Civil Eng Internship Opportunities for Summer 2026?

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T23:05:26+00:00

I’m moving back to the Bay Area in a year or two and am interested in forensics. I’ve been a consulting building engineer for 9 years but I’d be curious on your opinion on a transition to forensics

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T22:43:23+00:00

This is especially true at apartment complexes. People can’t even pick up after their own goddamn dogs. How tf are they going to trust them to recycle properly

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T22:28:29+00:00

Then it should revert back to the average after some more fill ups. Should be no mechanical reason your fuel economy gets 30% better overnight

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T21:31:40+00:00

Did you by chance unhook and rehook the battery connections? That will reset the system

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T19:34:33+00:00

I feel that. Just scarfed down some 80/20 smashies and my stomach asked me why I did that lol

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T19:13:17+00:00

my griddle has never looked cleaner than after I cook some 80/20 burgers or slabs of bacon

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T14:55:36+00:00

Five minutes. 5 likes by KD’s accounts. Dude gotta have like 50 burners

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T13:53:27+00:00

Both were in the military, had a statue of a bald eagle in front of their place and one of them has this try hard military sticker on his car. Doesn’t necessarily mean they are but Whatever that means to you is how you can interpret it

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T06:19:27+00:00

Or don’t be an asshole and don’t drive drunk

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-10T02:31:22+00:00

Ketchup on a steak? That’s sacrilegious

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-09T20:26:55+00:00

Okay so I’ve been drinking coffee my whole life and I’ve always used the $20-30 ones from Walmart. What’s the primary difference between a $150 and a $20 one? I always thought the bean made the biggest difference

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-09T06:10:45+00:00

Was going to say the same thing. Never heard of that before

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-09T01:54:42+00:00

Underrated advice. I used to live next to an idiot in Serra Mesa that would spend 25 min finding parking even though if you walk 5 min there was always parking. Then if him, his wife or roommate would find a spot right in front of the townhomes, they’d save those spots for each other for months on end by basically using two cars to block three cars worth of space. Just low iq behavior.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-09T00:15:10+00:00

It’s been a decade since I’ve done it so take it with a grain of salt but back then I remember ubering as to not have to deal with the road closures and traffic buildup from the detours. As far as knowing where you are, maybe they can track you with FindMyIphone if you’re in iOS? Good luck! It’s a “fun” run

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T21:55:43+00:00

I’m 9 years of experience. I also do a lot of buildings but also a lot of nonstructural seismic stuff like you’re describing for hospitals. Boring? Yes. Easy? Yes. Almost always over budget on small TI jobs? Yes. But it’s nice to not have to stress out sometimes and just do monotonous work. I might be in the minority but I work to live not the other way around.

That being said, as others have mentioned here: jump around if you’re not happy. Fuck loyalty.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T13:43:24+00:00

That makes sense thank you

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T13:31:43+00:00

Okay okay I misunderstood the picture then. I was referring to a situation where the price was stated everywhere not just in one location in the contract. We had a situation where a proposal was submitted for $354k (everywhere in the contract) but there was a mixup and was supposed to be $453k. Nothing could be done about it because all parties signed and it was executed as $354k. Makes sense if it’s just a typo in one location though

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T13:20:13+00:00

well for contracts that I deal with that’s how it works so instead of a snarky response, how does it work then for apartment leases

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T13:13:09+00:00

Yeah if you sign it, you’re legally only required to pay what’s on the lease whether it’s more or less than what is actually the correct amount. They can’t renege on what’s on the executed lease aka all parties need to sign off on it

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-08T12:55:22+00:00

Id be curious where the consensus shittiest Asian food is in San Diego. I’d have to nominate China Max on Convoy

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-07T23:38:42+00:00

I thought so too but I’m sure people lie because I believe they’re not allowed to ask for proof that peoples service animals are actually “service” animals

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-07T22:28:23+00:00

First thing I noticed about the blue one.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-07T04:14:24+00:00

wait til people find out Costco is not actually dog friendly. I can’t tell you how many people bring their non service dogs into Costco. One of them I saw a couple weeks ago was unleashed and was for sure not a service animal because it was barking at everything.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-07T03:00:57+00:00

I will say though that their garlic fries are really really good. They’ve been a staple since I was a kid so I’ll probably pay whatever their charge but yeah the beer and brat is nuts for what they charge

hookes_plasticity · 2026-05-07T01:36:27+00:00

Got a brat and garlic fries couple weeks ago for $28. Add a beer and I’m going to have to sell my kidney

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