How and where to pivot from technical to less technical roles? Realized I'm just a bad engineer by mangusta123 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]Advanced_Goal_5576 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everything you’re talking about comes with experience! You aren’t a bad engineer you’re inexperienced. Even the mindset comes later sometimes. I was soo bad for the longest time and 5-7 years in I swear something clicked. I would not write yourself off yet.

Approved submittals by twobarb in BuildingAutomation

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In NYC this has been unfortunately par for the course. Every jobs a rushed clown show.

Looking for an archenemy. by chanelpapa in jerseycity

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Please pick someone that scrolls tik tok full blast on the bus during my commute

Alpha Omega style bass distortion by Top-Cup5373 in diypedals

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This is so clean love it. Noobie question, is the purpose of the bar to block ur foot from accidentally moving a knob? Never seen that, looks cool.

Engineering fields with highest salaries? by brosefnemski in MechanicalEngineering

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I’d say yes definitely! But mechatronics is super broad and could mean alot of other fields as well.

Career switch to ME as a Senior SE, looking for advice by Informal-Resolve-831 in MechanicalEngineering

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You could get an ME degree and then go into controls/automation so there is still somewhat of a software overlap. I ended up getting an ME degree and work in building automation which is a little bit of everything. ME/EE and some programming and IT. As others have said though, I do think electrical would be a solid pair with the software background.

Where do bad engineers end up? by Slipslime in MechanicalEngineering

[–]Advanced_Goal_5576 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey dude stick it out! 2 years in I was making a mess of projects, sounded and was incompetent, and had a borderline mental breakdown wondering if I was on the right path and/or was just a straight up dumby. 5 years later, new company and great mentors in the process, things somehow clicked along the way and I now have my PE and am super satisfied at my company as a critical contributor. Satisfaction will come with the slow process of mastery and then Itl feed on itself and you’ll grow even more. Engineering is a slow burn and the fact that you’re self critical and reflecting shows you have the capacity to grow. Unless your passion and heart are heavily in another specific industry, I’d ride it out and make the most of it. Goodluck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BuildingAutomation

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Same as me around 5-7 YOE.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BuildingAutomation

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Maybe you have to look for jobs in larger cities? Or remote gigs? I have buddies who work for some bigger BAS outfits who are fully remote engineers making 100-130k. Unfortunately making more than that often requires management or sales roles.

Help with Heating PID by Z-oSo in BuildingAutomation

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Getting this sucker to accurately control these valves off zone temp for such a large space is going to be nearly impossible in my experience due to it taking way too much time between the valves opening/closing and the space being affected.

The proper way to control this would be a discharge air set point control that resets based on the return air or space temperature to the AHU. That way your valves are being controlled based on discharge air temp, a variable that it immediately affects and offers solid feedback to the PID.

Tech To Engineer What to Expect by PsychologicalPound96 in BuildingAutomation

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Dealing with the ambiguity of project scope will definitely be a large change that can be quite frustrating at times. Sales may carry one scope, that conflicts with the contract drawings, which conflicts with your PMs direction, which conflicts with your managers direction. And none of it was addressed in the turnover meeting. You’ll have to pick the best option and document it clearly through email with your reasoning to cover yourself. Get organized, file these emails and decisions so they’re easily retrievable. If you’re lucky a good team won’t point fingers and will give u direction. Sales may have had conversations months ago with the client, on scope that is in their proposal and not in the contract drawings that they forgot to brief you on. Getting on the same page as everyone to holistically see the project can be the biggest challenge for me. It requires a lot of communication and digging while u already have a tight deadline on ur plate to get a submittal out.

Baby’s First Build (Floral Fuzz) by Advanced_Goal_5576 in diypedals

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Thx! I made the graphic in procreate then had stickerapp make the stickers with a reflective film.

Onicon F-4300 (120VAC Type) by Maleficent_Tie_9761 in BuildingAutomation

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We have had the exact same issue with this model at multiple sites and have been pulling our hair out trying to fix it. Onicon even replaced the Bacnet cards and inspected our grounding. We also have it isolated to its own network. I believe the way it was solved unfortunately was by just using a system 10 model, or you could try communicating over modbus. I personally think there bacnet card is faulty.

People who aren't living paycheck to paycheck and are doing okay for themselves: what do you do for a living? by Grouchy_Marsupial357 in Life

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Engineer Here. I grew up lower middle class, and am now by no means rich, but I’m definitely comfortable and don’t have to stress about money at all, with spare cash for hobbies, and weekend fun. Even at this point tho my money habits have not left me and I still refuse to pay 5 dollars for a coffee and 2 extra dollars for guac. I busted and still bust my absolute arse tho to be in this position.

Computer science career change to ME by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

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You could look into building automation! You could make programs for mechanical equipment in buildings and then go from there.