20 MINUTES WITH...Johan Luycx

ABSTRACT

An interview with Johan Luycx, product technical support specialist for Chevron is presented. Luycx said that after my military service in the Belgian Army, stationed in Germany, I started to look for a job and was recruited by Texaco in October 1988. I obtained a bachelor of science degree in industrial chemistry at Hogeschool Gent in Belgium, where petrochemistry was part of the lesson package. Some of my schoolmates were already working at the Texaco Research Centre in Ghent, and I was invited in early October 1988 for a job interview. There are still many jobs available in the lubricants industry, but I only can speak about how I came into this industry. It does not really matter what degree you obtained--the real learning process starts when you are in the job. Preferably, you should start working in the laboratory to understand all aspects of the specification tests, then move on to product development or a technical support function.