I feel like such a slacker now after seeing these responses. I fully intended to put in a good 200 hours but a job change and move kept me busy and distracted. I was fully prepared to flunk the first go around. I went "just to see what was on the exam" since I was approved and paid up. The 2016...
I'm curious what most people did to prepare.
Discipline? Prepare time? What study materials did you use, bring to the exam? How did it work for you? What would you have done differently?
Me:
Electronics
I took a week off work and crammed, probably around 40 hours total.
I purchased the PPI...
I actually received my physical stamp yesterday but no letter yet. I figured that would take forever so I ordered it right away. More symbolic than anything else, I won't be stamping DWGs at this point in my career. Alphabet soup next to your name opens doors at my employer.