April 2018 15K SPAM thread

[DoctorWho-PE]

Wow! @shmoe you are a clever carrot!

After undergrad I went to community college after bumming around and traveling the world for a spell. Worked as a field tech full time during the day, took all the engineering prereqs at night. Applied to grad school. Finished the mech program. Boom, here I am. LadySquare was a champ and gave me the idea that I could do it in the first place. We met in French class and were like, "Oh, hello."

I was one class short of an English minor with my first degree.  

 

[leggo PE]

We need a structural in house.

What does your firm do, again? Are you trying to become a full service engineering firm?

 

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How's yours treating you, @vhab49_PE?

Oh, good. I sealed a thing.  Just one though.  Mainly out of protest that since result came out after salary and position adjustment, I am neither paid, or by job description obligated to do so.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

What does your firm do, again? Are you trying to become a full service engineering firm?

We make enclosures and panels for MCCs, switchboards, PLC controls, etc. We pay out the nose for outside structural review/stamping (because they're for utilities and need to meet seismic), all for 3/4" Hilti anchors (kidding!). But costs are high, so people are talking.

 

[leggo PE]

Oh, good. I sealed a thing.  Just one though.  Mainly out of protest that since result came out after salary and position adjustment, I am neither paid, or by job description obligated to do so.

Woahhhh you sealed something! I haven't sealed anything yet, and probably won't until I get my S.E. license. But that's cool! Even if it was out of protest.

Ugh, no bueno about the raises, though. I remember you mentioning that before. They'd better give you all the $$$ in your next raise! 

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Are you trying to become a full service engineering firm?

Definitely not, it's just a building full of electrical/power engineers and the seismic review is expensive and holds up projects.

 

[leggo PE]

Definitely not, it's just a building full of electrical/power engineers and the seismic review is expensive and holds up projects.

Ah, gotcha.

Not super appealing sounding job as a structural person! Just doing those calcs over and over again? Variety is the spice of life!

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

Woahhhh you sealed something! I haven't sealed anything yet, and probably won't until I get my S.E. license. But that's cool! Even if it was out of protest.

Ugh, no bueno about the raises, though. I remember you mentioning that before. They'd better give you all the $$$ in your next raise! 

Yeah,  I doubt it though. We shall see.  I have been told that any time I want to join the gov't machine, they have space for me (helps that the husband works there, and the people he works with like me.)  They are also hurting for structural engineers.  With no SE requirement, because, hey government can do whatever they want.  

I told husband give me 2 or 3 years and I'll be ready.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Ah, gotcha.

Not super appealing sounding job as a structural person! Just doing those calcs over and over again? Variety is the spice of life!

Agree, it sounds super boring. Just commenting that it would be optimal to have one in house. Never promised variety!

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

Definitely not, it's just a building full of electrical/power engineers and the seismic review is expensive and holds up projects.

Yuck.  Sounds unpleasant.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Yuck.  Sounds unpleasant.

I'm mechanical so I'm like..what? Electrons?

 

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Oh, just what I need!

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

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Oh, just what I need!

I still get FE promos from them...

 

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I'm mechanical so I'm like..what? Electrons?

I'm an architect &general engineer by degree.  Technically I could do, really, any of the things, but electrical makes my head hurt.

 

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