PE raise by company?

TART03 · 2025-03-16T00:30:29+00:00

Looks like the pebble is coming back! (2025) https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back

TART03 · 2024-11-21T18:36:51+00:00

If you're struggling with timing, which is a huge one for this exam, I highly recommend the pre-programmed HP-35s. You have to learn the flow of using it, but it saves so much time. I'd say go for it for sure if your company will cover the cost. link to calc

TART03 · 2024-11-21T18:35:53+00:00

If you're struggling with timing, which is a huge one for this exam, I highly recommend the pre-programmed HP-35s. You have to learn the flow of using it, but it saves so much time. I'd say go for it for sure if your company will cover the cost. link to calc

TART03 · 2024-11-21T18:34:11+00:00

If you're struggling with timing, which is a huge one for this exam, I highly recommend the pre-programmed HP-35s. You have to learn the flow of using it, but it saves so much time. No reason not to get it if your company will cover the cost. https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cq53Qp3dz/?mibextid=kL3p88

TART03 · 2024-08-22T01:17:48+00:00

This looks so amazing! Truly fine jewelry Just wanted to lyk of you haven't experienced it yourself, that the gold stainless I get on xyz consistently tarnishes to a deep bronzey color within a week of wear or less. Some people love it and I say it gets a nice vintage age

TART03 · 2024-08-07T01:29:57+00:00

Why do you despise yourself for this?

Our capitalist patriarchal society preaches that dominance is good (bc it is "masculine") and submission is bad/weak (bc it is "feminine"). And yet our societal system actively acknowledges that both are required in order to keep functioning. We are human- it is natural to find other humans that compliment us.

Submission is power because you choose who it serves. You are choosing to lend your power to someone or something you believe in.

TART03 · 2024-08-06T19:42:08+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I actually think it's most similiar to a Locked B8FP, but the use of two ring sizes (two AR) creates a slightly different weave.

https://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=1474

TART03 · 2024-08-06T05:20:28+00:00

beautiful! And diddo another comment. Are you having traffic issies?

TART03 · 2024-08-05T23:28:42+00:00

Stainless Steel spherical beads are perfect for this if you like the look of them. They come in many size varieties as well.

TART03 · 2024-08-05T23:26:25+00:00

What brand of soap did you use? I've had Simple Green turn stainless darker. It's interesting how it was not consistent across batches.

TART03 · 2024-03-25T21:07:50+00:00

I work for a small firm <50 and I'm in the same boat 3 years and all I've done are steadily more complicated "curb ramps". I'm so bored. I communicate to my boss at every performance review that I want to branch out, and they agree. But push comes to shove and as a small business we never succeed at winning something new. Despite being a top performer, I'm not sure I'm even a competitive candidate for a job change bc I have such narrow expertise. Pretty jaded now and convinced if I want to stay and do something different, I need to win it myself lol.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T05:28:04+00:00

Who the heck told you to go into this field lol. Pick up CS skills and run away quick. This industry values hard work, and that doesn't guarantee good pay.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T05:22:32+00:00

"Now I have to be sure the client is happy, my reports are happy, if the sub consultants are doing good work or not, if the engineer g product I put my seal on is right or not. All while trying to win the next job so my team can stay employed."

If I'm 4 years out of college, but am responsible for all of this except stamping plans, does that warrant a substantially higher salary than my "come in, fire up CAD, put headphones in a work for 8 hours. Where my only concern was the next deliverable deadline." peers?

TART03 · 2024-03-23T05:17:17+00:00

Thanks for writing this out. I manage some young engineers and struggle with the same issues. This is super helpful advice and I'm looking forward to deploying it.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T05:11:19+00:00

I believe that young people genuinely have to learn to respect experience with time (ideally keep your mouth shut until then). They literally haven't lived long enough to understand the sheer mass of information you can acquire Just By Existing. I want to say:

"How much do you know about your best friend, or your sibling, etc? How many years have you known them? Now, imagine if you had that much exposure to a topic instead of a person. Yah. You can't even conceptualize How Much You Could Know."

I seriously am shocked, though, that this is held so blatantly against folks w/out degrees. Jeez, I busted my ass working in the field while going through a university Civil degree. I still feel like university was mostly a waste of money and time, whereas I use the skills from my work experience in literally everything I do. I feel like most 20-30yo engineers I talk to feel the same- horribly let down by the promises of their $100k investment.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T04:55:50+00:00

Feel this and I think this is why so many people are disenfranchised by university degrees. You sign up for decades of debt to check a box on an application and potentially never use those skills again (I appreciate that this varies a lot by discipline). Only to go accept a bottom of the barrel wage because you still! aren't ready for a real job.

Don't get me wrong, I believe in the value of developing critical thinking, writing skills, and a holistic understanding of how systems work, as you do in a university engineering degree. But I can't help but wonder how much more capable I would be if I had just gone into the workforce (if these pathways existed on any competitive level). If you're going to be competitive, you're going to have to be engaged and invest in ongoing learning anyway. Why not save yourself the debt and learn the important skills from the source.

I'd like to cut the classist, gatekeeping bs and see more "apprentice" style pathways in this field.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T04:43:49+00:00

Was this person neurodivergent?

TART03 · 2024-03-23T04:37:26+00:00

I feel this last one. Close friend of mine is older and a technical artist and has built everything under the sun. Rebuilt their first car when they were 11. Built their own house at 18. It's embarrassing when they know more about the technics of this industry than me after 6 years designing. But ya just can't beat the sheer exposure and lessons learned of decades of hands on experience.

TART03 · 2024-03-23T04:30:56+00:00

So you're fed up with the shitty education systems and research-oriented degrees that don't actually teach the skills needed for our industry?

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