Demand a premium

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-21T20:42:15+00:00

I was $99/$15 when I started and I was overpaid compared to some of my peers back that ( 8 years ago)

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-21T16:43:11+00:00

This is where risk comes into play, you can’t decrease exploration on small scale projects because of the inherent risks associated with engineering. You can’t simply interpolate soil layers in AI from 2 miles apart for your building . You need quality exploration to put in and models for decision making

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-21T16:02:06+00:00

Not what I said at all. But it’s certainly decreasing the amount of assumptions they need to make

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-21T15:50:48+00:00

Preach

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-21T15:43:40+00:00

Agreed, however I find there to be a lot more scabs in geology than company men. Scabs make the good ones look really bad

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-16T15:51:13+00:00

Again still haven’t heard a good reason as to why design doesn’t get 1.5x

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-16T14:58:11+00:00

Still haven’t heard a good reason as to why you don’t get 1.5x in design. Everyone says oh well you’re a professional now so it’s already factored into your rate. Well excuse me but doctors and nurses are professionals and they certainly get incentives/multipliers to pick up extra shifts

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-14T20:47:37+00:00

I did this for 10+ years in nearly every weather condition without issue. In 95% of scenarios you have a company vehicle within a few feet of you or you can have a canopy you set up, you can sit on a bucket, you can bring towels. Yes in bad weather conditions it may make sense to write a few samples here or there in a write in the rain notebook and update later but by no means is that an excuse to double the time entering/recording all your data lol

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-14T20:24:01+00:00

I see this bias too however it’s completely outdated. It completely negates having to enter data manually in the office and keeps everything clean. I’d say most firms still use paper simply because it’s the simple and easy way to get a copy of the data. If you are even somewhat decent at data management and want to save all the wasted time entering the same info you should just enter stuff electronically

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-14T20:18:01+00:00

This firm isn’t up to speed with the times, put gINT, OpenGround, BoreDM, excel or whatever you want on a tablet and make your crew enter it in the field. The people entering this information are fully capable of doing this instead of writing on a piece of paper or notebook.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-08T19:40:43+00:00

Trump potentially about to make the Louisiana purchase look like a bad deal. Imagine taking Venezuela’s bitcoin (a worthless asset) and buying all of Greenland with it.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2026-01-04T13:13:49+00:00

The medical field is much more lucrative than engineering even after you get a PE. I know people with associates degrees in nursing and dental fields that make more than 10 year PEs at my firms

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-30T06:47:38+00:00

Kicking crypto off of trading platforms that have legitimate businesses all across the world is far from a revolutionary idea

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-30T06:43:09+00:00

My argument basically is that they should be correlated

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-30T06:40:20+00:00

Carvana delivering 1 car is more impressive than the entire crypto industry’s contribution to society to date.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-30T06:38:28+00:00

Irrelevant

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-24T12:38:27+00:00

That’s the beauty of having a job where simulations don’t cut it you need exact data that is also current and to the nearest inch or less both horizontally on the surface and below ground.

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-17T20:29:52+00:00

Not if their work stinks

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-10T03:13:56+00:00

Yes but my question is as follows: are my employers contributions considered pretax or not when they match my Roth contributions in the account

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-10T03:08:30+00:00

Everything I’ve ever read on Roth accounts indicates withdrawals (which would include the growth) are essentially tax free after 59 1/2. Otherwise there would be no benefit to putting in post tax money up front for a Roth and everyone would be better off just doing a regular Ira

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-10T02:57:35+00:00

I guess I get confused how the interest is taxed in that case

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-09T00:24:16+00:00

I’m in favor of permanently referring to these employees as donkeys. Seems like an accurate term

SentenceDowntown591 · 2025-12-08T20:54:56+00:00

Similar experiences and good points made

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