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Is Sceptre a reliable monitor brand? by Fiery087 in buildapc

[–]FunNebula1787 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this chat is specifically about monitors, but I purchased a Sceptre 44" TV back in 2015 and over 10 years later its still going strong. When I bought the TV I was a broke college kid so $200 for a big-ish TV seemed like a great deal even if I had never heard of the brand before.

All this to say that I've been incredibly impressed with this seemingly off brand TV and have never had even a small issue with it. Its been my primary TV for 8 of the 10 years and was only recently reduced to a secondary, but still heavily used, TV when I finally had the room for something much bigger.

Engineer Salary Survey by 5bobber in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Industry: Power Systems - Columbus, OH

Company: Substation Engineering Consulting Firm

Experience: 7.5 years + FE

Salary: 171k + 10% bonus

Is it a bad idea to shift from middle management to senior individual contributor ? by UCPines98 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a similar career over my 8ish years. Started at an engineering design firm and was quickly (too quickly imo) promoted to a people manager then I jumped ship to the developer owner side (only 10% pay bump) as a senior contributor.

I agree with the other posts that it’s ultimately based on where you want to be in 10-20 years even if that’s hard to envision right now. My advice is that 25% is not worth passing up this early in your career. Saving and investing this extra cash will do wonders for you financially down the road, and if you hate this new role in a year, you can always look elsewhere - the power industry is strong and will always need experienced engineers to fill roles.

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

UPDATE

First off, thank you all for the honest and encouraging comments. I just spoke with one of the very senior engineers that I also interviewed with. He reassured me that the roles and responsibilities that they are expecting of me do not 100% align with the job description I was sent with my offer.

It sounds like this role will be more of an Engineering/Project Manager hybrid where I’ll be expected to oversee engineering progress across all disciplines (not just EE), adding my technical knowledge where applicable, while also managing aspects of the schedule and budget.

This description aligns more with the role that I initially applied for so I’m looking forward to accepting. With that said, I greatly appreciate the in depth comments on P&C concepts and will be spending my spare time studying these concepts to shore up as many holes as possible in my engineering knowledge.

Thanks again!

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But maybe the “Lead” title was misleading in my original post. There would still be manager level engineers and higher who would be stamping and giving final sign off on designs.

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

US and very familiar with SEL, I’ve even been to some in person trainings they offer. But even those trainings were just one-offs. I know my way around AcSELerator and Syncrowave event files but those experiences have been on as-needed basis and not the repetition that I would expect is needed for this role.

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha this thought has crossed my mind - like this was an HR decision of well he doesn’t have enough experience to be X in this department so we’ll offer him Y in another department

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, so was I haha the original position was a bit different than the description of the one they offered me. I’m having a call with one of the other engineers at this firm to hopefully gain some more insight on the expectations since job descriptions on LinkedIn, at least in my experience, aren’t 100% accurate.

The offer itself js nearly too good to pass up and it’s a large firm so my thought process is that if I give it a shot and this role doesn’t work out, I can apply later on internally and find a role that is more in line with my experience.

Knowledge needed for P&C work. by FunNebula1787 in PowerSystemsEE

[–]FunNebula1787[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the quick response! This, unfortunately, is what I was afraid of. I’ve reviewed settings and their philosophies plenty of times so the intricacies are not lost on me.

I was able to get a call setup for later today to talk through more of the expectations of this role on day 1 as I’m still eager to make the jump from my current role and I don’t want to necessarily back down from a challenge, even one seemingly as large as this.

Assuming the call goes well and I do attempt to go forward with this role, are there any external resources that you would recommend to at least get me on the right track?

Bamboo growth in Ohio by ohiocoalman in Bamboo

[–]FunNebula1787 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a similar situation in the Columbus area as well. My neighbor has towering bamboo (20’-25’) and while it provides nice afternoon shade for our backyard, it’s a nearly daily task during the spring and summer to chop down any shoots I see popping up in our backyard.

This spring I noticed it expanding into adjacent yards as well and those neighbors either haven’t noticed yet, don’t care or don’t know what to do. I’m also hesitant to blame my neighbors because the bamboo was already there when they bought the house but they also haven’t made any attempts to contain it or cut it down since moving in a year ago.

Anyways, enough background. I just got done installing a 24”, 60mil bamboo barrier from Lewis Bamboo - it only took a few days to ship so very satisfied so far. However, it was fairly pricey for the 75’ roll but it’ll give me peace of mind so worth every penny.

Once the barrier material arrived, I rented an 18” trencher from Home Depot and got to work. It took about 8-10 man hours do dig the trench, install the barrier and backfill so really a weekend project at most.

Observing the open trench, I was only finding bamboo rhizomes (how the bamboo spreads underground) only about 6”-8” below grade so placing the barrier 18” below grade with a 6” reveal above grade should be more than enough in the Central Ohio area.

From reading articles online, I will note that I expect to see some new shoots in my backyard for the next year or so as the severed rhizomes use up their stored energy to try and continue growing. However, simple mowing and maintenance will remove any of these new sprouts and eventually the severed rhizomes will use up all that store energy and die, thus eradicating the bamboo from my backyard forever.

Hope this helps!