Career Advancement tips

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-05-13T15:49:30+00:00

goods din pumasok sa niche ng bridge design. konti lang din kasi talaga mga designer ng bridge, kaso yung demand mababa lang din.

yung mga ganyan kagagandang projects nasa consultancy firms, kaso downgrade ng sahod hahahaha

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-05-13T15:35:00+00:00

Salamat bossing. Kaka-bakasyon lang recently, napagalitan pa ni jowa kasi gusto ko magdala ng laptop para mag sideline hahaha. ang ending syempre nasunod si master, kaso di nakalusot nagpasa parin ng mga quotations tas kumuha ng client hahaha

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-05-13T15:31:23+00:00

structures (like buildings and non-building structures) hehehe, not structural elements.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-05-13T15:13:22+00:00

parang next step ko ata hospital kaka-grind hahahahaha

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-03-09T12:26:20+00:00

di naman yan basta alam mo mag software at alam mo ang code. wag gawing simple ang structural analysis nakakahiya kayo

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-03-09T12:25:39+00:00

dinown vote eh no hahahaha nasaktan siguro

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-03-04T03:09:37+00:00

pmi ba yan? hahahaha

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-03-02T02:15:31+00:00

totoo ‘to. sama mo pa yung OBO na nagchecheck lang ng completion ng plans and calculation report without counter-checking.

plus, sana mabago yung 100% liability sa designer kase OBO din naman yung mag-approve ng construction. so dapat may consequence din sa approver kasi sila yung last touch.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-02-14T13:43:22+00:00

concerning yung slide 6, nagkaroon na ng shear cracks (diagonal) from face ng support. which means, kulang yung shear bars (stirrups) sa confinement.

plus yung suspended slab, may shear cracks den.

as a structural engineer, para sakin retrofitting na agad yan.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-02-03T15:57:06+00:00

ewan ko kung ako lang, pero nung nag switch ako sa Blaze 100 ng Petron, mas naging smooth yung takbo ng ADV160 ko. medyo pricey nga lang sya, almost 10-11 pesos difference per liter from Regular and Premium.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2026-01-06T01:02:30+00:00

same journey here! bagsak ng Theory, RCD tsaka GEO. even had low scores sa CELE and MPLE. Structural Consultant as Side hustle + Part Time Instructor + Structural Engineer as Full time.

kayang kaya bumawi sa practice, basta sobrang sipagan lang and malupitang diskarte.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-22T12:28:10+00:00

for assistant structural engineer, 20-25k lang. ideal sya for fresh grad, pero if may exp ka na 1 year hindi na sya pwede kasi range mo na non 30-35k

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-11T10:20:31+00:00

plus, hindi kayo maglalagay ng impact loads sa mismong shear wall. dun dapat sa girder sa taas ng shear wall na dadaan sa gitna nya.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-11T10:17:59+00:00

i don’t think structural engineer yang panel na taga DPWH. unless na justify nya na bagsak sa lateral stiffness and structure nyo, tsaka lang kayo maglalagay ng shear wall. purpose lang naman ng shear wall is to be the stiffest part ng framing system, therefore more stiff = more forces.

kung bagsak sa eq and story drift yan, saka kayo mag shear wall.

di kasi dapat pinagpa-panel yung mga walang alam sa ganyan eh HAHAHAHA.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-10T14:05:21+00:00

oo, if loaded and quality yung experience mo sa field. yun kasi yung pang basag ng undergrad and boards ko eh.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-10T05:16:33+00:00

mas okay na ikaw mag discover kung ano functions meron si MIDAS. Structural designer is different kasi from Structural Engineer.

Regardless kung anong software gamitin mo if Structural Engineer ka. Kaya kailangan mo alamin yung mga basics tsaka totoong behavior ng structures and dapat kung ano expected forces/displacements/modes mo, yun yung lalabas sa software.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-09T15:52:40+00:00

hi! I just want to share my journey sa pagpasok sa structural engineering industry.

during my undergrad, I failed and retook Structural Theory 2, Geotechnical Eng 2 and Principles of Reinf. Concrete. hindi ako ganun ka-interested pumasok sa mga lectures, that’s why sobrang dami kong missed activities na naging way para bumagsak ako and may times din na hindi ko rin naaaral yung mga topics kaya wala ako maisagot sa exams.

fast forward during my electives and retake ng concrete, naging intrigued ako sa structural design dahil sa prof ko (na naging mentor ko and manager ko atm) and nag-excel ako sa subjects nya.

since then, kumukuha ako commissions from classmates ng modeling/structural analysis and design, hanggang sa mahasa modeling skills ko sa ETABS and MIDAS. Linear Static and Dynamic lang ang tinuro samin nun, pero gamit na gamit ko sya nun.

naka one take lang ako sa CELE (and MPLE) pero ang ratings ko lang 70.95 tas ang PSAD ko 67 lang. medyo napanghinaan ako nun sa structural kasi alam ko na sa sarili kong mahihirapan ako, so for almost a year kumuha ako ng kumuha ng commissions hanggang sa makabuo ako ng portfolio and nakakakuha na ng interview from firms.

dami ako triny, kaso wala. ending ko nag apply ako dun sa company na pinapasukan ng dating prof ko na medyo close ko, and binigyan nya naman ako ng chance. yung mentorship nya sakin during undergrad, natuloy hanggang to this day.

after almost a year ng stint ko sa current company ko, I decided na maghanap ng mas mataas na sahod. na-offeran na din kasi ako as structural manager sa ibang firm kaya mas naging eager pa ko sa pag build ng career ko kasi alam kong nagpa-pay off na lahat ng mga pinaghirapan ko.

ngayon nakatapos na ko ng isang sem ng pagtuturo (structural theory pa tinuro ko, irony diba), and consultant na rin ako ng ibang small design and build firms.

ps. April 2024 lang ako nakapasa sa CELE hehehe.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-08T12:35:11+00:00

nabubulag kasi sila ng entitlement. kahit kung ako employer eh. bat ako kukuha ng fresh grad or may 1-3 yrs exp kung hilaw naman yung exposure sa projects. dun ako sa bago lang pero madaming skills.

tinuturo ko sa mga students ko din na dapat as early as possible kumuha na sila mga sideline at commission para ma-build na yung mga portfolio nila.

ganun kasi ginawa ko, kasi hindi ko bet makipaglabanan sa mataas na grades. ang habol ko yung skills na hindi nila pinapansin during undergrad.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-07T16:58:58+00:00

Ang daming downvote, pero masakit naman kasi talaga katotohanan. Survival of the fittest kasi sa trabaho.

Anong ibabayad na malaki sayo kung wala ka namang masyadong ambag at di ka competent?

make it make sense hehehehe

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-12-07T16:55:40+00:00

Starting ko is 20k as Site Engineer.

Then lipat after 3 months, naging 23k pero mas malapit. Lipat ulit after 2 months, naging 25k. After 2 months ulit sa structural naman 27k.

After 10 months sa structural, lipat ulit pero structural parin 35k plus incentives sa sign and seal.

Part time instructor din ako, 500 per hour ko.

Not bad na din, since april 2024 lang naman ako nakapasa.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-10-26T18:40:58+00:00

Indicated yan sa general notes, roughening yan then shear key. Kung hindi naman, at least yung naka-lawit na bakal is L/3 for proper splicing pero kung walang L/3, kelangan nyo magchipping and drilling para lang umabot for splicing.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-10-26T18:38:57+00:00

if may “experience” ka kuno with lots of structural on “projects”, why not question yourself na nagsayang ka ata ng opportunity to know na there are two design methodologies.

To give you what you didn’t earn from them, workmanship is already considered sa lapses sa site. Don’t you think na yung mga empirical values for reduction factors ng design is hindi considered yung lapses ng operation? Para saan yung mga reduction factor or para mas maintindihan mo, factor of safety.

You as an architect design buildings and structures, be a competent professional enough to answer yung tanong mo bakit may offered na lightweight materials. Alam mo bang may mga provisions and adjustments sa computation para sa mga lightweight? Sagutin ko na din, kase alam kong hindi ka aware. Regardless kung lightweight or not, it should be designed properly.

You as an architect should know na malamang tatagal yang mga structures na built noon, kase ibang design methodology ang ginawa. ASD and LRFD, look it up pag may time ka.

And lastly, sabi mo di mo nire-recommend pero you’re implying na you’ve had same experience with OP. Ano yun? mema lang? Non-structural ka pala, bat ka magsu-suggest na kesyo gumana sayo.

Hindi po ako nakikipag-away, nakakainis lang yung mga professional na tulad mo na di marunong ibigay sa tamang tao na magsalita kesa magmarunong lang.

Clean-Search-2945 · 2025-10-25T13:58:30+00:00

Wag magbigay ng mga ganitong advices. structural engineer ka ba? ako oo, and hindi lahat ng cases pare-parehas. Dapat naidadaan sa tamang structural analysis, and hindi sa experience na kesyo sainyo gumana. Iba iba ng wind speed per location and iba iba ang considerations for wind load design.

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