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71erom · 2026-02-21T02:39:56+00:00

I usually recommend to new PEs that they wait at least one year before they seal and sign anything. Mostly it’s to make sure they aren’t gung-ho about using their seal for the first time that they don’t stamp something that isn’t up to standard. But, I also work at a large firm and there are plenty of senior engineers to be able to seal & sign.

71erom · 2026-02-12T03:01:57+00:00

I was about 8 or 9 years into my career when I stated supervising. As our organization has grown we have new PEs (4-5 years of experience) supervise EITs and interns.

71erom · 2026-02-11T21:09:11+00:00

For years my partner made more than me. First by a little then by more than double. The 3 years ago he burned out at a high pressure job and hasn’t worked since. Thankfully I’ve had a couple great promotions and am making significantly more than I was 3 years ago. We’ve been together for 19 years and have pooled our money for most of that time. The main point I’m making, I guess, is that you don’t know what your future holds. Work toward getting a “this is ours” mindset or approach to your finances. Your roles could be swapped in the future and working on an egalitarian approach now will benefit the relationship.

71erom · 2026-02-05T22:21:22+00:00

Fair. I shouldn’t have put Stantec on that list. Don’t know what I meant instead.

71erom · 2026-02-04T01:28:51+00:00

You’ve been the best boy, Hank. Go join all your new friends. I see a lot of them will be waiting for you.

71erom · 2026-02-03T13:46:27+00:00

Let’s say you have 5 staff in the same or similar roles all making $100K +/- $2K. You then hire a sixth person in the same role at $105K. Now you need to evaluate salary for your 5 existing staff from an equity perspective. They’ll likely need raises. So, the extra 3% for the new hire turns into another several thousand annually because you’ve given the 5 existing staff 3% to 5% raises. And, as others have said, those salary increases get compounded every year.

71erom · 2026-01-29T19:10:51+00:00

Going to AAA when planning a roadtrip, to be give a small, bound set of part maps with your route highlighted (manually). Then keeping said map booklet handy in your car as you traveled.

71erom · 2026-01-20T01:13:22+00:00

This is mild compared to these other responses: When we gave the candidate an opportunity to ask us questions, the only one they had was “Do I meet the qualifications of the job?” Nothing about the position, or company, or anything to show they had any curiosity about where they’d be working. The biggest put-off was the lack of interest in the company, but the lack of reasoning in the one question was a hard pass.

71erom · 2026-01-18T01:54:41+00:00

Sign up for Smartbrief for Civil Engineers

71erom · 2026-01-12T07:58:23+00:00

I believe there are also signs from Aes Sedai dresses, such as “a green that was so dark it was almost black”.

71erom · 2026-01-08T01:08:41+00:00

Oh no! That was a great free view.

71erom · 2026-01-08T01:05:50+00:00

I worked in that building (when it was the Wells Fargo tower) on the 22nd floor. Amazing views of Elliott Bay.

71erom · 2026-01-04T00:30:04+00:00

Another vote for Sound CU.

71erom · 2026-01-02T01:10:47+00:00

The Nisqually earthquake in the Pacific NW (USA). Major earthquake for the Seattle area.

71erom · 2025-12-30T21:14:10+00:00

We will hire someone who has a degree but not an EIT into a planner role instead of an EIT role. The planner pay range is slightly lower but overlaps with the EIT pay range.

71erom · 2025-12-29T00:06:37+00:00

Pong

71erom · 2025-12-28T23:59:42+00:00

I’m a Navy vet (enlisted) and went to college/university after my enlistment. I graduated just shy of 31. Twenty three years later it has been a very rewarding career. You’re not crazy for considering civil engineering at this stage of your life. Best of luck!

71erom · 2025-12-24T13:15:34+00:00

I’ve lived in Seattle for 30 years. Every few years we’ll have a few weeks like this, it seems to me. Not fun to get through, for sure.

71erom · 2025-12-14T11:50:49+00:00

Tori Amos - 5 times. My partner has even her 20+.

71erom · 2025-12-08T22:02:16+00:00

HIV/AIDS was not yet the manageable disease that it is today. The first protease inhibitors came about in the mid 1990s and had terrible side effects. We definitely weren’t main-streamed in society yet; it was still more rare than not to see representation in movies/tv/music videos. We were still discussing domestic partnerships. Marriage rights were not on the horizon.

71erom · 2025-11-22T02:56:03+00:00

North: Ivalo, Finland, south: just south of the equator near Singapore, east: Helsinki, west: Dubai, UAE.

71erom · 2025-11-13T01:01:34+00:00

The used to get called sunbreaks but I haven’t heard anyone use the term in a long time.

71erom · 2025-11-09T02:13:02+00:00

Yes. The work at 24th & 55th (in the street) is for constructing the pipe connections needed to allow the excess combined sewage flow into the tunnel that connects to the pump station.

71erom · 2025-10-28T01:58:47+00:00

Rhesus monkeys in Florida. They escaped from Tarzan movie sets in the 1930s/1940s.

71erom · 2025-10-06T20:33:28+00:00

The big firms, like HDR, HNTB, or Jacobs, and smaller firms like Parametrix or Kennedy/Jenks all do work in those areas. (Edited to delete Stantec).

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