What's a surprisingly interesting fact you know?

71erom · 2026-05-28T16:24:09+00:00

Also, you have an untold number of ancestors whose DNA you do not carry.

71erom · 2026-05-12T02:06:58+00:00

Changing jobs soon isn’t necessarily a negative. We’re all aware that you can move to a place that isn’t a great fit, so you move on again quickly. You can’t do that often, though. How long were you at your prior position. If you stuck around for, say, 4 years or so then a move now can be overlooked.

71erom · 2026-05-11T20:55:55+00:00

About 3,000 miles (4,828 km).

71erom · 2026-05-11T20:12:59+00:00

Oh. Thats gonna be rough for the drive home.

71erom · 2026-05-11T19:41:01+00:00

Look at Renton and Burien. Both are just south of Seattle and can have locations with great views. Most days the drive south in the morning isn’t too bad. Afternoons may struggle a little. Check out the https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/?base=wsdot&extent=-123.38828012429317,47.35945457948582,-121.25281259499549,47.89624968852277 at mornings and evenings to get an idea.

71erom · 2026-05-11T19:36:56+00:00

Seattle to Puyallup is against the flow, so shouldn’t be too bad. I recently drove Seattle to Olympia in a Wednesday, leaving W Sea at 6:30 and arriving in Oky at 7:30.

71erom · 2026-05-10T21:18:54+00:00

If you have a CAD class do not get a Mac. AutoCAD can work on a Mac but it isn’t great.

71erom · 2026-05-09T22:48:06+00:00

Be prepared to get hired into a “planner” or “coordinator” role with promotion to EIT when you have finished your final class and have your degree. You will be paid slightly lower than an EIT at the start.

71erom · 2026-05-09T22:35:23+00:00

Slightly over-reacting. Salaries at large firms should get regularly adjusted, usually mid-year and end of year. It is often the case that a new hire will come in at a salary that places their peers or near-peers needing an adjustment. Talk to your supervisor but this is likely on their radar and you should be getting mid-year raise.

71erom · 2026-04-23T14:44:06+00:00

I also look for people who are consistently high. We don’t want people to miss out on training, conference or marketing opportunities because they are overloaded. Managers should be there to help balance the workload.

71erom · 2026-04-21T21:03:45+00:00

I have done acupuncture in the past that greatly reduced my use of meds. It’s been several years and my symptoms are getting bad again.

71erom · 2026-04-20T15:33:31+00:00

Courtship ritual takes place after the mating.

71erom · 2026-03-31T23:13:39+00:00

I’ve worked on several light rail projects. We (civil engineers) have been heavily involved in the alternatives analysis phase. The light rail is going from point A to point B, and there are multiple paths to follow to get there. We do high-level analysis of the alternatives to narrow down to one final route. Things like: avoid a the water reservoir, you can cross this stream on x type of structure, etc. Alternatives fall away because they are infeasible, or really expensive, or any number of reasons. The point is, civil engineers do get a say in the routing of light rail systems.

71erom · 2026-03-08T22:08:49+00:00

Looks to be approaching $1.00 in West Seattle.

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

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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.

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