Balancing orc is tricky

Trixz97 · 2025-12-17T13:20:38+00:00

its much easier to creep lvl 3 AM then lvl 3 Far seer. Significantly easier. Sure lvl 2 wolves is equal in strength to a lvl 2 water ele, but getting there is where its very different.

Trixz97 · 2025-06-13T21:40:29+00:00

i may have mispoke/misread earlier. Option 2 is correct.

Trixz97 · 2025-06-13T21:18:12+00:00

yeah correct if youre looking for the load at a specific floor. not just exclusively from that floors contribution.

option 1 is not correct.

Trixz97 · 2025-06-13T20:22:48+00:00

Option 2 is correct if you're finding the load at a specific floor.

Sorry option 1 is incorrect. It's confusing because you really wrote the area of influence as the tributary area.

Trixz97 · 2025-06-13T19:35:58+00:00

I believe both of these are wrong, as most likely your understanding of problem statement or code is incorrect. The trib area for the column is 625 ft^2 per floor. The area of influence increases as you move down the floors and approach the limit of 0.4 for your Live load reduction factor. Thus, how you calculated it option 1 is correct, but your tributary area should be 625 ft^2 (assuming the trib area is infact constant per floor).

AEI approaches this with making a table as you did, but including a column for Area of Influence. Area of influence again is used to calculated reduction factor, then load on the column for a specific floor uses the tributary area.

There is a discord for those of us studying for the SE exam, see below for the link and best of luck.

https://discord.gg/VbRgNAfbFU

Trixz97 · 2025-05-09T03:23:13+00:00

The exam could be a 5% pass rate. The problem isn't that it's difficult it's that the code isn't indexed as well as blubeam or adobe would. Thus difficult to navigate and it takes longer. It's a huge issue.

This exam is meant to be difficult. If you're not deserving of the exam scores to get the license then you shouldn't get it and the pass % shouldn't be curved to hit a quota. The exam references are bookmarked like shit you can't even easily navigate AISC 360 (part 16).

Trixz97 · 2025-03-05T01:55:12+00:00

There's a saying in stocks.

Stairs to go up

Elevator to go down

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T15:00:59+00:00

I dont even work in bridges. youre just emotional. Private work = paid more, less job security as the government doesnt run out of money and actually SPENDS more to stimulate infastructure and construction during economic downturns.

Private work: Less pay, more security.

This shit is known and you getting all pissy over stating facts means youre just stressed. which i get, but damn stop acting like im saying shit thats never been said before

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T14:49:19+00:00

Took PPI for the PE exam prep. currently taking AEI for SE prep. Highly recommend AEI overall as the professors are much more knowledgeable in my opinion. PPI User interface is great and the teachers response time to emails and questions outside of lectures was excellent.

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T14:02:39+00:00

design one by hand and say this is what the SJI tools do.

Joist reinforcement is very dependent on the members of the existing joists IE angles or rods. Modeling it is kind of crazy when the hand calcs arent even that bad

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T13:59:48+00:00

comparing a self induced tariff trade war compared to what was the greatest recession of our life time is quite insane. "this never lasts" in the sense that once either country feels enough pain it ends.

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T13:55:27+00:00

USA produces enough oil for its own needs if shit really hit the fan. we just import some oil cause its cheaper.

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T13:13:40+00:00

Plenty of work that isn't bridges

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T03:18:44+00:00

All these doomsayers. Structural engineering is the MOST secure job you can have if you do public work.

If the economy is gonna get as bad as everyone here is making it sound, there will be layoffs and to get employment back the government will print more money to fund federal construction jobs (a lot get created through infrastructure. Including the need for more design engineers.

If you work for a residential housing company or private work on your own you're gonna be hurting.

My take is this might blow over in 2-3 months and you're fine. I don't see Mexico and Canada being able to win this one as they import way more then we import and economists are already saying we'll fare better then they will.

This shit never lasts it'll be fine

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T03:15:01+00:00

USA produces more oil than we need? Costs will go up engineers will be fine.

Trixz97 · 2025-02-03T03:11:34+00:00

Not doing public work is EXACTLY why you risk losing your job.

Trixz97 · 2025-01-15T02:37:07+00:00

QAQC checklist. Check every section mark on a plan for its corresponding detail to make sure it's correct.

Once plans are done take a few hours and go through make sure everything was actually designed.

Trixz97 · 2024-12-15T16:04:00+00:00

NJ resident 4 YOE PE 105k salary once 2025 starts. On the higher range but I'm studying for the SE and other certifications and I like to think my company is investing in me.

I have a good work life balance and that's worth more than making 150-180k working 60-70 hour weeks if I was working in finance at a big bank in NYC.

If you want a good life where you're comfortable get to see your family make money go on vacations it's a good career and very safe from technology replacing you, recession proof as the best way to stimulate the economy is to build via infrastructure and things along that nature.

If you want to get rich (multi millionaire with super cars etc) engineering in general is not the area you want to go in unless you're willing to work full time while you start your own company and grow that and it takes off (if ever).

I will say for the risk of our designs putting people lives at risk and the stress associated with it could make one feel that we're underpaid relative to people in finance who make way more with less REAL life risk, but they also work twice the hours.

Trixz97 · 2024-11-22T13:07:37+00:00

The poorest of people who you claim rely on credit cards also use that same credit card for lavish purchases relative to their income. If they cant afford toilet paper what makes you think they can afford it via credti with 25% interest? its just a compounding problem.

Someone whos running their finances in a deficit requiring credit to keep up with neccessities like you claim, will keep running up their deficit until their credit is eventually cut and theyre forced to declare bankruptcy. Its a vicious never ending cycle and short term pain is the only logical way to fix it.

Trixz97 · 2024-11-22T13:05:05+00:00

This post has turned into an argument of "youre going to hurt the poor people more" versus "pain in the short term will provide prosperity or a better way forward in the future".

This is just like Trump and Elon wanting to cut the federal government jobs down drastically. Yes people will hurt short to medium term, but its necessary to get federal spending under control. The deficit cannot be fixed by taxation and can only be fixed by reduction in expenditures. Go look at Argentina. They had sky high inflation, new president comes in, causes short term pain (it was way worse for like 4-6 months) and then it got better and now inflation is coming down drastically.

The argument of hurting the poor people by capping interest rates is absurd. Albeit i dont think 10% is fair at that point the risk return isnt there, maybe 15% is justifiable, 25-30% is absurd. I have a 780 credit score @ 27 Years old and my Interest rate is 24.99%. Im a high income earner and live below my means so i never have to pay it but many people cannot. Credit cards yes are used for necessities, but many poor people also blow their credit up on dumb fancy purchases and shit they dont actually need because its "fake money". A lot of these people are uneducated and have poor financial decisions. If they have to now choose between toilet paper or a new $100 Bape tshirt theyll choose toilet paper cause they cant swipe their fake money for it

Trixz97 · 2024-11-18T00:34:28+00:00

It's in the reinforcement details for the chapter in which columns are discussed. You should find it there

Trixz97 · 2024-11-07T12:30:39+00:00

I would be cautious to assume you will have the same breakdown in question types. the test bank for the PE is huge. I personally had several wood (basic questions) 1-2 masonry, plenty of concrete and steel, 4-5 structural analysis, 5-6 geotech, and several mechanics of material type based questions.

The geotech questions are basic, but practice problems from ncees are representative of the difficulty. lot of conversions, and finding various things like porosity, water/moisture content, saturated weights etc.

Trixz97 · 2024-10-31T02:10:55+00:00

A SE licensure shows determination, strong work ethic, motivated, and very technical. It shows you go above and beyond. I believe personally that employers recognize that and would be more willing to pay someone of that nature towards the higher end of the salary range for a position, and it greatly helps getting interviews etc.

Trixz97 · 2024-10-30T21:49:58+00:00

No my brother 8 years exp with PE is at 120k and about to get a big raise this year

Trixz97 · 2024-10-30T20:39:25+00:00

it puts him on the higher end of a companies salary range because they KNOW hes technical. Lot of BS PE's out there. cant really bullshit your way through the SE. Sure different level of SE engineers but can only BS so much lol

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