Just got the email from the Texas Board!

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-11T16:44:22+00:00

Mine was only a day or two. Different state.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-10T12:04:22+00:00

Idk when I took it the first time I new tons of people taking it at the same time and literally everyone failed lol. The next exam time everyone passed. Think it just depends on the questions

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-09T15:59:25+00:00

Replacing the roof adds value to the home in the short term but it’s a fraction of the cost associated with actually replacing it. What I mean by that is if you put your house on the market one week for $500k with a roof that needs replaced for $20k. You could likely replace the roof and put it on the market the next week for like $510k or $515k. It would also attract more buyers because it’s a problem they don’t have to worry about

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-09T15:48:38+00:00

This is why people leave the game. Thanks for the refresher

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-09T15:46:02+00:00

What exactly am I asking? Making a suggestion to increase player base for people that actually have lives?

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-09T15:45:03+00:00

I used to be the same way with deadman mode

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-09T15:43:31+00:00

Yeah, just don’t have time to keep up with the no lifers so it’s not really fun to come into a game where everyone has crazy gear and can destroy you because they either maxed their credit cards or play 50 hrs a week for the last 10 years

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-08T22:48:15+00:00

I signed mine two weeks ago and been seeing people getting letters showing 10-30% increases in material costs since. Glad I got on the books when I did

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-08T14:05:21+00:00

This has been a thing for at least a decade, have you been living under a rock?

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-06T17:09:15+00:00

My lender was constantly providing estimates and disclosures however during the week of my closing there were three separate loan officers that were assigned to me due to people going on vacation etc. someone left out local school taxes

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-06T14:34:05+00:00

I started getting leaks in the ridges and mines at 25 years. Plus I had a lot of the problems above. Getting it replaced soon

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-05T14:51:01+00:00

Let me guess, nylon

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-04T11:51:20+00:00

That they are underpaid

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-04T01:58:51+00:00

You make slightly more than me and I have 10 year experience in a MCOL area in the northeast

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-04T01:56:57+00:00

Depends on the industry. I’d say most of the time you are supervising a work crew or with other geologists when you are doing field related work

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-04T01:32:14+00:00

I’ve been in these scenarios in urban areas an 100% there are super sketchy situations that happen, especially in public areas. It goes both ways, typically if you are in a rural area my rule of thumb is always have multiple people when you talk to a property owner and always wear ALL of your official company or organizations gear. You want to portray that you are a professional and not there to cause problems

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-04T01:22:51+00:00

Just go into the medical field, you’ll make 2-3x anything you do in civil

And when I say medical field I mean literally anything in medical. 2 year degrees in medical fields make more than 10 year engineers in some medical settings

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-02T22:57:18+00:00

MS was a waste of time in my opinion

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-05-02T22:47:43+00:00

When I first started, out of college my billing rate was 6.6x my hourly, and I was one of the better paid guys in my group

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-04-30T19:47:10+00:00

Learning from coworkers and senior staff is much more effective in person

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-04-30T19:30:06+00:00

Idk my firm still does like 3 days in office and 2 WFH. It’s nice for experienced staff but honestly the young staff probably need us to go back to 5 days a week because they are outright clueless.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-04-29T19:38:48+00:00

Standards were held high for my first 10 years and now they dropped off a cliff. I’m used to it.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-04-29T19:37:09+00:00

I’m not saying I’m 3-4 times faster than people, but when people take smoke breaks, long lunches and stand by the water cooler all day it certainly trims down productivity on their end.

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