DimeADozen
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Any advice where I can get my seal? I want the embossed type.
Natgas does your state issue a license number immediately? I have to wait a month or so for some bs paperwork
Thanks for the advice... I think I will do just that. SMH...You need a seal? Head out to sea, get your harpoon set, and go for it. Bellyaching here won't help.
Forgot to mention, Check you state board requirements for the engineer seal. There might be requirements for the size, name and words "Licensed or Registered". Also, the board should give you a license number. Make sure you include this in the order. You probably already know this but if that's the case its just a reminder.
And congrats for getting your PE! I think I am going to pump brakes until Monday after my meeting with my boss... trying to see what kind of raise i get out of them... But most likely I will be done by year's end...
Did you send in your resignation letter yet?
Forgot to mention, Check you state board requirements for the engineer seal. There might be requirements for the size, name and words "Licensed or Registered". Also, the board should give you a license number. Make sure you include this in the order. You probably already know this but if that's the case its just a reminder.
And congrats for getting your PE!
Did you send in your resignation letter yet?
No NateGasPE, I cannot afford to send in my resignation letter. I am self-employed.
My website explains what I do.
www.palmettoinfrared.com
No NateGasPE, I cannot afford to send in my resignation letter. I am self-employed.
My website explains what I do.
www.palmettoinfrared.com
NatGasPE--Congratulations on passing the PE exam! The question you ask is one that we frequently address. If you want to go on your own, you need to do so, however, as I mentioned in a previous post to you, you really need to think long and hard before you pull the trigger. I am in private consulting practice-- have been for several years--it works, however, you have to make it work each and every day! What i mean by that is if you don't make something happen that day, nothing happens. Want to go screw around-- do it-- unless you have a contract or two, you won't get paid.
If I were in your shoes-- I would build a timeline-- say 3 years down the road and then start acquiring the tools that you will need to go on your own. Computer, software, industry knowledge, etc. Unless you have some super special high in demand skill set-- and you very possibly may have-- going on your own is hard, hard work. Do you like to get out and network? Make 100 cold calls and get 98 No's, 1 maybe and 1 we'll see when you make your presentation? This is each and every day-- for remember, you have to keep the pipeline full in order to eat.
If you need some more skill development or special training, have the big company help you get it. Oh, you can do it on your own, however, you pay for it out of your own pocket. You will soon find that everything comes out of youir pocket, i.e., your PE licensing fees, NSPE dues, State PE Dues, insurance, insurance, computer, legal, accounting, IT-- all of it. I am not trying to scare you or talk you out of jumping in, however, I am trying my damndest to try and make damn sure you know what you are getting into.
Now, you may get a couple of nice contracts right off the bat-- however, then you may need to find some staffers-- remember, you cannot do it all-- if you try, you will soon find out, from the hospital bed, that you cannot. I know, I found out the hard way-- in the hospital. Further recall that the staff and everyone else eats before you eat-- so-- you may end up eating a lot of noodles with a little hot water-- not any fun at 30+ yrs of age!
You may decide to find a partner that has complimentary skills-- what he/she does is NOT what you do-- so you can enhance your practice. There are some real challenges with partners, however, many have done well-- think Hewlett Packard.
IMHO, give this a lot of thought before you pull the trigger, you may not have a home to come back to if this does not work out. Of course, there is no reason to believe that it won't work out either, however, play all the options, at least intellectually, before you pull the trigger.
NatGasPE--Congratulations on passing the PE exam! The question you ask is one that we frequently address. If you want to go on your own, you need to do so, however, as I mentioned in a previous post to you, you really need to think long and hard before you pull the trigger. I am in private consulting practice-- have been for several years--it works, however, you have to make it work each and every day! What i mean by that is if you don't make something happen that day, nothing happens. Want to go screw around-- do it-- unless you have a contract or two, you won't get paid.
If I were in your shoes-- I would build a timeline-- say 3 years down the road and then start acquiring the tools that you will need to go on your own. Computer, software, industry knowledge, etc. Unless you have some super special high in demand skill set-- and you very possibly may have-- going on your own is hard, hard work. Do you like to get out and network? Make 100 cold calls and get 98 No's, 1 maybe and 1 we'll see when you make your presentation? This is each and every day-- for remember, you have to keep the pipeline full in order to eat.
If you need some more skill development or special training, have the big company help you get it. Oh, you can do it on your own, however, you pay for it out of your own pocket. You will soon find that everything comes out of youir pocket, i.e., your PE licensing fees, NSPE dues, State PE Dues, insurance, insurance, computer, legal, accounting, IT-- all of it. I am not trying to scare you or talk you out of jumping in, however, I am trying my damndest to try and make damn sure you know what you are getting into.
Now, you may get a couple of nice contracts right off the bat-- however, then you may need to find some staffers-- remember, you cannot do it all-- if you try, you will soon find out, from the hospital bed, that you cannot. I know, I found out the hard way-- in the hospital. Further recall that the staff and everyone else eats before you eat-- so-- you may end up eating a lot of noodles with a little hot water-- not any fun at 30+ yrs of age!
You may decide to find a partner that has complimentary skills-- what he/she does is NOT what you do-- so you can enhance your practice. There are some real challenges with partners, however, many have done well-- think Hewlett Packard.
IMHO, give this a lot of thought before you pull the trigger, you may not have a home to come back to if this does not work out. Of course, there is no reason to believe that it won't work out either, however, play all the options, at least intellectually, before you pull the trigger.
great advice...
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