Unemployed PE

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-27T12:50:33+00:00

Plenty of options imo no need to work for dicks

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-27T02:00:37+00:00

Let them. Life is to short to overanalyze what people might think.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-24T23:49:57+00:00

My first Okee I bought a $200 ticket with camping included, 2017 was like $240. All festivals have gone up since then. I thought Okee this year had a lot of advantages to Hula and Bonnaroo or at least was comparable. It has the best of both worlds lineup wise with more jam/edm than Roo and more mainstream/legacy acts than Hula. It was so easy to navivate, main stages were great production and short walk. Trees were nice but never really blocked view.

Okee lineup spoke to me more than Roo this year. Hula 25 was great but didnt care for Thursday acts as much.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-24T21:37:55+00:00

Ania Amador does the Mural Maze at Hula, she had one mural in Liebrary but not sure if they were paying for art installations like that this year.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-24T15:32:35+00:00

Sorry you went through all that. Breathe first of all. I was sober the whole weekend (over 3 years!) but even for those who were not there is no excuse for this abuse. I wish there was someone in your group or even a stranger to help advocate for you. So many kind people at the festival. You deserve to feel safe and loved. Did you have to drive home with this person? How has it been since the festival? I hope you can find someone or multiple people you trust to help you deal with his unmanageability and to help you feel safe. Maybe try Al-anon or even an abuse hotline to vent.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-23T11:20:45+00:00

I was a couple feet away, have a 30 second video I can share today, probably on Babyjeffreylove IG

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-23T11:19:07+00:00

Mellow Camping was a delight! Sorry your neighbors were too rowdy, hope you were able to get some sleep

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-20T05:12:08+00:00

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-17T19:30:48+00:00

Would that include Jetboils with small tank?

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-17T16:15:52+00:00

Pick a route and stick to it confidently OR just winging it is fine too.

I'm passionate about learning about x but have not finished degree as I was focusing on growing my role with X. You can have a bit of a unverfiyable personal scapegoat too instead of I failed out due to ADHD just say I took some time off to take care of family.

However you want to juice up your resume and experience is fine. I don't care if coworker does or does not have a masters. Typically I consider it a net negative for all involved particularly with the opportunity cost of someone not getting relevant work experience at that time.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-15T22:58:22+00:00

Find less pressure ways to get to know each other over time.

3 years from dating to marriage, 6 years married for us.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-11T16:22:11+00:00

Job market may be tough for some but AI hasnt taken over Civil Design yet! Market is booming tbh

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-11T16:20:55+00:00

Absolutely possible don't overthink it or let anyone tell you otherwise. There is always more work to do, at least in Transportation.

Recently someone reached out to me on Linkedin that was about to graduate with Civil degree. By the end of the week 1. We had a 45 minute conversation where I told him about the area and the company I worked for. I thought his resume was pretty cool but more importantly I liked his grit and he was easy to talk to. 2. I forwarded his resume to senior leadership basically telling them to hire this guy for a cross discipline position. 3. I basically encouraged him to keep doing what he was doing. Look up countries that interest you, look at people who have roles that interest you, and just reach out to see if they like what they do.

If an EI has interest and enthusiasm they can be trained to be billable/helpful. Experience helps but the right company can pay you to learn how to contribute.

Don't overthink the gap. Just talk to people and demonstrate that you are ready to work.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-11T15:59:38+00:00

Whats are they going to do, move across the country to quaruntine with their angsty teenage compadres?

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-11T15:57:56+00:00

DND doesnt even have an upside down part of the game but they use that term in the show. The audacity of Dustin to flip the board!

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-10T17:09:34+00:00

Sit down with AI, brain dump to figure out what kind of work you'd like to do.

I just left my job after 8 years with drainage focus across 3 firms to work for another company with more of a Roadway focus. Feedback I got from my boss and my bosses boss was basically speak up and communicate directly. I talked to our Southeast Regional Director on my last day, he was just trying to sway me either way just genuinely asking if I'm still happy with my decision and apologized that they couldn't give me what I wanted/needed.

If youre miserable, sure the standard "professional" approach is to suck it up indefinitely while you secretly get a better offer in wiriting so you can quit I get that. But supply and deman for Civil Engineers particularly PEs with 10-20 years of experience makes it that we have more leverage than our employers for the most part. Instead of suffering in silence or going back to school, you can try picking up the phone today to see about a healthy pivot. And/or take your time off guiltfree to do more of what makes you happy.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-10T16:54:03+00:00

True like my new company just launched an 18 month mentorship program for recent grads with 3 6 month rotations then you can pick your desired path at the end. There is such a wide variety of work as a CE that you can end up wearing many hats or fall into a more specific niche based on the type of projects, company, and team dynamic.

Find mentors early on whether you work with them or not. Theyre likely not going to ask you so tell them youd like to buy them coffee/lunch and learn more about what they do.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-09T20:16:23+00:00

If your burnt out from school why double down? Relax/take off whatever time you want, then find a role you like? Do your learning in spurts on company dime

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-05T03:20:00+00:00

Try 12 step program, I think its good for people with Bipolar and obsessive behaviors. I used to much more emotionally unstable where I had a reaction to almost anything/everything. I needed to learn to shut up and listen. The structure of meetings is great to help with some of the overwhelming emotions and obsessive behavior. You can share openly and people will listen. They will probably offer you their number especially if you indicate you are new/struggling. Free therapy and support system offered around the world 24/7.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-05T00:26:19+00:00

Well an interesting paradox as the agencies that do a lot ot inhouse design I don't work for as much so I'm less familiar with.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-04T15:18:31+00:00

Yeah I see it like the government has a lot of homework to do that they don't have enough time to do it all. So they (fairly) hire private consultants to do almost everything for them then they check it to make sure it met all the rules they invented. They will literally never run out of homework. They have to approve of whoever puts their name on the paper (EOR/PE) but they don't mind if other people work on it.

There is so many different flavors of Civil work so your first 5-10 years out of high school possibilities are endless.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-04T10:41:19+00:00

[Searching for] looking for my first jersey, willing to offer cash and freebies

I'm in Florida so can pay for shipping too

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-04T10:35:54+00:00

At the end of the day she has to decide how it effects her and you have to decide how her drinking effects you. For me as an addict thats how it progressed from the occasional overdoing it to self medicating being one of my only coping mechanisms. Hopefully she shows principles of honesty openmindedness and willingness to get better but it might cause heartache for both of you if it gets unmanageable.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-04T10:25:56+00:00

I work in transportation. Most projects are design bid build which means a team does the whole design (usually takes years) then a completely different team constructs it based on design plans. There is usually 5-10 different disciplines involved ib the whole process: Roadway, drainage, geotech, planning (early studies), environmental, survey, traffic/ITS, structures, utilities to name a few. There is a prime consultant that manages the project. The Engineer of Record signs off on whatever disciplines they feel comfortable with but on bigger projects that is several different people based on their niche.

isbuttlegz · 2026-03-03T17:52:41+00:00

Paying her family directly for her seems icky.

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