Recent content by kona311

Solomon, I think you are correct in that I may be best suited working with other power companies but as an independent contractor, at least at the get-go. Unfortunately, here's where the large firms have the advantage, as the utilities that are local to me tend to gravitate towards some of the...

Thanks everyone for the replies. I appreciate it. Solomonb, I think you have my post confused with the another one above. I am a pretty good salesman :) and I am almost complete with my MBA and have a bit of a toolset most engineers don't have in that regard. I have no issue with marketing...

I work in a utility and find the work sometimes repetitive, sometimes pointless, often unfulfilling. I would love nothing more than to be able to start my own firm at some point in time, as my uncle who is an Environmental Engineer and LEP did. He openly admits he didn't make nearly the money...

The CI and NCEES sample exams were what I used and I passed the CT exam. I agree the CI stuff wasn't as difficult as the actual test, and the NCEES one is a closer representation to the actual exam, but they are good starting points.

I would also consider selling my binder if the price was right. Send me a private message.

For how bloated and expensive the state of CT's government is, they sure are slow. Called today and got the same response. I'm sure its no fault of her own or the department's, but that doesn't make the waiting process any easier.

This was my 1st attempt at the PE exam. I studied the CI and NCEES sample exams, brought in a bunch of popular reference books with me. I'm 50/50... won't be surprised if I passed or failed. I agree that I thought the exam was MUCH different from the sample exams. Things that came up a lot...