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Does your company do any sort of advertising or have a marketing department? How does new work roll your way? Our office's work is all based upon word of mouth and while that is great and keeps a steady work flow, I have been looking for new ways to try and get our name out there. Any input...

I was thinking last night about an interview I have coming up and I started to go over questions that may be asked. I have all the technical and managerial experience needed to land the job, but what about the abstract and wholesome questions? The one that I am having trouble nailing down a...

My signature is not that legible but you can clearly make out my first and last initials. My boss writes his name in fine cursive and I have seen a few other professionals sign documents with grace, others in the office have a signature that looks like someone was having a stroke while signing...

I currently have been working at a small design firm (anywhere from 8-10 employees given the time of year) and I like what I do. I have 4 years under my belt and currently studying to take my PE next year. That being said, where I am at now, I have a lot of responsibility and freedom in my...

How often do you use it? And secondly, do you remember the first thing you stamped? It seems all my previous and current co-workers remember their first plan they approved or first form they stamped. What was yours if you remember?

We do not have a written dress code other than "appropriate for work and shows a sense of professionalism" in the employee handbook. I tend to wear neat/clean jeans, tucked in button down shirt with no tie, and boots (nicer LL Bean engineer boots). I have slacks and a few nice dress shirt and...

I have a gripe with current college curriculums and what is required to earn a degree. It seems no school requires a class in AutoCAD drafting specific to the major, they only offer a basic elective that shows how to draw a line inside of a circle. When my company tries to hire a new employee...

Maybe you are not the one who drafts CAD plans, but does your company's title block contain a line item for "Drawn By:" and "Designed By:"? I am starting to get all my material together to apply for the PE exam - all the projects I did the design work on, I also drafted to completion (I am the...

Is there a specific program anyone can point me towards to perform a breach study and surrounding impact from flood? It appears HEC-RAS (Army Corps. free program) can model but I have never used this program before, neither has anyone in the office. I have pretty decent field data (x-sections...

Would you decide to be one if you could start all over? If I could start over again at 14, I am not sure I would take the same road. Granted I get paid decently (a lot better than my friends who went to school for a Bachelor of the Arts degree) and my work is rewarding/challenging, I sometimes...

I have been working at my current company for about 3 years now and once every 6 months or so, I update my resume to reflect the new responsibilites and accomplishments I have achieved. The issue I have though is with the content of my resume compared to the "perfect resume material" all the...

If you are salary, how well to you keep track of billable time to jobs? Do you bill 8 hours for the day, or do you wittle it down to minute tasks?

How do you do it? There are times where I am in charge of 5-6 different projects and all of them have varying degrees of due dates and milestones to reach. It is damn near impossible to keep track of all of them at once and sometimes I find myself completely forgetting about an assignment...

Got a new job offer, a great new opportunity to begin working in the engineering field I want to take focus my career in. I am currently working at a local civil engineering firm that focuses on waterline/water treatment engineering. I have learnt a ton of material and made some great friends...

Have you ever had to take a drug test prior to employment? If so, how big was the company and what type of work did you do there? I have since given up on my "cloudy" days but I always get a little upset when I see employers who state that an offer of employment is contingent upon a drug...

Quick question but I cannot find a straight forward answer anywhere. When I apply to take my PE exam and lets say I pass it, how do I prove that I have the required experience to the state board? I live in MA and cannot seem to find any forms or documentation to fill out. I ask because I have...

I need some advice from you seasoned vets out there in the civil world. I feel like I am getting taken advantage of at work but do not know enough about the professional world to be sure. A little background about myself: Recently passed my F.E. exam and graduated from a state university with...

Engineering in general is a pretty scary profession to get into; if you make a miscalculation that goes unnoticed, human lives are on the line. In essence an Engineer gets to determine the lively-hood of the populations through their calculations and judgement abilities....pretty intimidating...