Young EIT here.

If you are doing everything right, what should career progression look like?

The firm I work for has Assistant, Associate, Senior, Principle and VP positions. At what point in your career should you expect/aim to be at each respective one?

It seems as though some older engineers are still Associate or Senior rankings whilst a couple younger guys are principles. I’m assuming these positions are more dependent on performance and work ethic than time served?

What’s the best way to keep climbing the ladder? Just kick butt at your job, or anything specific?

Thanks for the help. I didn’t want to ask coworkers this being the new guy who hardly knows his head from his ass yet.

Location is in PA, toward the east. Not in Philly. There’s straight OT but 401k is kinda mid tho. How does this compare to other fresh grad salary?

I am from Mexico, probably in 3 months they will give me my degree and my civilian ID, I would like to work in the United States due to economic problems and more than that for reasons of experience, what advice would those who work like this give me? I am 24 years old and this year I will be 25, God willing.

Hey there!
What's your way of learning about new features, tools and staying up-to-date in general?

I was checking out the sinkhole location on google maps and noticed that the area under the guardrail already appeared to be subsiding, and that there were a few of what looked to be boring holes in the pavement. NJDOT is claiming they didn’t know about this - but there seems to be recent exploratory work?

I got an interview for a summer internship in traffic engineering at my state's DOT. However, I'm nervous since it will be my first interview outside of food service or retail. I'm only a freshman in college with no civil experience. Any tips for how I should prepare?

I changed careers and became an operator at a wastewater plant to facilitate going back to school to earn a degree in civil engineering. Originally I thought I’d pursue structural engineering, but I’ve grown to find what I do fascinating and I am interested in pursuing a career in this industry. I will have 5 years experience as a wastewater operator by the time I finish my degree and, hopefully, at least one year experience as a water operator, with licenses in both fields. I was hoping someone might be able to share their experience in the industry with me and answer a few questions.

What is it like like working as an engineer in this field?

Is having experience as an operator valued?

Is it better to pursue private or public sector jobs?

I’m in Florida (willing to relocate), my salary as a plant operator w/o overtime will be in the upper 60s. Will I make more than that with my degree as a PE (I don’t want to get rich, I just want to make a return on my investment and provide for my family)?

I’m a bit older, I changed careers at 40. I’ll be 47 when I’ve finished my bachelor’s degree. Will my age be a hindrance?

Thanks for taking the time to read this and share your insights!

For those working on public infrastructure, either a consultant or public agent, how much of a bonus do you typically receive?

Having a PMP certificate can be helpful in securing funding or assistantships for a Master's program ?

Dallas Texas, under 635 in the express lanes.

I moved this month and missed a deadline for applying to a school in the area, so I won't be taking any courses this Spring semester. One of the courses I was going to take was CADD. I'll need to take that course as part of my degree, so whether it's this Fall or next Spring, I'll inevitably take it. However, I'm going to do an internship this Summer, and I know firms tend to like interns to do CADD work. Does anyone know of a CADD program I can take online that will teach me what I would need to know? I'm hoping to make a portfolio of independent projects that I could use as proof of proficiency. I'm not too worried about its cost, I'm concerned with its reputation for teaching well. I figured I'd ask here since there might be something specific to civil engineering that a company might prescribe to the new guys, or resources that past students turned to. Thank you.

Come on Bluey, we need to have a chat.

Hi guys! I have seen posts about taking 6 classes a semester before, but they would include some easy general education classes. I'm planning to go to a CC next year and take 6 engineering classes (27 units) for the fall semester. I'm trying to finish CC in a year and transfer out after (civil engineering), because we are struggling financially.

Here is what I will be taking: Differential Equations + Linear Algebra (5 units), Engineering Physics I + Lab (5 units), Engineering Physics II + Lab (5 units), General Chemistry I + Lab (5 units), Surveying (3 units - only 2nd half of term), Introduction to CAD (4 units - whole term but asynchronous).

Right now, I am studying for General Chemistry I and General Physics, and some experience in SketchUp (Idk if this will correlate to CAD - please tell me if it does, if so I will try and learn more on it), so I will be able to have some knowledge before taking such classes. But schedule wise, once I go to CC, on Mondays and Wednesdays, I will be at school from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with an hour of free time total, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I will be at school all day from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM with two hours of free time.

I know that this is A TON of work, but I really need to help my family out. Thoughts and tips on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I'll be doing civil engineering next year in uni and am currently looking for a laptop. I've heard we're gonna work with stuff like auto cad, strand 7, plaxis, Abaqus maybe revit. I've been told I need to look for a laptop that has at least 32gb ram and dedicated graphics like 4060 rtx but this has really limited my options and only points me towards loud, heavy gaming laptops with only too few hours battery life.

We rushed and bought a predator neo 14 inch on boxing day (Ultra 9 Intel processor, 32gb ram, 4070 rtx) cause it claims to have a high battery life for a gaming computer, but apparently it's poor all around other than performance wise and it was hella expensive. We're looking to return it.

Anybody know any better alternatives? Preferably not gaming laptops? And will I even need 32gb ram or a dedicated graphics card, if I can compromise one of those I'll have some really great options.

Really appreciate any advice and past experiences🙏

Hi, I’m sure this sub gets flooded with questions like this from people facing quarter life crises and here’s another one of these:

I graduated in 2021 with a BS in Statistics and Public Health from a state college. I’ve taken math and stats courses ranging from probability to diff eq, and was pre med for a while too so took chemistry, biology, etc.

I’ve been working as a statistical programmer for a few years, and now moved into government contracting doing more data science-y stuff. However, the total dominance AI has over this field has left me uninspired and wishing I’d studied something else in undergrad. I don’t feel like keeping up with the rapid developments in AI, which have infiltrated the route of more classic statistician roles I wanted to succeed in as a career. My next step is to get my masters in biostatistics, but recently I’ve felt disillusioned from pursuing the programs I was accepted into.

In high school I wanted to be an environmental engineer until my cousin who studied it at a top school warned me off of it because she was working tutoring odd jobs due to not being able to find a job. I loved working with Autocad in high school electives, and feel that I have a strong math and programming background due to my undergraduate major. Some things that attract me to the profession are being able to conceptualize and then see the tangible outcomes of your efforts, have a professional title for job stability and credibility, and progress infrastructure and society in a way many fields don’t offer the opportunity to. Is it too late for me to pursue this field through a post bacc program and get credentialed? I am aware that I would be essentially starting from scratch and taking a pay cut in an EL role, but I feel that I would have regrets just continuing in my life of work that I am losing steam in every day.

Any advice, however brutally honest, would be much appreciated!

Good evening all,

3rd post in a series of posts I've made about my career updates. Once again, for reference, 7.5 year experience Licensed PE in Northeast US in Municipal, Water/Wastewater, and Construction Management.

After being at my current firm for 5 years, and dealing with specifically with an older engineer who wouldn't retire and was holding back my career, I took another offer which gave me about a 20% raise ($17k) and a title jump to a PM-type role.

Bare in mind that my entire W/WW department was myself, a 14-year experience PE, the old Engineer, and my director at this point, so I was low man on the totem pole doing 80% of the billable work, even as a PE.

Upon hearing of my 2 week notice, the younger PM PANICKED and immediately called my director and COO of my company (who originally hired me in 2020 when he was a lower position). They at first told me that I was going to be promoted withkn a few months anyway, and they immediately attempted to begin the counter offer process and entertained it, but after a less than positive conversation with my COO (who criticized me for attempting to leave and not asking for a raise first), they only really verbally on the phone told me that they'd match the offer and give me "whatever the other company is giving you."

Upon not receiving a formal counter offer letter in writing by 11am this morning, and as I had already signed the other company's offer and was supposed to give notice to trigger the rest of the onboarding process (background check), I made the choice to simply give 2 week notice and stick to my decision.

This was met with several phone calls of shock, disappointment, and Sorrow seeing me Go. This has appeared to cause Shockwaves lol.

Since then, I have felt both excited and sick to my stomach on making this move. How does everyone feel on this matter?

FOR ENGINEERS is this price good?

35,000 Package: drawing pa approved sa developer CERTIFIED true copy tax declaration asikaso DOLE asikaso FIRE CLEARANCE pagawa SRUCTURAL ANALYSIS hanap signing engineer bayad ng fees sa city hall mag claim pag release na

Context: I have a bachelors in Urban Planning but now going back to school for a 2nd bachelors in CE due to lack of opportunities with Planning degree.

My question: Will having a degree in planning help at all (even the slightest) when applying to CE positions or is it as irrelevant as any other random Liberal Arts degree.

Thanks.

My school offers a sustainability program that focuses specifically on how it relates to the built environment. I'm considering picking it as a double major since I've had a strong interest in both disciplines, but I'm wondering if this combination will actually be marketable and add value to my resume. Has anyone done this combination before, and do any of you think that demand for sustainability will grow in the future?

Hello all! I am recent graduate from civil engineering. Due to my health condition i can’t really endure physical work compared to others I am frightened that i might not be able to cope up with the physical task involved in civil But i am good at doing office works and tasks no matter how pressured they are So Is there a way i can fit in civil engineering or should i have a change of stream?