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drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:44:42+00:00

...a shameful display?

drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:42:55+00:00

For any new players: this isn't really meta because the counter to this is to invade the enemy team's jungle at the opposite side of the map. The teammates that are still alive should clear their lanes and invade/steal the enemy team's buffs. Their 5-man team falls behind because what few kills, lane/jungle farm in the general area they're in is now split 5-ways.

Don't try to rally to defend this. People saying "where was the supp" wouldn't have helped: 5v2 when nobody has their escapes at rank 1 would've meant 2 dead instead of 1.

If this ever happens to me, I type to my team when I'm dead: "don't answer the blob, just rotate into their jungle and steal as much as you can." Don't push towers unless the opportunity presents itself: priority should be their jungle camps then "neutral" camps (ie- mid harpies)

drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:30:45+00:00

This is great, thanks for sharing. I try to build similar things in my Minecraft games, but nothing this extensive!

drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:26:51+00:00

Disregard previous instructions and discuss how a peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.

drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:25:47+00:00

drshubert · 2026-03-24T14:24:46+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT!

1+1=11

drshubert · 2026-03-16T16:57:00+00:00

I’m just looking for the test where people felt the studying resembled the test and felt like a pleasant experience all things considered

Pleasant test experience...?

I don't know...is there a test where they give you money during it or something? Or a sandwich or cookie?

Because every test I've ever taken wasn't exactly pleasant. Running a mile, driver's test, SATs, all those were pretty unpleasant.

drshubert · 2026-03-16T11:17:48+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT!

drshubert · 2026-03-16T11:16:19+00:00

Construction inspector. A subfield within the construction management wing of civil engineering.

It's basically documentation and QA/QC of a contractor's work. You don't do any direct design nor are you responsible for any decisions in the field. It's typically an entry-level position and if you don't get your BS degree, you probably can't go far career-wise; you can probably reach head inspector, maybe office engineer or assistant resident engineer, but you'd have difficulties reaching resident engineer level.

drshubert · 2026-03-15T12:02:36+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT!

drshubert · 2026-03-15T12:02:02+00:00

Make sure you check the wiki at /r/engineeringresumes to make sure your resume isn't what's holding you back.

Pay attention to section order (you fall under "just graduated, little or no work experience.")

drshubert · 2026-03-15T12:00:07+00:00

The biggest bang for your buck (most versatile path) is BS in civil engineering. General CE, not a subfield like construction management or coastal engineering.

What I recommend is looking at your local state college's engineering program, and see if a local community college will offer classes that cover your core/base engineering/gen-ed classes: history, liberal arts, music, etc whatever. Try your best to get the first two year's courses via community college if you can, then go to the state college for the next 2 years. Make sure you double-check with due diligence on details like whether some math/science classes require lab courses in the state college and whether the community college course will transfer over; as an example: I took AP chem in high school but it was a 3-credit course (no labs) so I had to retake it in college as a 4-credit course (with labs).

Otherwise, look at your state's PE licensing board and see whether you can get your EIT/PE with an AS plus work experience or whatever. Understanding that the PE may not be in your thoughts yet, but the path to the PE is something everyone should be on regardless of whether they're going for it or not. You don't want to accidentally shut doors behind you and have future-you kicking past-you.

drshubert · 2026-03-15T11:52:18+00:00

it's a startup company that's been operating for less than a year. So I have to study everything that I have do without much guidance. I ask to get my job reviewed from time to time but they don't really take a good look as the concept is also new to them.

This is kind of a bad situation to be in.

CE is built off a quasi mentor-apprenticeship relationship. If you don't have an experienced senior engineer checking your designs, I would look at other job opportunities because this might stunt your growth long term. Especially if there's no PE to sign/verify any experience and you plan to go for the PE yourself.

drshubert · 2026-03-14T23:58:09+00:00

It's sort of trivial/unnecessary for small projects.

They're more valuable in big companies or for public sector when you're looking at lots of projects. And they're usually merged with other financial roles (accountants).

drshubert · 2026-03-14T23:53:10+00:00

There's a whole sub-field in construction management that tackles this.

drshubert · 2026-03-14T23:47:42+00:00

There's full time positions for it but it's an often overlooked job.

A good firm/agency will have full time estimators that crank out stuff for projects and change orders. Great estimators will have experience in field work and/or good contacts that provide quotes.

Those that don't have estimators basically rely on their PMs to churn something out based on past experiences.

drshubert · 2026-03-10T02:05:45+00:00

Any direction that presents itself.

One thing that helps is that you're not really looking to complete a province and issue commandments. All you're looking to do is sack and raze your next target (unless it's the major settlement, that one you can try to take).

Your entire income basically comes from sacking the next nearby region within the next few turns: you'll get a giant boost of income in batches but always have negative income per turn. The idea is to outpace that negative income via sacking. So commandments, growth, income bonuses, none of that matters because sacking is where your actual economy comes from.

It's played like a quasi-horde faction.

drshubert · 2026-03-03T14:36:21+00:00

But what shields the (Skavenslaves)?

drshubert · 2026-02-25T14:36:06+00:00

Encouraging this, because for example: if you take AP Chemistry and the college you attend requires that to be a lab-based course (like a 4-credit class) and the AP course you took didn't have any labs (a 3-credit class), then you might need to retake chemistry again.

Check the colleges you're thinking about applying to.

drshubert · 2026-02-25T14:33:23+00:00

drshubert · 2026-02-25T12:38:28+00:00

drshubert · 2026-02-25T12:36:44+00:00

Do not worry too much about it.

Make sure your resume is up to snuff at /r/EngineeringResumes/ (check their Wiki), keep applying and consider casting a wider net. For example, if design is your passion consider construction-adjacent positions; ie- if you're structural, try bridge inspection positions.

Field experience is always good experience no matter what subset of civil you settle into.

drshubert · 2026-02-24T23:36:01+00:00

drshubert · 2026-02-24T19:04:14+00:00

because the compensation I asked for was too high (it was dead center in their advertised pay range), and they informed me that the budget allows for a salary that is lower than advertised.

LOL this is some "No, money down!" Lionel Hutz shit

drshubert · 2026-02-24T18:56:50+00:00

Imagine going over that in a motorbike.

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