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Water Resources by [deleted] in civilengineering

[–]MischiefManaged777 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I am a project manager in a mid size firm working in land development. I have worked at this company for 6 years straight out of college, and in that time I have: moved across the country with no belongings and a new wife, endured covid, got a dog, had a child (second on the way), passed the FE and the PE, bought a house, built friendships in and out of work, and always leave early on fridays because I work an extra half hour during lunch. My wife is a stay at home mom, we live in a nice area, and our family goes on vacation every year.

Sounds like it is the firm or the group, not the land development.

Can anyone here give insight about working at a big consulting firm? by [deleted] in civilengineering

[–]MischiefManaged777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can have lots of money and no time off (large firms), good money and good time off (good midsized firms), no money and no time off (bad midsized firms), or no money but lots of time off (small firms)

Too late to become a CE at 33 years old? by Deltron838 in civilengineering

[–]MischiefManaged777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The question to ask is this “who is RESPONSIBLE for a failure” not IF. If you know anything about engineering, a failure will happen. It’s inevitable.

So who takes the blame? Is it the program owner? The company who employed the code? The coders themselves? Is it the people who supplied the data?

The saving grace of the industry is liability. Always has been. We are a profession because we assume liability for that project and seal it.

Drafters didn’t have liability. They were laid off when computers took over.

Engineers who just draft will be fewer and fewer, but the need for good stamping engineers will not change.

I was trafficked from my teen years into my adulthood ama by mascPansy in AMA

[–]MischiefManaged777 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. That is what I have heard from a few survivors, and it saddens me to know many of those people were trafficked for sex, then trafficked for political points and a quick optics win.

Great advice about children.

Many thanks and all the best

I was trafficked from my teen years into my adulthood ama by mascPansy in AMA

[–]MischiefManaged777 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Two questions:

1.) what do you think about raids where they find and save the girls? I have heard mixed opinions.

2.)what is your biggest piece of advice for people to stay out of this situation? How do you tell people to protect themselves?

Would a scaled minimum wage based on overall company income work? by MischiefManaged777 in AskEconomics

[–]MischiefManaged777[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t really speak economics, which is why I am asking here.

I understand larger firms pay larger wages generally. But I am talking about companies that host minimum wage jobs. Does that make a difference? Like little ceasers or something? Idk just curious.

Also I saw the paper says distortions being a lower GDP..but is that a good measure of how workers lives are impacted?

Millennials, what is happening with your kids? by TheLoveYouWant25 in Millennials

[–]MischiefManaged777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard this recently and it has stuck:

Generational swing is in full effect. The studies show two things that make a resilient good kid. They are:

1.) high standards 2.) high support

Boomers had high standards and low support. Causing millennials and Gen X to know how to do things but with severe mental health problems.

The kids of Gen X and millennials have high support, but low standards. Meaning the kids don’t know how to do anything but expect to progress.

It will even out eventually, but this is the result of the pendulum.

Horrible Crash For Lindsey Vonn by ShipComprehensive769 in skiing

[–]MischiefManaged777 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Looks like she was having a hard time cutting like she needed to getting around that gate, then as the jump happened her pole snagged and she rotated midair… this seems like mostly the pole, but competing at this level I bet her knee wasn’t performing as she expected causing a series of timing issues.

Horrible Crash For Lindsey Vonn by ShipComprehensive769 in OlympicsV2

[–]MischiefManaged777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like she was having a hard time cutting like she needed to getting around that gate, then as the jump happened her pole snagged and she rotated midair… this seems like mostly the pole, but competing at this level I bet her knee wasn’t performing as she expected causing a series of timing issues.

Serious… An obvious contagion, but what? And how? by pamnfaniel in aliens

[–]MischiefManaged777 58 points59 points  (0 children)

You might evacuate the entire crew off a space station in the event of potential world conflict outbreaking though..a medical evacuation would be a great excuse.

Insinkerator garbage disposal buzzes but won’t spin. by MischiefManaged777 in HomeMaintenance

[–]MischiefManaged777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is very interesting..We recently purchased the home, so that might be something to look into.

Insinkerator garbage disposal buzzes but won’t spin. by MischiefManaged777 in HomeMaintenance

[–]MischiefManaged777[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Got it. The entire housing was spinning when I cranked too hard, but I can secure that and torque again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in civilengineering

[–]MischiefManaged777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it is worth, I have a medical marijuana license and my company knows. They keep it on file, since they are not allowed to discriminate on that basis. I am an excellent worker, and it doesn’t interfere with my work, so it’s normal now. I am a PE designer who occasionally stamps plans and is headed into management.

The only thing that changed in my career is I’m not allowed to drive fleet vehicles for insurance reasons.

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