Recent content by Caligula

I have about 6 years experience as an EE in the consulting industry, for both an MEP firm and a full-service AE firm. I have my PE and am currently the head/only project manager for a branch office of a pretty good sized firm. I'm interested in getting into the oil/gas industry and relocating...

Most sectors of power engineering including utility, building (MEP consulting, etc) are barely engineering, so as engineers we are certainly a commodity. When the design is mostly driven by code or by company standards, you don't need top shelf inovative engineers. Average engineers or simply...

Does anyone know how much lighting reps or HVAC reps make? I've looked up a few of their houses and some have half million dollar estates. Do they really pull that much in selling Lithonia or Trane stuff?

Is this electrical overall or just power? I would expect the power test to have risen as review materials hone in on what's on the new format.

You guys are crazy. You are overthinking it. For the Power PE, I got the NCEES practice exam, worked out each problem in the book, and one night glanced through the Camara book for 2 hours one night looking for stuff that I didn't come across in the practice test. I brought to the exam the...

I'm going to have to stick around on this board

Texas allows 1-5/8" stamp or 2" stamp. Any advice? Ego says get the 2" stamp..... but practical experience trying to cram seals on sheets says go for the small stamp.

Or an 80s style professional wrestler named 'The Engineer". I could have a big seal on a ring, and the finishing move could be to punch someone with it, then whip out a sharpie and sign the seal imprint left on the face. "Signed and sealed bi-otch!"

Well I'm thinking a standard rubber stamp with a nice handle/exterior. Though it would be cool to have a giant gold seal on a gold chain ala flava flave. Would make for a great nerdcore rapper named M.C. P.E.. Hmm, career change...

Furthermore that attitude drives down engineer's wages. Compared to the liability that comes with sealing plans and the typical long hours, engineers are very underpaid. Even in industry, engineers can be kept in their box and passed over for promotions/raises because they "love to do it".

It's time to order my stamp, but I haven't found the options I'm looking for. I'd like to get something a little ornate or with character, like perhaps a brass handle. So far everything I find is the generic wood/plastic stamp. Anyone know a good place to get an interesting stamp?

A few zealot engineers do it for the profession. The rest of us do it for a paycheck.

I passed PE, and I would have 25 posts if my topics related to the Texas PE roster weren't deleted....

Results are there on tbpe. I passed power!

I don't know about other states, but looking at the average number of days test-to-results from the last few years, next week is within the normal range.