October 2019 15k SPAM Thread

[Orchid PE]

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[Orchid PE]

Honestly, already got one. Fairly confident I passed, but will be at something of loss if I didn't.

You should be good, then.

 

[Orchid PE]

Honestly, already got one. Fairly confident I passed, but will be at something of loss if I didn't.

Taking it twice isn't bad, though. I know two structural guys who are really bright, and studied their butts off, but both had to take it twice. That was a few years ago, and now they're both partners at their respective firms.

 

[Orchid PE]

Anyone want to start up a side MEP+S company?

 

[MadamPirate PE]

Knowing how much Mines costs, that sounds about right.

Definitely had some sticker shock.

 

[Orchid PE]

Anyone want to start up a side MEP+S company?

We have the whole spectrum of specialties here and multiple states covered.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Definitely had some sticker shock.

My college is up to like Havard level price tag but not Harvard level education.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Do any of you use Microsoft Teams at work? Since Skype is getting phased out, they've been switching us over since like June. And some divisions have had their Skype disabled so they're forced to use Teams. It's shocking that they left the GIF option enabled. 

 

[Orchid PE]

Do any of you use Microsoft Teams at work? Since Skype is getting phased out, they've been switching us over since like June. And some divisions have had their Skype disabled so they're forced to use Teams. It's shocking that they left the GIF option enabled. 

We use Skype.

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

Do any of you use Microsoft Teams at work? Since Skype is getting phased out, they've been switching us over since like June. And some divisions have had their Skype disabled so they're forced to use Teams. It's shocking that they left the GIF option enabled. 

Haha, yep. I personally like teams, confusing UI aside (I can get used to it)

 

[MadamPirate PE]

Do any of you use Microsoft Teams at work? Since Skype is getting phased out, they've been switching us over since like June. And some divisions have had their Skype disabled so they're forced to use Teams. It's shocking that they left the GIF option enabled. 

We are in the middle of transitioning to Teams. 

There are days I post entirely in gif to my team.

 

[Will.I.Am PE]

Taking it twice isn't bad, though. I know two structural guys who are really bright, and studied their butts off, but both had to take it twice. That was a few years ago, and now they're both partners at their respective firms.

Honestly, I feel like a good portion of structural folks have to take it twice. That exam has a whopping 13 (roughly) required design codes to pull from, and you almost have to take the exam once, just to know what kind of off-the-wall questions they're going to pull from the codes.

The geotechnical exam is much more theoretical. Like, 40-60 percent conceptual questions kind of theoretical, so if you have the concepts and general practice firmly down, you're generally good... Generally.

 

[Orchid PE]

Honestly, I feel like a good portion of structural folks have to take it twice. That exam has a whopping 13 (roughly) required design codes to pull from, and you almost have to take the exam once, just to know what kind of off-the-wall questions they're going to pull from the codes.

The geotechnical exam is much more theoretical. Like, 40-60 percent conceptual questions kind of theoretical, so if you have the concepts and general practice firmly down, you're generally good... Generally.

Based on what I've seen, geotech doesn't sound like a fun specialty to me.

 

[Orchid PE]

Based on some of the structural I've done (just sizing beams and footers), structural sounds fun.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Haha, yep. I personally like teams, confusing UI aside (I can get used to it)

I'm used to it (mostly) now, it isn't that bad

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

We are in the middle of transitioning to Teams. 

There are days I post entirely in gif to my team.

i've done that too. i love it. but some of the gifs are questionable lol

 

[MadamPirate PE]

i've done that too. i love it. but some of the gifs are questionable lol

There's definitely some NSFW ones in there.

 

[Will.I.Am PE]

Based on what I've seen, geotech doesn't sound like a fun specialty to me.

I enjoy it, but it's not for everyone, for sure.

I get the feeling the exam writers mostly want to avoid having geotech become the go-to exam among general Civils who don't fit nicely into any of the specialties, so they make it difficult if you don't have some combination of significant geotech education or experience.

 

[Orchid PE]

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