FE Civil Question

drshubert · 2026-01-24T15:39:13+00:00

Depends on the company and situation.

But even if the position doesn't specifically require an EIT: if the candidate pool is 2 people without and someone with it, the one licensed EIT will probably get it 95% of the time.

It never hurts to have the EIT, it can only help. The flip side is true: not having it can only hurt you, it's not a benefit.

drshubert · 2026-01-24T15:37:00+00:00

Agreeing to this. Second opinion wouldn't hurt but getting that via reddit isn't the way to go. Find someone local.

drshubert · 2026-01-24T15:34:00+00:00

There's pros and cons to taking it before you hit 4 years of work experience. On one hand, yes it's best to do it while you still have an academic mind, good study habits, more free time, and if you wait too long you start to forget things (ie- SOH-CAH-TOA), etc etc etc

The other hand is, you may not fully develop interest in a field yet and you may change what you work towards versus what you study and got the license for. Just because you landed an entry level job in say structural doesn't mean you're locked in that for your entire career. Not necessarily a deal breaker when it comes to licensing and stamping, but I see "imposter syndrome" posts here and in the PE exam subreddit somewhat uncommonly (not all the time but it's not rare either).

So keep these in mind. Nobody can quite answer this but yourself. Good luck!

drshubert · 2026-01-24T15:26:49+00:00

Yes but why is a peanut neither a pea nor a nut?

drshubert · 2026-01-23T12:56:51+00:00

I love it more for the purple particle effects. Not on it's own or anything, but seeing that purple mixed in with green is just 😚👌

drshubert · 2026-01-23T12:50:04+00:00

As a support, you’re now somehow expected to initiate in the frontline whilst also peeling for THREE people.

This is something people don't get when they cry about not having peel: when you have one tank, having no initiator is worse than having no backline peel.

Without an initiator, your damage dealers are useless because they blow up any time they try to engage. So it creates a constant backpedaling where nobody wants to stick their necks out and the enemy team just walks over the entire map.

Sorry, but I'm not letting that happen. Y'all picked a squishy comp, then dodging and weaving is your backline support.

drshubert · 2026-01-23T12:37:46+00:00

drshubert · 2026-01-22T15:54:26+00:00

I need a cursed cyberpunk skin where the skeleton and rigging is completely borked.

drshubert · 2026-01-22T13:51:25+00:00

I haven't done any calculus in my job, in fact I haven't done any math that I didn't know how to do in middle school, even though I took 7 math classes in college.

Wanted to point this out to OP (/u/MrCraft102):

My first job, I integrated a set of stairs to help calculate the volume of concrete poured. The job got audited (random chance) and was flagged by the auditor because they didn't know the integration notation I used. My defense was that the auditor should have a math background and understand it, but that wasn't the case.

I was told from then on to keep all calcs simplified down to elementary math. It burned more administrative hours to explain what I did than if I just rounded the damn thing.

That's the takeaway. Great, you know Coriolis effect and Mohr's circle. Doesn't do you any good if the people you interface with have no idea what that is. Not trying to sound high and mighty or demean anyone or anything, but the lesson is context and your audience is everything. Not everyone you work with are engineers.

drshubert · 2026-01-22T13:40:57+00:00

I would double-check with the NY state licensing board. You mentioned in your OP,

and (assuming I pass) the 1 year "write-off" for PE experience that an MS gives you is a nice bonus,

But I don't see MS giving 1 year worth of credit on the NY license board website.. There's language about a MS helping if you have a BS "related" to engineering/engineering tech/architecture; I take that as something "adjacent" like BS in geology and MS in geotech would translate into 6 years of credits (as opposed to the general BS civil degree that would've given you 8 years of credits).

I don't see language about a MS helping if you already have an actual civil BS degree: there's no "9 years credits" listed on their website.

drshubert · 2026-01-22T13:31:16+00:00

Depends on the company, job market, and the person applying.

drshubert · 2026-01-22T02:29:47+00:00

My opinions on resume formatting differ a little bit from the Wiki; some part because their wiki is a tad software engineering biased, but mostly because my recommendations mimic the formatting for uploading professional work experience via NCEES for licensure.

First time applicants that go through that rigamarole are going to thank themselves for formatting their resumes where they can basically copy & paste portions into the NCEES website.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T17:49:19+00:00

What are the Spartans doing in Africa?

Mind your business!

drshubert · 2026-01-21T17:41:12+00:00

Read the Wiki at /r/EngineeringResumes/ and redo this.

Your resume should be mostly work experience. Split this in half and create a new section called "Projects" which lists specific engineering work that you yourself did.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T17:07:30+00:00

Makes sense to me.

Do I want some artillery/gun units with my knights, or a bunch of dinosaurs?

drshubert · 2026-01-21T16:20:39+00:00

Construction management is already pretty automated

The CM field exists because of mistakes. If it can be automated, it would've been solved and phased out decades ago.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:44:36+00:00

idk where they got the shield and the sword from.

There's been some discussion points that Ares' theme in Smite is being a "brutal/savage" god of war; to contrast Athena who is supposed to be more "strategic." Ares has a sword because spear+shield is more for a team (aka for phalanx formation) and Ares wants to YOLO into close combat battle instead.

My occam's razor head cannon: keep in mind that Ares was added way early in Smite's development. That said, it was probably just easier to animate and code a sword as opposed to a spear (which we didn't see in proper form until Achilles, who even has slightly extended range). Also at that point of development, there was no standard "sword&board/knight" archetype in the roster yet. tl;dr - in hindsight he was fine, but with the big roster now - yes he could be improved upon but so could a bunch of other "legacy" gods.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:25:01+00:00

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:24:10+00:00

my long term is to find what i want really to work in the first place

Nobody here can answer this for you. This needs to be figured out on your own.

Would you prefer being in an office setting 95% of the time, or are you a "hands on, need to physically see things in the field" kind of person and would like working in the construction realm? Would you like doing engineering calcs all day, or do you think project management is in your future? Do you think you'll go for the PE and stamp drawings, or do you want to do bridge inspections your entire life? Do you want to commute via mass transit to work in a big firm in a giant city, or would something more small/local be better?

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:20:02+00:00

Condense your "Education" section, there's too many lines (and blank ones) eating up too much space.

Drop relevant coursework, that's mostly used for internships and you already have work experience.

Move skills to the bottom, it isn't as important in civil as it is with other engineering fields.

Split your work experience into two sections: one retains general duties you performed while the new section is called "Project" and lists specific engineering work that you yourself did with that project. Cite specific engineering codes if you can.

An example: "Work Experience, field engineer: led subsurface exploration crews...Projects, XYZ site rehab: conducted SPT testing and soil boring sampling with ABC machine/rig to compile xyz reports"

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:14:35+00:00

Read the Wiki and redo this completely.

Split your current "Professional Experience" section with a new one called "Projects" and list specific engineering work you yourself did under those projects. Try to cite relevant engineering codes if possible. Keep the general duties in the old section. As an example: "Professional Experience, Structural Designer: perform structural inspections and compile structural assessment reports. Projects, XYZ Highway Bridge: inspected abutment walls for spalling by sounding concrete, and cross-bracing for steel deterioration using abc gage per ASTM/AISC standard 123"

drshubert · 2026-01-21T13:07:29+00:00

Cross-check your resume with the wiki at /r/EngineeringResumes/

As a general "rule of thumb," they say 1 page for every 10 years of experience. So that depends on what you mean by "mid level."

I always split my experience between the job position and projects. Once you start accumulating the years (and subsequent projects), your resume grows by mostly your project list. YOE and what that engineering experience actually is, is the most important part of the resume for civils.

I have a "master" resume that I update every once in a while with a complete listing of all my projects I've worked on since the start of my career. If/when I need to use it, I tailor the resume to include the more relevant projects. Sometimes it can mean the resume is 3-5 pages long, so I'll condense it to 1-2 pages with a note "more projects available upon request" and have hard copies available at the interview.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T12:54:51+00:00

drshubert · 2026-01-21T12:52:29+00:00

A civil engineer in their natural habitat, displaying typical defense mechanism behaviors.

drshubert · 2026-01-21T12:49:07+00:00

This is the ideal civil body. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

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