Hello Mike…
just for encouragment. I was going to sea for over 20 years and had been a master for more than 10 when I decided I had to get that damned DP certificate so I could get a crack at the good offshore jobs I was locked out of for lack of the same experience as you. I took a 2nd mate/JDPO position on a ROV support vessel owned by a typical South Louisiana company who’s masters had never worked for anybody else anywhere else. I was just about everything those captain’s hated. A yankee with a big license and an education. For one year I had to endure continued resentment and being belittled at any opportunity. It was very hard to take but the job was the means to an end which made it possible to see that year through. I got the time for my cert. and got the hell out of there so if you have to do the same, know that you are by far not the first to suck it up for that year.
Yes, please let us know where you end up at.