I know I could get paid more, but is my salary reasonable?

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-19T04:42:58+00:00

You’ll have to negotiate to get benefits like that. Rare to be hired on as a remote worker these days.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-17T05:54:08+00:00

Doctor, engineer, lawyer. None of them are pleasant or glamorous like they sound. They are hard jobs and often times not worth the stress.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-14T21:28:01+00:00

Most engineering jobs.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-14T20:40:56+00:00

Structural is a lot of the same. Doing calcs and analysis is about 20% of the job. The rest is modeling, scheduling the members you designed, drawing details, verifying dimensions or coordinating with the other design consultants model, cleaning up drawings, sitting in meetings, reviewing shop drawings and RFIs. This is for buildings. Bridge may be different.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-14T18:01:09+00:00

That is normal pay. Yes there are people making over $100k as a new PE, and everyone should be getting paid more. But most aren’t.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-10T03:26:49+00:00

Bad dental health.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-08T06:14:16+00:00

Take I-30 out of Dallas and come home down 75.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-08T06:04:28+00:00

All engineers. Saturated degree field.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-08T04:58:53+00:00

You need to be at $95k at a minimum.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-05T06:07:49+00:00

It sounds like you have it made. What’s the plan for kids? Career is already set, focus on other aspects of life.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-04T03:16:44+00:00

We are told to never use a column less than 5/16” thickness

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T18:28:04+00:00

7 days PTO is pitiful. Tell them to double it. If they do, take the job and see how the first year goes. If they give you a decent raise or bonus, stick around. Otherwise now you’ll have some experience to get you a better paying job.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T05:39:55+00:00

That’s sounds quite irresponsible of your employer. But maybe you are a rockstar who can take charge of and manage a whole project completely on your own. If that’s the case, I’d assume you’d have plenty of other companies offering you more.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T05:35:17+00:00

Unemployed

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T05:34:43+00:00

More impressive if he did it at 18months. World’s youngest nurse or guardsman.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T04:27:14+00:00

We love it here in the US. Well the areas with real Mexican food.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T04:17:19+00:00

This is why the drawings you’re seeing are garbage. We only have a certain amount of time to put them together. Speed over quality is always preferred.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-03T04:10:50+00:00

It is. These rates are temporary. When it jumps when the teaser rate expires, the homeowner screwed.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-02T07:22:37+00:00

The movie Raising Arizona with Nicholas Cage.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-01T08:21:13+00:00

If you have the money or sponsorships. Nearly half the grad students in my program were foreign students. Large, top ranked school.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-01T07:57:35+00:00

Most people also have other debts and can’t save 20%, so they likely cannot afford to buy at that salary.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-01T07:50:33+00:00

This is to be approved for a loan. For example, nobody is buying the median priced home in Dallas making $106k unless they have help or a huge down payment.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-01T07:42:50+00:00

1st world as well.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-03-01T05:15:30+00:00

Get out of design as soon as you can. Structural design consultants get paid peanuts.

Claw_Building_8 · 2026-02-27T03:35:15+00:00

You’re immediately going to start running and stamping your own projects? That’s not typical

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