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Just a quick question. What is a healthy retention and attrition for an Arch. Engineering Firm? I ask because a friend of mine mentioned that her company has lost something like 17 people (but replaced them) over a period of 2 years. And that’s just who she remembers because she didn’t really...

Actually I just managed to discuss the entire issue with the accountant in the company, and again, found that my in-expierance was showing. Ah, the joy of being young and stupid (and wrong).

That’s not at all what Im saying. Im not an economy expert, but the market is not going to stall, simply because there are too many forces which make it impossible. My point being, in 1929, we didn’t need china to make our hammers for us. In fact they were probably produced "locally". That’s...

Maybe my views are because im young, but here’s my two cents. I don’t think we are going to see the financial system crash everyone keeps talking about. Lets take the most stabile and required industry in the nation, power. Power is needed for everything and will always be in demand thanks to...

Sorry to bug you guys again, but what kind of mistakes are 'forgivable' for engineer a year and half out of college? Im asking because I keep getting caught up in drafting mistakes. For instance, the client has a special border they like to use on their drawings, and I didn’t use it. I used...

Well, thanks for the replies everyone. I guess I got some big decisions to make. As an aside, surprisingly enough, Im ok with the massive pay cut. I live a very simple life and figure I can live on 40K for the time being. But perhaps I should explore the engineering field a bit more before...

Police huh? hmmm, giving me a gun and telling me to deal with stupid people would quickly result in nothing short of horribleness on the first day of the job ;) Anyone have any experience as a system admin? Someone mentioned Id probably be Overqualified, but beyond that, is it a decent...

From what Im reading, you all seem to have a passion for your field that im just missing. I like computers, but I do not want to develope hardware (at least I think I dont?). Programming/Application Engineering maybe, but... again, I dont want to sit behind a computer and program day in and...

I’ve just gotten to about the 1.5 year mark out of college, and really debating if engineering is for me. I dislike the stress of the job, and the general attitude of engineers, both PE and non PE. It might also just be the field im in, Power, but I really do not want to work with AutoCAD...