Recent content by Phantom PE

Nicely done.  This should be nice for anyone taking the test.

If you don't have it already, get the NCEES practice exam.  I thought that provided a good set of problems to prepare for the actual exam.

You say you are taking the PE in transportation due to being good at horiz and vert curves and superelevation.  Is this what you do in a day to day job?  The best test you can take is what you do on a day to day basis. I used School of PE and was able to pass on the first try.  I like the...

Had some leftover shrimp scampi/pasta that the wife made the other night, good stuff :)

Banned for smoking

It's been awhile, but I'm back! Question for you other H&H types.  In HEC-RAS, when do you choose to use the energy only versus pressure and/or weir high flow methods?  I have a project in which with the pressure/weir is selected, I'm overtopping by a foot or so, and if I choose energy...

After a long hiatus. .. I'm baaaaack!

Boom

I got the job!

I didn't take geo, but I can almost guarantee you will have more info than needed on multiple questions. They are testing your ability to read the question and find the relevant info to come to the correct answer. Practicing problems will help you to know what info you need for certain types of...

I'm looking to move to Pittsburgh actually from the north central part of the state. I would think pay would be probably a little higher than Harrisburg, but maybe a little lower than Philly?

Had the phone interview last week. Everything went well! They want to see me for an in-person interview. Sounds like my varied experience is appealing to them. I've been looking for over a year now off and on, here's hoping that this is finally the right move!

Thanks for all the advice! I never thought about turning it around in the manner you both suggested, I will definitely keep that in mind. I think a key thing is to remember is to look at the whole benefit package. I think I will come up with my ideas of vacation time and salary with this...

I am looking at moving from working for a state DOT to a private firm. I am moving from a more rural area to a city. I used Salary.com to try to figure out what kind of salary would be reasonable to ask for when moving to the city, and I'm getting median numbers that are $10-15k higher than...

I'll never forget the first time I drove this road. I was relying on the Verizon navigator and it was pitch black out. I had never taken this route before, but I was trusting it would get me back to my apartment ASAP so I could get to my first day of work the next day. My route took me from...