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$1200 per kW? Not sure where you get that number from. Simple cycle gas turbine (and recips plants) are at that or slightly above. I did development and execution  for a large utility on new CCGTs and we were around $850/kW on the large units (1 GW) and around $1000/kW on units half that size.

The last two places I worked had medical/dental fully paid by the employer, excellent pension plans (which I'll never see since I left), and matching 401K up to 6%, Current employer, I pay about 5% of the premiums (come to about $150 per month for full family coverage), they give me 7% in a 401K...

I'm neither Nuclear or Petroleum (I did work at a nuke plant as a mechanical systems engineer for almost 2 years though). My salary history for the last 7 years has been $57,600, $56,000, $70,000, $86,400, $98,100, $117,000. This is base salary at 6 different companies, no bonus, no OT (never...

It's too high, tell them you need a pay cut. But in all seriousness, that is probably about right for CE. If you were ME or EE, I would say too low for sure. For the record, I am an ME with 7 years exp, and make more than double that. I just got a 3% raise for obtaining PE.

There were two locations in Houston for the April exam. Woodlands had almost 1200 people there. A lot of people I talked to at the Woodlands location ended up there cause NRG filled up, Austin filled up, etc., so when they registered, Woodlands was the only location available. Luckily I live in...

No it isn't. You should be able to get 25/25.

Key word search the PDF or use the website to review at the statutes if you don't know the answer.

I tend to disagree with fed benefits being nice. I have been offered several fed jobs and have found the benefits to be much worse than what I can get in the private sector. The last three places I have worked all had insurance fully paid by the company, excellent pensions (which obviously I...

Currently in Texas, but have lived/worked in PA and FL prior. Concentration is Mechanical and have worked in power generation for the last 5 years. I job hop every 1.5 to 2 years and typically look all over the US (though mostly concentrate one a few East coast states).

Unless you do HVAC design for a living, I would do TFS. I looked at all three mechanical exams (by that I mean I bought all three NCEES exams) and initially decided on the machine design. I studied for the machine design for a few months (probably 80 hours total). The week before the deadline to...

Not bragging, just genuinely curious. As a habitual jobseeker, I have had a lot of offers over the years in various industries (power gen, university facilities/utilities, EPC firms, federal gov, public agencies, etc.) and all have been very strong offers. I don't feel like I am the exception...

What industries do you guys work in that you are nowhere near 6 figures? I surpassed 6 figures only 4 years after getting my degree if you include bonuses and made it past 6 figures in base salary alone 6 years after getting it.

You are probably correct. 95% of my studying was doing NCEES practice exam questions. I kept cycling through them every few weeks until I could fly through most. At home I could do 40 questions in 2:00-2:30. On exam day I finished the morning in 2:45 and afternoon in 2:05. My Texas score is a 92...

Not asking for one, but probably getting one. Should know in a week or two.

Same, and I already have my stamp and embosser.

https://engineers.texas.gov/exam_check_grades.php

My situation is a little weird. I started studying for the Machine Design version of the Mech exam and probably spent about 80 hours total on that. Then the week before I registered for the exam, I changed my mind and decided to do Thermal/Fluids (since that is were most of my work experience...

For Mech (TFS): MERM, my university thermodynamics book, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (Moran/Shapiro), my university fluids book, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (Munson/Young), NCEES 2001, 2016 practice exams, Kaplan practice exam, six minutes solutions. During the exam I only...

92, TFS