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Selfishly, I think it would be great. More barriers to entry means fewer PE's over time means that my skills and my license will be more in demand as supply shrinks. Unselfishly, I think requiring an MS is crap. I'm glad they scrapped it. I cannot imagine that going back to school for a year...

Joked with my wife that it was a letter telling me that they'd made a mistake on the exam results.

I got my pocket card but I have not seen my certificate yet.

I got my pocket card but haven't seen any sign of the certificate yet.

Very good work. It's good to set your expectations prior to the review, like you have, so that they have time to consider and cannot make excuses as you've pointed out. You've also set the bar for your expectation and it sounds like they value you and will work with you. Your VP did two...

You might be kidding and in that case, the rush is so that I can stamp everything in sight.... the loft beds I built for my kids, the home theater wiring, the cat, etc. Seriously though... in Texas we have 60 days to send the state and imprint of our seal. It's already day 7.

And you'd probably have a good pension plan after 20 years on that cushy government job. Honestly, I'm not hearing a whole lot of reasons for you not to be looking. Not one except "it's easy to stay put". I've been there. I think everybody has. But I also don't know anybody who didn't...

I agree with almost all of this except for 2 points. It's my personal opinion that you should not ever go to your current employer with a competing offer to use it as a negotiating tool. If you do, and if you stay in your current job, you have tipped your hand that you're looking and unless...

I think that approach is perfectly reasonable. I think you start it just as you describe. Confident, matter of fact, but not cocky. You know you're worth more, they know you're worth more, you'd like to discuss it. That's simple and very professional. They may not be willing to pay you more...

That does not appear to be an open loophole. The rules say nothing about which exam you take, only that you have 4 "consecutive" attempts. See page 48 of the link: "© An applicant who has been denied a license for failure to pass the examination on the principles and practice of engineering...

I just ordered from https://www.acornsales.com/ I like their style of self inking stamp and it includes an electronic seal.

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I believe the one year wait is the rule. I think it's buried in here: http://engineers.texas.gov/downloads/law_rules_122512.pdf

What websites have you folks ordered from?

In Texas you have to send the state a wallet sized photo of yourself and a sample of the mark(s) of your stamp(s)/seal(s) and signature. I imagine this is for records so that they could theoretically identify a forgery. And, yes, there is a 60 day time limit. I've been reading select parts of...

That rule for 5%-7% a year is crap. That is a convenient excuse to tell employees who are underpaid. If your responsibilities and qualifications grow over the years, there is no way that 7% can keep up with both inflation and market value for a top performer. I don't think you'd be laughed...

..the only thing is that I think my firm feels they have some leverage because they know how much I value working at home, and I will probably not be able to set that up somewhere else (not right off the bat, at least) They probably do have some leverage because of that. How much is it worth...

altheablue, what's your company's bill rate for your services? In my company, the rough rule of thumb (open secret) is that the bill rate needs to be at least salary x 3.2. So take your bill rate, divide by 3.2, multiply by 2080. That's what my company would assume they could afford to pay...

Golden Eagle. I'm looking at stamps now. Did you order the 2" or 1 5/8"? I'm not sure which is more common. I'm waiting on my office neighbor to get back from lunch to see which he has. From where did you order it?

I'm working in civil now but took the Mechanical test purely because I felt a better chance to pass. I just read the board rules. You can have an area of competency added one of three ways: 1) additional degree, 2) SER with 4 years of experience verified by at least one PE in the new field...