NorthCivil: I agree with you and time will tell how much facilities work agrees with me, especially the total package of this new career. We drew a red line at four years to decide whether to stick it out, or go back to a more normal life. We hope to have beat the curve in savings by that...
Thank you for your posts, advice, and being there. Especially Mr. Hershey because I used your advice in particular as a tipping point in making the decision.
Overall, I am absolutely impressed and blessed to have met a group of people on the internet who did not insult me, ignored me, etc...
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This thread is more therapy for me and some information for anyone else that runs across this. Four score and seven years ago I asked for advice on leaving structural engineering for a highly paid facility management position working for the federal government. The thread is...
I will be a voice of dissent here, and feel obliged to reply if only to repay some of the debt owed to this website and its posters.
I'll give it you straight, even if it is offensive to some. If you want to be a peon (I am a proud Peon and own that word), and a cog in the machine, stay in an...
Thank you all for your time and advice. I want to especially thank you Mr. Hershey because you are a bona-fide, civil-structural engineer and based on your profile, we have trod very similar paths. Your advice has been absolutely invaluable and definitely swayed my decision. Really, your...
I think MrHershey hit the nail on the head; he really understands this particular niche of civil engineering. In many ways, being a civil-structural engineer is masochistic; very difficult educational pipeline, requires a great deal of applied experience to advance and then you have to go into...
Wow, thank you very much for replying so soon. By the way, this entire forum has been great. There have been numerous occasions when I google a technical question and a thread here answers it.
- Great piece of advice zeusfaber, "pick one and don't look back". No matter what I do, I have to...
I am curious what the good folks of engineering tips think about my career conundrum. I am leaving some details purposefully vague so people don't latch on to them too much and for privacy as well.
- I am a former construction manager who went to graduate school after CM for structural...
I agree with you completely appot, every single point. I even like theory just the way you described it, no kidding. I've been working for a while myself, have the license...to kill, haha... and have the BS degree so I have a decent idea of what's really out there. Ultimately, just like you...
Good points. I'll go a little off topic here, but hey it's the internet...
In response to IR Stuff and the threshold of a TTL gate; here is some food for thought when hiring engineers and just engineering education in the US.
1. I have no idea what a TTL gate is, but I'm civil, haha.
2...
Based on my limited experience, there is completely leaving the engineering realm and then there is not being a "real engineer".
As someone said on here, only about 50% of engineers do technical work, i.e. design work. I'll venture to guess that also includes the engineers who actively...
Haha, I don't like saying my age because people don't take your questions as seriously...for lack of a better expression. I really wanted to lie and say 35, haha. I feel like I'm 35 anyway.
Here's the thing, by the time I'm done with school and really into whatever job I chose I will be in my...
Thank you for the advice, it's real good. Hopefully, you enjoy thinking about possibilities as much as I do.
FYI: I will be 28 when I start my new job, whatever path I choose. The RR places a very heavy demand on my time, i.e. working through the week and coming home on weekends. It is not...
Hello bridge engineers,
BLUF: Take a field bridge maintenance/construction job with a Class I railroad; or try to get a job with a design consulting firms?
What do you think as bridge engineers?
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Me: PE, will have MS in structural engineering Tier I school (not being pretentious, just...
Gentlemen,
1. By USCG definition, deep water ports are outside of state waters, so I do not believe a PE license is required for this work, since licenses are state-controlled.
2. The federal government, on its land, does not need to have stamped drawings. USACE and NAVFAC can make their...
I read an article debating the SE license in the US in the April issue of Civil Engineering. It was no debate at all, cleverly lop-sided towards the SE license. The funny thing is that at the end of the magazine, there was another article where the Supreme Court told dentists in North Carolina...
hawkaz,
I checked my school, and the number of required credits is 128. When I graduated, I had over 140.
Here is a breakdown:
-4 core CE courses in your primary are of emphasis (RC Design*, Steel Design*, Integrated Structural Design*, Advanced Structural Analysis, i.e. matrix analysis)
-2...
Kenat, I believe that in some Eastern European countries and definitely Vietnam, medical school is 6 years without any pre-BS degree. Just some knowledge I know from people that went to medical school there.
Of course, these countries also have specializations and years of residency as well...
This is a great thread, people are having an intelligent conversation about something that really matters to their lives. Thank you for not flaming me or my original post.
I. I have an interesting point to reiterate based on hawkaz's post. Hawkaz stated that he was able to take several...
Hello all,
I would like to bring your attention a move by the Florida Structural Engineer's Association to make a separate Structural Engineer license (SE) from the current Professional Engineer (PE) license that a civil engineer now must have to design structures. Here is a link to the...
