Update: My company followed through on their promise. I had a follow up meeting after my performance review and I recieved a two level promotion and a 30% raise from my previous base pay. Since my previous compensation was hourly I was able to get straight time OT, so considering the amount...
@va_gator: Metro Boston construction is hot right now and has been for the past year, especially large-scale residential apartment buildings. Rental units are in super high demand.
Update: I had my review about two weeks ago. They told me that even though we're coming off a pay freeze not...
Been at the same company since I got my Masters in Jan 2008. Got my PE pass letter in Jan 2011. Still at the same (entry level) pay I started at. The entire company has had a pay freeze since the end of 2008. Project wise, the grass isn't greener at other companies if I want to stay in the...
I took the California Civil-Structural exam and the CA State Specific Exams and passed all three first try. I've been out of college 2-1/2 years. (I did a 5 year BS/MS program.)
My only studying consisted of doing the Civil breadth (morning) practice problems once in the NCEES Civil sample...
oh I understand your question.....She did not have her PE yet in any state and she was eligible for the CA exam. She was hoping to get reciprocity using her CA 8-hr exam in her home state.
I am not sure of her reasoning. However, my reason for taking the CA exam instead of my home state of Massachusetts is because 1.) I could take the exam sooner in CA than in MA. and 2.) The April 2011 in MA is now a two day exam schedule consisting of two 8-hr exams. Day 1: Structural Breadth...
great! I was a little concerned for a woman who was on the same plane back to New England as I who had just taken the CA PE. She mentioned she was an environmental eng who studied like crazy for the civil-water/env 8-hr and didn't study at all for the state specific exams, on the basis that...
My first thought is no because to apply for comity you need a license number. You won't have a license number in CA if you've only passed the civil 8hr not the state specific exams...but I'm not completely sure.