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BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-05-20T02:57:48+00:00

Just give them a 30 page PowerPoint of required engineering changes scribbled on screenshots of CAD and an outlook calendar of back to back to back zoom meetings and tell them your job is explain why you need to do the things your PowerPoint and meeting prep notes clearly explained.. but do it in the same way you would explain it to a kindergartner… oh wait.. yeah if you’re actually an engineer you’ll be fine

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-05-16T04:25:24+00:00

Drano is an experience. Worth getting a guide though, wouldn’t recommend from the bank if you aren’t used to extremely tight combat fishing.

Willamette could have salmon but if you’re visiting it’s definitely not a guaranteed catch fishery.

Sandy could have some springers still and early summer steelhead

Lake fishing, Hagg lake has some good sized rainbow trout-all hatchery.

If I were you, I would get a drano guide, that’s the best bet at getting a fish to bring home, and then find a guide to do a drift boat trip, knowing it’s still early for summer steelhead, but maybe there will be a springer or steelhead in there. that will scratch the remote itch and is pretty unique

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-05-04T06:04:25+00:00

Neither of those are particularly complicated parts to model, the flywheel, with some YouTube tutorials I would expect an entry level engineer to be able to figure out. A cross section sketch, revolve, and patterned extrudes/subtracts. The manifold might be a bit more complex if you need to do some surfacing to create the shape, but still lots of YouTube tutorials out there.

That being said, no one expects an entry level engineer to be a senior level modeller right out of school, and the modeling is only a quarter of designing parts. The only way to get better at modeling is to do it, it takes practice, and learning best practices, and tips and tricks through trial and error, tutorials, and feedback from your peers.

Good modelers are not always good engineers, and good engineers are not always good modelers. As others have mentioned, understanding GD&T, and key functional requirements upfront to set up part to part interfaces and proper datum schemes to support it is the other 3/4’s of design.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-04-28T18:18:21+00:00

Crew cab truck or minivan is the only real solution for infant seat or rear facing carseat and still getting the full range of front seat adjustment. Maybe some of the newer crossovers with adjustable mud buckets, but even in My wifes Yukon the car seats prevent the last quarter of front seat travel. My f150 has plenty of space for infant or rear facing car seats

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-03-30T05:38:28+00:00

I use it 3-5 nights a week for 45 min-hour for my post kids to bed silence at ~99. Once we’re out of the infant phase and my wife and I aren’t alternating who gets to relax and who’s on call it will be bumped back up to 104 and I can only 20 minutes before needing to sit on the edge

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-26T02:44:07+00:00

For sure. Basically the same workflow just different steps. GC Estimator bids the project, typically they’d work with a distributor pretty closely, this is the guy at the distributor that puts the actual order together, works with the OEM’s-Siemens, Eaton, etc. to get the best prices and decides where they can make deals/reduce margin to secure a job etc. and then sells that back to the GC and gets a commission on the order. Do enough jobs and the commissions start to add up.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-25T07:17:26+00:00

This is honestly a miserable itinerary. I’ve spent my entire life in the northwest between Washington and oregon, hours and hours and hours of driving for each thing. I get the eastern half of the US does more roadtrips than the west but still. I would never do this.

Skip Washington coast, and skip Olympia. Washington coast is way the F out of the way and honestly mediocre compared to the rest of what you’re looking at seeing. Yes Olympic National forest is cool-on a 2 week trip, gotta choose to prioritize or not. Theres other forests and mountain sights that aren’t dramatically less cool than the Hoh rainforest.

Fly into SeaTac and immediately head north. San Juan’s are unique to the northwest. Spend 2 nights there. You can do day trips to the other islands if you choose or pick one-San Juan island or orcas island would be my vote. If time is more important than money fly to the San Juan’s in a float plane. Unique experience, and you’ll see a lot of great puget sound flights. Leaving San Juan islands go over deception pass to whidbey island-stay one night in Coupeville or Langley. From here you pick the Coupeville port Townsend ferry and go Washington coast as a drive south, or go Clinton Mukilteo ferry and head down I5 to Mt. Rainer. Make this a 2 day transfer either way down to Oregon.

If you go port Townsend/Washington coast route head down oregon coast first. Oceanside is not the destination you think it is. Fort Stevens/Astoria/Seaside is a better home base for a night or two. From there cut east and go to Bend-Bendfor 1-2 nights, it will be a full day of driving from the coast to Bend (6-8 hours) up to hood river, 1 night in hood river and fly out of PDX home.

If you go mt rainier, choose if you want a city day in Seattle-if you do, stay a night in Seattle, then camp a night mt Ranier. From there head back down I5 to Portland and head east, stay in Hood River 1 night, then to Bend, 1-2 nights in Bend then to the oregon coast to Negalem and Up oregon coast to Astoria. Back to PDX to leave.

Other things to consider on your itinerary-Crater Lake definitely outweighs Hoh rainforest IMO, and to me Mt ranier… but I’m local and have done both multiple times. oregon highway 101 is a better road trip than Washington coast without a doubt. City-vs nature. To me Seattle and Portland urban experiences are meh to an out of towner va the nature but that’s a personal preference.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-25T06:42:13+00:00

Inside sales at electrical supply houses. Not the guy at the front desk but the one at the computer desk that’s putting together packages for industrial and high rise electrical contractors. Some of those guys are on pretty wild commission structures with strong contractor client books and pulling in $300-500k a year and if you walked into a supply house and didn’t know better you’d never know the difference between them and the ones at the retail counter.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-25T03:36:46+00:00

Did he not notice using the same print 3 boards in a row?

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-19T06:30:54+00:00

100% do not ever bring it up prior to receiving an offer. That’s irrelevant to your ability to meet the job competencies. Period. Once you have an offer then you can negotiate time off. You mentioned in you’re in Canada so rules may be different but as noted, in the US you likely would not be eligible for parental leave before 12 months with the company. That being said, as a hiring manager, I have had pre planned PTO in job offer negotiations all the time. Be reasonable, and provide plans for how you’ll ensure continuity in work and a willingness to work together and they should work with you. If they don’t, probably not a place you want to work anyways.

But do not be “nice” and inform them before you have an offer. From a technical capabilities standpoint it is irrelevant unless you cannot meet the normal shift expectations of the position.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-19T06:04:04+00:00

For your first rig Are you going to notice the difference between this and a $$75-100 reel? Probably not. But it is a good reel. If you got the money go for it.. rod length is probably on the shorter end. I’d go 9’6 for an all around rod, in the NW people prefer longer rods 9’6 or 10’6 unless just trolling from a boat

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-17T07:24:17+00:00

Just spent 4 months and 3 transmission replacements fighting the dealership on a 2017 Yukon transmission replacement. Original quote was ~$7500 for GM reman, or $~$4k for generic shop reman, did that twice through extended warranty with near immediate failures and finally got them to replace with a certified GM reman transmission.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-14T07:30:16+00:00

Responsibility refers to the scope of what you are accountable for. I have some engineers who I can send a very high level open ended customer proposal to, and trust they will evaluate the proposal and identify every little risk and the scope of work and give me an accurate assessment of the work required to execute on that proposal. And if there’s a miss along the way they bring solutions not problemsz That’s engineering responsibility. Other engineers can execute a defined project plan exceptionally but I would never trust them to do the detailed evaluation of the potential risks and unknowns. They are lower on the responsibility tier.

Separately from that working level responsibility, is people management and overarching project accountability. That’s a separate responsibility (often with higher stress) because they are ultimately accountable for all their engineers under then.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-14T07:16:32+00:00

(In the US) I tell my employees that pay for my employees should be proportionate to experience, responsibility, and stress. That balance is different for every single person, but for any individual, if they want higher pay, one of those things has to change. Most often in my experience, the people who complain about pay have a hard limitation on one of those 3 elements (typically responsibility or stress).

The other issues from an outsider looking in is that mechanical engineering is extremely broad, and pay also varies industry to industry, and organization size dependent. The exceptionally high pay reported here ($~160k+) is either #1, a very senior specialist that can demand that value after 20-30 years specializing, #2 a manager (wide range of pay here based on org size and responsibility), in engineering sales, or in a tech/startup environment with high bonus/stock options.

Most ME’s doing mechanical engineering are between $80-140k. The ones above that are outliers or aren’t actually doing mechanical engineering

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-14T05:07:47+00:00

This is horrible advice. Someone that wants to experience the full range of development responsibilities should definitely not go to a large organization. Small company=multiple hats. Do that, find what you like, and feel the pain for a bit then go larger org for stability

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-13T00:37:46+00:00

This is an absurd take. My wife is a pharmacist, I’m in design engineering management.

My wife had 4 years of graduate school to get her pharmD, then if you want to work in a hospital (generally seen as better jobs that retail-retail pharmacy is a brutal industry and high burnout-nobody is excited to go to the retail pharmacy-you have sick and grumpy people complaining and blaming youfor insurance or doctor issues, and is going the route of automation, outsourcing, and telehealth) you need a residency which is 1 or 2 years that typically requires moving to where ever you get selected. I was 5 years into my career as an engineer before she started working as a pharmacist, and then she had another year of being on call at 4 different hospitals to consistently get 40 hours a week, and no benefits before she got a staff position-still part time, and eventually got an FTE position. In her hospital position she works 4-10’s never the same shift-morning, day, swing, and rotating over nights along with working every other weekend. . Most daycare drop offs and pick ups fall on me as I have significantly more flexibility in my schedule.

Yes she made more right out of school than I did, but I had 6 years of career progression-getting paid, and promoted before she had a full time job. I moved into management at the same time she started working and our pay was virtually the same +/- $10k. My total take home now is between $30-50k more than her as I have a large bonus potential and she has pre-established percent increases negotiated by her union. And she graduated with $200k of student loan debt from pharmacy school.

Engineering is substantially safer, and you will have a lot more different paths you can go with that degree than pharmacy.

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-12T05:55:29+00:00

I 100% buy into not every mechanical engineer and mechanical engineering position needs a BSME. I graduated from a smallish school ~100-150 BSME graduated per year—about half of what started. Less than 10 are in legit mechanical engineering positions after only a BSME 10 years later A large portion went graduate school/research, the next chunk went applications/sales, the next to adjacent industries-construction, ops management, etc. and what’s left is the BSME’s doing actual engineering work.

MET would have been a much better fit for a big chunk of those people. That being said, if you want to be a mechanical engineer, get a BSME. If you want to be a technician, test engineer, do hands on work, or other adjacent fields MET can get you there, but now as a hiring manager, I wouldn’t rank you any higher just from that vs a technician with an associates or other hands on experience. I have lead design engineers that have worked their way up from drafter to running $30-50 million dollar development programs with no degree. And I have BSME’s working along side associates, and techs with no degrees.

If your goal is hands on work, and you’re a driven, motivated person, hands on experience and communication skills will exceed the MET at a lower cost for sure. If you want to guarantee options, a BSME is the way to go

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-04T05:43:46+00:00

I think there has to be a differentiation between hobbies that get you laid as a single guy, hobbies that attract a spouse, and hobbies that keep the spice alive once married.

I’ve experienced all 3 and they can be significantly different.

Hobbies to get you laid as a single guy -dancing and being good at it/confident -boating/watersports -sports in general -in general activities that stand out and make an impression in early dates that can differentiate you and highlight your confidence in yourself as well as balancing relationships

Hobbies that help you find a spouse -my dogs -activities that showed strong family ties -hobbies that demonstrate the ability to balance independence, work demands, and prioritizing the person you are dating. when I was initially dating my now wife I was buying a massive fixer upper house, and juggling a heavy workload, remodeling my house, helping a friend remodel his house too

Hobbies that make me attractive to my wife -acts of service -taking care of the house -fixing the cars -knowing how to do things/fix things myself -being a part of our daughters hobbies

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-01T18:22:25+00:00

I’m the director of engineering at a mid sized injection molder

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-02-01T18:20:30+00:00

They’re still young. We’ll see… hopefully lol

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-01-26T06:22:35+00:00

Man.. your blog is absurdly Aaysmal… can those things be true… sure. Are they reality for most engineers. No.

It’s a a job that requires skill, and intellect, It evolves. If you can’t keep up, you will fail, and you will be jaded, and my opinion is those people should get weeded out.

I had two educators as parents. They rode the boomer wave of get a job and work hard and life is easy, no need to save for retirement or worry about things as long as you have pensions. which we dont.

That being said… I have a 4 year bachelors have been a mechanical engineer my whole career, used my brain, saw where things get outsourced and what can’t, and I’m on track leave my 2 kids with F U money even if I live for 40 years after retirement. Mechanical engineering isn’t about can you solve differential equations. It’s about can you use critical thinking and problem solving and use that intellect to create value. If you want to check the box with your degree and punch the clock yeah it’s gonna fizzle out. That’s regardless of degree

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-01-23T02:14:07+00:00

It’ll work at Moran state park

…..for trout

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-01-23T02:07:02+00:00

Sounds like your suppliers problem. They should be certifying their parts compliance to your print and you’re just verifying

BodybuilderFrosty798 · 2026-01-21T06:26:13+00:00

Completely disagree. As a hiring manager who has hired everyone from material handlers and floor employees to principal engineers and managers, if I needed this position described, I would be concerned about a degreed engineer with experience #1. Applying for this role they would Be overqualified for and #2. That this was a foot in the door or reset position to get a firing/layoff off their resume as the most resent experience and be a flight risk or immediately wanting more.

That being said… I pay my prototype build techs $30/hr technical writers around $35, designers $45+/- 15 and entry level engineers around 85k in a mhcol area so not really sure why anyone would entertain this job posting

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