So I know that variations of this question has been asked time and time again. I've looked through the forums and haven't found exactly what I'm looking for and many of the ones that come closest to answering my questions were quite old, so when I went to try to verify that information it appeared that in many cases it had changed (or maybe was just not well publicized). At this point I'm just basically reduced to searching 50+ websites in a hit-or-miss fashion in hopes of finding the answer. If there's a forum that answers please point me in that direction and accept my apologies.
As simply put as possible: I want to get my PE license, but I have never worked under the supervision of a PE. And for that matter I barely know any PEs. I've worked with one from other companies we've hired once or twice over the years so that they could basically stamp designs that we made.
Is there any state that allows any exemption for this? I am in TN and from what I've learned talking to the board in the past they allow some exemptions with some heavy lifting style workarounds, but more recent conversations make those sound like avenues they're less willing to consider these days. And from what I learned from a former classmate that got his PE a few years back they basically want a portfolio of your work (and he was working directly under a PE specifically for the purposes of getting a PE license) and he had to resubmit twice. I know for a fact that the majority of the work that I did for my company over the past several years is confidential and I very highly doubt that they will just allow me to send of packages of drawings and information, especially since I just left the company.
So are there other states that don't require that work was done under a PE? That don't care that I probably can't even produce a PE? I know that my work meets the requirements other than that. I worked for my last company for about 3.5 years doing heavy engineering and project management and I've worked for two other companies since school doing engineering work (albeit much less technical since I was younger and more inexperienced then). I meet all the requirements other than the PE supervision.
Sadly, the more I look the more I start to think that it's not really an option. And if that's the case then I probably won't ever get my license. I am six years out of school now and if I had to start over with four years of experience at this point then I would be getting my license at 10+ years out of school (not that unheard of I know), but that would have me competing with guys that have been out of school for 4-5 years that got their license at the same time, or other engineers with the same amount of experience that have been licensed for 6+ years.
As simply put as possible: I want to get my PE license, but I have never worked under the supervision of a PE. And for that matter I barely know any PEs. I've worked with one from other companies we've hired once or twice over the years so that they could basically stamp designs that we made.
Is there any state that allows any exemption for this? I am in TN and from what I've learned talking to the board in the past they allow some exemptions with some heavy lifting style workarounds, but more recent conversations make those sound like avenues they're less willing to consider these days. And from what I learned from a former classmate that got his PE a few years back they basically want a portfolio of your work (and he was working directly under a PE specifically for the purposes of getting a PE license) and he had to resubmit twice. I know for a fact that the majority of the work that I did for my company over the past several years is confidential and I very highly doubt that they will just allow me to send of packages of drawings and information, especially since I just left the company.
So are there other states that don't require that work was done under a PE? That don't care that I probably can't even produce a PE? I know that my work meets the requirements other than that. I worked for my last company for about 3.5 years doing heavy engineering and project management and I've worked for two other companies since school doing engineering work (albeit much less technical since I was younger and more inexperienced then). I meet all the requirements other than the PE supervision.
Sadly, the more I look the more I start to think that it's not really an option. And if that's the case then I probably won't ever get my license. I am six years out of school now and if I had to start over with four years of experience at this point then I would be getting my license at 10+ years out of school (not that unheard of I know), but that would have me competing with guys that have been out of school for 4-5 years that got their license at the same time, or other engineers with the same amount of experience that have been licensed for 6+ years.
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