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I feel as if I need to know more about the specific experience you had prior to answering appropriately but, speaking as someone who has worked 30+ years for an electric utility,  I found that I was well prepared experience wise for the 2014 Power PE.  Zach makes a good point that, because of...

Best of luck to you.  I took it three times before I passed in 2014.  The third time was almost 16 years after my initial back-to-back attempts.  I took the GA Tech course and found it to be very helpful.  Since then Zach Stone's course has taken off and I've heard a lot of good things about...

Personal satisfaction primarily.  I work  for an electric utility and my company as a whole doesn't require it.  However, in my current marketing role,  I interface with industrial and manufacturing companies regarding technical service issues.  At times having the PE adds additional...

I had a very similar feeling regarding learning things that didn't sink in the first time. 

52 years old Graduated in 1988. Took the  FE in 1997 when I was 31 and passed it the first time.  May have been called the EIT back then.  Can't remember. :D First attempted the PE in 1998 or 1999.  DNP Took it again the same year.  DNP Got gun shy.  I did not necessarily need it for my...

Assuming you have been preparing well all along I'd focus on making sure my note sheets are very thorough and references are tabbed well and appropriately cross referenced.  As best as possible you should be taking your practice exams under test day conditions and times.  It's all about knowing...

Good advice about CI. I found it to be very helpful for the reason you stated. Some folks find CI to be too easy. I don’t think that’s the case. The sample tests and the CI NEC drill book was extremely helpful to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good advice ItsStudyTime! By the way I’m a dude but I can understand why someone looking at my name would think I’m a woman. It’s a reference to an old Steely Dan album (Yes I’m a geezer who still has some albums.) No harm. Just having fun. In fact there may be others who think I’m a woman...

See my first thread in this particular post for the strategy I used to answer questions. Some tips from Spinup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes you do need to study from BOOKS.  Along with NOTES, internet, YouTube, and sample tests.  I would also recommend you take a formal course if time and finances allow.  I recommend Georgia Tech but there are other good ones as well.  It may well be the case that you do not look at a book the...

I felt that the CI drill book adequately prepared me for the Code questions.  Follow their process as you work through the problems!!  I also took the Georgia Tech PE review course (Great course BTW.) which had some Code material.  It was good but if you use the CI book you will get the same...

Also, I did not buy Tom's index so I can't speak for that.  I do want to reemphasize the importance of reading and following the guidance in the CI NEC drill book introduction. 

If you use the Complex Imaginary book I think a solid week of study would suffice.  I actually did it in spurts over the last 2 months.  You might find it better to try to do 10-12 problems a week out of the drill book.  The key to the Code is knowing the correct section to look at and the only...

My memory is fuzzy since I took it in 2014 but I’ll say it took me 30 minutes to make my first pass. By that time I’l answered about 7 “low hanging fruit” questions and assigned all numbers. I went with my first mind on what to assign numbers. Did not delay. I figured if the numbers changed...

That’s right. Unless they’ve changed the you can write in the book. I bubble answered as I went. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I used this guide  in regards to time management.  It came from the intro in the Spin-up review guide.  Approach using a "5 pass" strategy Go through all problems in order.  Morning and afternoon.  On this first pass go ahead and work low hanging fruit.  You either know the answer from the top...

Agreed. I'd been out of school for almost 25 years prior to taking the course and passing the PE.  I'd qualified experience wise to take the exam years before but needed a course that would give me a strong review of the basics prior to taking practice exams.  GA Tech and the internet played a...

+1 on the NEC book.  When I took it in 2014 I don't think I missed an NEC question.

I second that!

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