experiences and the difficult decisions that he had to make during his career, and how these were part of his professional and personal learning process.

Below the interview to José: - Natalí: What have been the challenges that you have faced through your professional experience? - José: The hardest challenges were make decisions. I consider that I had to take very easy decisions like accept scholarships and after don't have any problems with money. I had very good friends and advisors, so the biggest challenge was to overcome those decisions. - Natalí: In several parts of your presentation, you said that you had to make important decisions. What variables do you consider that have to be taken into account when you make professional decisions? - José: Every time you make a decision, you have to think about your near future. You have to define your dreams and your goals. Once you make a decision you have to see how your goals are achieved. I did things that I liked to do! Be happy! Many people can't be happy because of circumstances but if you can manage your decisions of your career and your future, the goal will make you a better and happier person. And whatever you do, do it happy, that's the main thing. - Natalí: What are your best professional qualities and shortcomings? José: I would say perseverance even intuition and creativity. Inventing things. Look for challenges. Do what you think is right and keep trying. - Natalí: What have you learned from your professional/academic mistakes? - José: A lot of things. In my case it was not easy

cause I had to share the hard work of the academy with management projects related to the oil industry in parallel. For many years I dedicated to the students. If I had to go back in time, I would dedicate much effort to the students because I had to make decisions on the time that I spend teaching and the time of all other things/ideas to improve the Engineering Geophysics Department. - Natalí: What advice would you give to young professionals? - José: If you are a young professional at the end try to see what you like to do and get a job. Sometimes you don't get a job doing what you like, so make a decision. If you are doing a job you don't like, think about how to get out of it, how to diversify it, how to make it a place you like. If it doesn't satisfy you, change it to make it pleasant or look for something else. Like I said before, we still have years of oil but you can choose other areas that do not have much competition and follow your feelings.

“Value happiness above any other things” José Regueiro

Free conference for undergraduate and graduate students in Latin American.

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