As the title says, I’m looking for a way to get my foot in the door. I’m currently a college student in Orlando pursuing my associate degree in Energy Management and Controls Technology, and I’ve been looking for entry-level jobs or internships in building automation and controls.
So far, I’ve applied to Carrier, Mitsubishi, McKesson, OUC, and Trane. I’ve also been checking LinkedIn and Indeed, but most of the positions I come across want someone with previous experience.
If anyone knows of any entry-level opportunities, internships, or companies worth reaching out to in Orlando or the surrounding areas, I’d appreciate the recommendations. I’m also open to sharing my resume if anyone would like to take a look.

Hi, I'm not in the building automation industry at the moment but it looks very interesting and I'm currently learning more about it in order to assess if a career in this space would be a good fit for me.

Would be grateful for any help with the following questions:

1. What's the work / life balance like? I don't want to work weekends - are there any roles in this industry where that's possible? (I may be open to weekend work for a short period as long as there's a clear path from there to a role where I'm not working weekends again).
2. I would eventually like to earn £80,000+. Is this doable in the UK?

For Milestone 10 of my conveyor sorting digital twin, I tried the simplest thing possible: I stopped keeping decisions as a one-time startup task and moved them directly into the repeating frame loop.

​No complex scheduler or new architecture classes—just a direct sequence running every single frame:

​Observe current data

​Make a decision

​Issue a command

​Move the physical box

​Check the sensor and update memory

​Suddenly, the machine has a true repeating loop. For those writing custom simulation or control loops: how did you structure your first unified execution pass before scaling it into a proper engine?

went through psychrometrics in hvac school and treated it as the theoretical section that would not come up much in actual work. three years in and it comes up more than i expected specifically when diagnosing humidity issues, sizing equipment for high humidity environments, and understanding why a system that looks correctly charged is still not dehumidifying properly

the challenge is applying the concepts quickly enough to be useful during a service call without spending twenty minutes with a psychrometric chart trying to remember which axis is which

how have working technicians built practical psychrometrics skills beyond what the training covers and what has helped it click in the field

Looking at my locals contractor list and there are a lot of control companies, however most of them have only mechanical in union and controls non-union. Why is that?

Hey, I work in BMS design, with a background in electrical/HVAC. I’m in my 20s so not a lot of experience.

I’m enjoying some aspects of the industry but unsure whether it’s what I want to do long term. Just find it a little uninspiring, and not very interesting.

Has anyone moved away from BMS into another career or started their own business? Or do you know people that have?

Curious what people ended up doing and whether they preferred it.