Recent content by GTjoy

What about aerospace engineers? I know many, and some are great while some are definitely extra-nerdy too. Rocket scientists get stereotyped for being kooky and nerdy for a reason, right?

For the P.E. exam... Like everyone else, I worked lots of problems. But I tried to be methodical about it, so I studied a lot in the following way: 1. First I read the background and theory and then read through any example problems. 2. Next, I worked out and wrote down those exact same...

So many people at my office were live streaming the USA/Algeria game and slowing down the whole network that we got an email from our IT department asking everyone to stop. :-p It's not hurting my work TOO much. I would only stream the USA games and an occasional other game. I have it on in...

Are you focusing your search to specific types of electrical engineering fields? There's certainly a lot of government and intelligence-related work too (testing & evaluation, systems engineering, etc.), but you would likely need a clearance.

1. Depending on the employer/client/work, there can definitely be a difference between environmental specialists/scientists/engineers. Don't forget, many employers will want to see if you're a good fit based on other credentials too, like your grades and course of study in your graduate...

Thanks for the heads up (FYI the link you provided is not working for me). I'm glad I already took the exam! I am curious what made them change it. Perhaps they saw the repeatedly high(er) pass rates and thought the exam was too easy?

Hey everybody, Sorry I wasn't able to respond to a lot of the follow-up posts and questions, but I stopped checking the EB boards for a while. I guess work got even busier after I got my PE! :) Anyway, my company is doing a push to actively recruit and hire again. There are TONS of open...

Work like this has always interested me. I'd be curious to get anyone's insight. Anybody on the boards (or have friends that have) ever worked for this organization, or other international development organizations (like the UN, World Bank, State Department, etc.)? I don't know any civil...

Good luck! Bring extra gum... :)

I agree... it is impossible to be 100% prepared for "every" possible regulation question. I remember some bizarre-o questions about requirements that would have required an ASTM manual for me to check, but apparently they throw a few of those random ones in the exam every year. I brought the...

Don't mean to scare anyone, but I think I had to "come up" with the chemical equation for combustion problems. My advice would be to not overthink it and to save problems with stoichiometery for later. If you feel the problem will be a 15-20 minute one that you would still not be confident...

I might be in the minority but I don't think you're crazy. I say go for it if your family is not holding you back. I can actually relate some. I used to think I would end up in med school and I still sometimes wonder about it. I'm still pretty sure I'm not really suited to be a doctor (and...

Wow, and with Orlando's cost of living being relatively low, that's great! Do you do software coding and development and stuff?

Maybe he/she makes way more than that?

I took it in Virginia in April 09 and had no problems. I had written in pencil in almost every book I brought (partly because I hoped to resell a few books). You should be fine as long as you don't write in your references during the exam.