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bjb in TX from Ne

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....when you don't have to worry about whether you passed the PE exam.

I am now one of Texas's newest Civil (structural) Engineers! Now for the real fun to begin...
 
Congratulations, Texas you say, my favorite daughter is an Architect in Austin, Texas. We recently returned form a months stay there in the RV (see picture). Unlike most of the country, the economy is better there thus a need to Architects and Engineers etc. Go Texas

John T
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My son passed his PE on the first try. After he showed me what he took to the exam- about 40 pounds of reference books, all tabbed with every conceivable formula- I observed that he didn't just pass it, he worried it to death!

Congrats to you. Son does a little consulting on the side, as well as being assistant County Engineer of Grant County, Washington.
 
Great for you.

I have had my books for a couple of years on EE PE, just do not sit down and get it done.
 
Congrats, I took the FE when I graduated, been a project engineer for 18 years and never got around to taking the PE. Should've done it when everything was fresh, now probably would be hard to do, good thing not really needed for what I do.
 
I got an engineering degree, but never engineered for a single day, until I retired.
Now I engineer fixes for my old AG junk all the time. I am quite surprised by the natural engineering skills of some of my farmer neighbors.

Best thing about an engineering education is that it teaches a forced discipline to your thought process. Worst part is that people with a scatter brained thought process now make you consider murder....or suicide....
if it is your boss...or when you are at a board meeting of some charity.
 
Congrats.
I'm in the junior year of my CE at the UofAz so with the way time flys, the FE and then PE are not too distant in the future for me.
 
Make sure you take your FE during you Senior year. You can NOT count experience in most states until you have taken the FE. Taking it before you graduate starts the clock right when you start your first job.
 
The wait seemed like forever after I took the Bar exam, too- but I had the advantage of knowing whether I passed or failed without even opening the envelope. If you passed, you got a thin envelope with a single sheet telling you you'd passed; if you failed, they sent your corrected exam back to you so you could study for next time.

I got a thin envelope, BTW.
 
Like my dad said when I passed the Architectural exam, "Congratulation, Now you can be sued for screwing that up too"
Best wishes
 
Congrats!! Structural Civil Engineer P.E. here retired after 32 years. Designed mainly bridges and waterfront structures. It was a lot of fun and especially when you put your own personal touch on things!
 
I've been an engineer since 1964, mechanical so no real need for PE, but never out of work one day in 45 years. And I liked what I did, great profession for an old farm boy.
 
Retired M.E. in 1958......like Paul never got my p.e. but lots of fun. Designing/fabricating/erecting wind tunnels,space chambers and test facilites for NASA. Spent some time on St.Louis arch. Mostly with a slide rule and monroematic.
 
(quoted from post at 03:58:37 12/08/13) Retired M.E. in 1958......like Paul never got my p.e. but lots of fun. Designing/fabricating/erecting wind tunnels,space chambers and test facilites for NASA. Spent some time on St.Louis arch. Mostly with a slide rule and monroematic.
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You didn't happen to work for Sverdrup did you?
 
I thoroughly agree with the thought process being a retired EE working for the same co. for 36 years. PE was not a job requirement as there was a "Company PE" that signed off the approval block on all drawings and took the legal responsibility. With all considered, getting one was a big pain even though I had the green and white pre-test study guide and was thinking about it. Not being needed was the caveat.

My kids didn't have a chance growing up due to that (seemingly natural to me) thought management process. Every time you see something you ask yourself what is that, why is it where it is, why is it..........?

Got a sophomore grand son that comes over on occasion. I am teaching him the same process. I ask him questions about this and that as he is helping me on the farm to get his brain to be inquisitive and think things out.

A simple example was when we went to connect a trailer to the truck. I got the truck positioned, he was standing by the tongue jack and I had a can over the jack. I asked him why was the can over the jack? We worked through that and then I told him that every time he sees something he needs to ask himself how, why, better way to do it, what are the requirements, and all that to get his mind active.

I like his work ethic. When helping me he is self motivated and has good perception. He's more of a working partner than a "gofer".

My 2c as usual,
Mark
 
You mean the "Modulus of Elasticity"? Oops, that's ME talk, not EE unless you are talking about power line droop.

Mark
 
I drooled over the HP 35 when it came out and when the 45 came out I found $400 somewhere and bought it. Wore the corners off the case from usage. Sure beat the rule. But all was not bad.

The rule taught me to do numbers in my head because of having to locate the decimal and to this day I still work 'em in my head. Today you can buy a scientific calculator, much improved for $20. Add inflation onto that and the 45 was a couple of bucks in yesterday's dollars.

I just reached up on the bookshelf over my desk here at home, and retrieved and knocked the dust off my second and last rule, a K&E Decilon in a tan leather case. Real nice instrument. I still have the 45 around here somewhere.

I have fun with button punchers at checkout stations in stores. They don't use their heads. The machine thinks for them. What personal gain is that? They are fumbling with the keys when I give them a big bill, a few smaller ones and some change....while I already have the answer in my head. Feel sorry for them and the industry.

Just like folks with the new cars and electronic gadgets. They have absolutely no idea as to the complicated mathematics and engineering calculations that were required to produce what they look at as a toy.

Mark
 
I graduated in 95 and have worked for the same engineering firm ever since. I never had a need to take the PE as the payscale where I work didn't increase much. I couldn't pass it if I had to now. Now all I do is supervise the newcomer PE and EIT engineers and make sure they don't do anything stupid. Not a day goes by I don't wish I would have went ahead and took the test.
 
(quoted from post at 10:05:24 12/08/13) I thoroughly agree with the thought process being a retired EE working for the same co. for 36 years. PE was not a job requirement as there was a "Company PE" that signed off the approval block on all drawings and took the legal responsibility. With all considered, getting one was a big pain even though I had the green and white pre-test study guide and was thinking about it. Not being needed was the caveat.

My kids didn't have a chance growing up due to that (seemingly natural to me) thought management process. Every time you see something you ask yourself what is that, why is it where it is, why is it..........?

Got a sophomore grand son that comes over on occasion. I am teaching him the same process. I ask him questions about this and that as he is helping me on the farm to get his brain to be inquisitive and think things out.

A simple example was when we went to connect a trailer to the truck. I got the truck positioned, he was standing by the tongue jack and I had a can over the jack. I asked him why was the can over the jack? We worked through that and then I told him that every time he sees something he needs to ask himself how, why, better way to do it, what are the requirements, and all that to get his mind active.

I like his work ethic. When helping me he is self motivated and has good perception. He's more of a working partner than a "gofer".

My 2c as usual,
Mark
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an........there to make a home for wasps. :wink:
 
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