Recent content by ramicoce

Another Army National Guard engineer officer here. I just finished up a tour in Iraq with an engineer battalion doing both combat engineering and construction. I'm a bridge engineer on the civilian side.

JR, I haven't been on EB in a while and just saw your Michigan... did you leave FL?

Yeah, I had to do the same... I live in Florida, where the application is due 6 months before the exam (Oct for April). Fortunately, Virginia's application is due in late December. That difference of 2 months plus the different treatment of co-op experience between the two boards meant I flew...

That's correct, it does vary from state to state. In Virginia, your co-op time counts 100% for up to one year total (i.e., if you do four 4-month work terms, you get 12 months credit). In Florida, your co-op only counts for quarter- to half-time, depending on how many engineering classes you...

matt, that's one of the best books you can get for preparing for the test. The questions in it are as close as you will get to the actual exam questions. I started my studying with this book to get an idea of the kinds of questions on the exam; this helped me focus more when going through the...

You're at least lucky in that you've had real-world design experience in both buildings and bridges. That's something I wish I had. We design primarily post-tensioned segmental concrete box-girder bridges in my firm. I enjoy the kinds of projects we do, but the only building experience I have...

Yeah, I was pretty taken aback by Mook's "I hope you got it now" comment. My beef's not with you, and there have been multiple instances on this and PPIs board where people have asked or offered photocopied material. But yeah, you're right, but waiting takes the fun out of it. I'm not sure...

"Ramicoce I hope you got it now." Ohh... clearly it falls under the $10 rule. Then it's totally cool to sell/purchase photocopied copyright material. This book is copyright Feb 1, 1986. Yes, it has an ISBN. Yes, it's out of print, but AISC sells their own photocopies for 15 bucks if you're...

Copyrights, sir? The fact that a text is out of print does not negate the author's right to protection of intellectual property. Knowingly selling and purchasing unauthorized copies of copyrighted material is unethical, illegal, and, given that your message is in this online community of...

Great... I think you'll be glad you've got the correct code, especially when you're thrown those basic code look-up questions. Here are responses to your comments: a. Essentially, the client gets to choose which code is used as the basis for the design of their bridge; however, most...

When I took the civil/structural, the bridge questions weren't particularly intense. However, to get them right, you either had to really know your bridge stuff or have the code (or at the very least, the latest SERM). If you're golden in everything else, then maybe you can get through the...

Both, actually. I'm not an Ivy League grad, but I imagine that having an Ivy League education in fields like law or business is a bigger leg up than having that same Ivy League name with a field like engineering, where it still may be a boost, but not as much. I mention my coworker because...

Sure, I'll go with you there, depending on the field you're going in to. Ask my coworker in the tiny cubicle downstairs if he thinks his Princeton degree got him any sort of leg up as a design engineer in this office.

I think it's ok if a.) the degree is required for the career you want to pursue, b.) the career is well-paying enough that you won't carry student loan debt forever, c.) you still minimize costs, i.e. public school with in-state tuition, and d.) you have absolutely no other way of paying for it...

^^^ Yeah, there's that cost to early voting. Although, I suppose that can be a good thing too.