Here are a couple things to read and meditate upomn for the remainder of the time.
To turn on your calculator requires you to select the ON/OFF switch to the ON position.
Good engineering decisions will rarely be noticed, but bad ones will haunt you for life.
1+1=2 but 1x1=1
The relationship between the diameter and circumference of a circle is approximated by 22 divided by 7 but is actually 3.141592653....
The inside of a pipe has a smaller diameter than the outside.
You don't know everything even though you think you do!
Regards
Ashtree
"Any water can be made potable if you filter it through enough money"
For any calculations - write out all the steps, including assumptions and sources, in the neatest handwriting you can. Rushing and skipping steps is certain to cause problems, no matter how smart you think you are and how familiar the task seems to be. It won't guarantee no errors are made, but it will be much easier to find them and understand the effect.
1. Water generally flows downhill.
2. Gravity is generally always directed downward.
3. There's no such thing as an asphalt stretcher tool.
4. If something just doesn't look right to you...it probably isn't.
5. Architects are the most lovable people in the world.
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>> Take stupid questions seriously -- dumb eyes can sometimes see what experienced eyes gloss over
TTFN (ta ta for now)
I can do absolutely anything. I'm an expert!
To expand on ashtree, how do you know what you don't know, if you don't know that you don't know it?
"There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
If you end up working on highways, the legal definition of traffic* is: "Pedestrians, vehicles, bicyclists, and ridden or herded animals using the highway right of way for purposes of travel." It isn't all about cars.
*In NY State. Your laws may vary.
This will take more than a minute, but take a class in public speaking. If you can't communicate with your colleagues and clients, you can't be effective.
My glass has a v/c ratio of 0.5
Maybe the tyranny of Murphy is the penalty for hubris. -
manish....that thirty seconds it takes to walk across a stage and be handed your diploma after years of work and study, added to the 30 seconds it takes to open the letter and pull out your first license, again after years of work, study and mentoring!
1. Work for a good director/principal engineer. If you don't work for one and are passionate about your career, move on.
2. Smaller companies > Big companies in your early years.
3. Find a good niche and exploit it to death.
4. Everyone has something to learn from.
5.
1. Never work without a pad of paper in front of you to sketch, write lists etc
2. If it doesn't look right, it probably isn't.
3. Refactor spreadsheet calculations as often as possible.
4. Never stop learning.
5. As a general rule, add 50% to the time you think it'll take to accomplish an engineering task.
And finally.... Make mistakes in your twenties, and learn from them in your thirties.
If engineering isnt right for you, its never too late to change.
If you are not sure in something always check it. For example when your pH value is not with the expected value, search for the problems, always ask yourself a question when something isn't working fine, where is the problem. Always update your knowledge, you never know when something will be useful to you. Is always good to make reminders to not forget something. Don't talk too much about what you are doing to your boss if he is not familiar with your job, because if he is not he probably will remember only one word from what you are trying to explain to him and that can lead to big misunderstanding and big loss of money, so don't explain all the stuff of what are you doing to your boss. Always expect and calculate the worst scenario. Always think about the consequences that can happen when you make some changes(even if they are minor). If you are not sure about something you are going to do, consult with the other engineers or persons which can you provide some advices or help (2 heads are better than one). You need to have clear pictures in your mind of what you are going to do(change). Always think before act.
Look around wherever you walk, drive, ride a bicycle or fly and if you like what you see then you may start understanding what civil engineering is all about and perhaps will define your future.
Work in the field of wastewater treatment, transportation and repair. I have been there for 50+ years. And every building needs to get rid of the sewage.
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