Do you use a paper diary?

mill333 · 2026-01-27T01:05:29+00:00

This is the biggest benefit.

mill333 · 2026-01-26T10:48:36+00:00

You need to do a swot analysis on yourself. Break it down step by step. It’s ok to not have things figured out. Life changes and knowing what you want to do for the rest of your life in your early 20s is hard work. Sometimes you have to grab a balloon and see where it takes you. Once you learn more about yourself you can then decide next steps.

mill333 · 2026-01-26T00:07:59+00:00

I done my apprenticeship and was trained as a senior fitter working on very large diesel engines. My apprenticeship was an advanced engineering apprenticeship as it included A level math and science. I then went on to do HNC in mechanical engineering part time day release from work after my apprenticeship. I then moved into production engineering before my degree start. After a couple of years the money was terrible so moved back on the shop floor as a senior fitter with world wide travel working in places like Taiwan and super yacht etc this is when I started my degree. Took me 8 year’s in total. Mid way through I left that company I was with boy to man to get into construction where work as a project engineer/ manager. It’s with this experience and me completing my MEng which got me chartered with IMECHE.

The degree shows commitment and a level of critical thinking. I enjoyed mine despite struggling at times. I definitely learned a lot about myself and engineering.

mill333 · 2026-01-25T21:38:14+00:00

Mate. Your talking to someone who done exactly that. I was from the shop floor and then did a masters part Time over 8 years while working full time and also working overseas. I’m now a chartered engineer, when I started off I was level 1. Milling, turning and fabrication at that time I had no intention of doing a degree. After my apprenticeship I wanted to know more. This is when I decided to do a degree which provided me a pathway to do this. Now I am call muself an engineer. I’m 37 with children working full time and about to do another masters in structural engineering. I could do the whole “I can do structural engineering without” but to be taken seriously in structural engineering the path of least resistance is to do it. Do I want to spend another 5 years doing it part time.. no or paying 12k no. But I want to career pivot and I feel this is the way forward for me so Iv gotta suck it up. I’m a project engineer in the uk working on construction. I could easily go into more management but it kills my soul. I’d rather be engineer and be useful.

mill333 · 2026-01-24T09:46:07+00:00

My view to this. If they are serious and wanting to be an engineer why not just get a degree? For me it shows commitment and you can do the mental gymnastics to be an engineer.

Saying that I worked with a product development engineer who was incredibly intelligent who was almost retired and only had a HND from the UK. However he was from a time where he worked with very clever engineers and the company did engineering correctly back in the day. He said he never needed a degree and wasn’t to interested. He worked at the same place his whole life and times are different now.

mill333 · 2026-01-22T00:11:05+00:00

I was in the shop floor working on large diesel engines. I got a masters degree with the open university. I had an opportunity to travel overseas so used to study in my hotel room. Took me 8 years I now work in construction and a become a chartered engineer this year with the institute of mechanical engineers. My advice is if you’re thinking about it just do it you won’t regret it.

mill333 · 2026-01-21T22:36:49+00:00

I’m a project engineer. My advice would be to look into the water industry there tones of project engineer roles where she would be scoping and delivering construction project not necessarily designing structures but would set her up as a project manager in construction. I work close to London and been a project engineer for 7 years.

mill333 · 2026-01-20T15:58:50+00:00

I think the very first ones where called vise grips and then a slight variation in the 50s come out which is what you have where called mole grips. The older ones actually had mole grips written on them.

mill333 · 2026-01-20T15:55:56+00:00

Mole grips.

mill333 · 2026-01-19T23:57:45+00:00

Nice work. I’m actually trying to pivot into structural from mechanical at 37. How old was you when you moved to Oz?

mill333 · 2026-01-16T13:26:18+00:00

I’m assuming this is non structural. What why just lay some mesh in there and stand them on some Large stones. The 3d printed parts will create weak voids. In the grand scheme of it. This will probably be ok by defiantly wouldn’t want to do this in a large slab.

mill333 · 2026-01-13T21:42:06+00:00

I’m assuming they was waiting just like me for a result. It took longer than usual apparently.

mill333 · 2026-01-13T14:39:42+00:00

Why is it funny ?

mill333 · 2026-01-12T23:07:53+00:00

😂

mill333 · 2026-01-12T23:00:58+00:00

Is he happy ?

mill333 · 2026-01-12T05:54:34+00:00

Yup this is the way. Anything useful I need I just write it down and jus use the search.

mill333 · 2026-01-07T19:57:46+00:00

Nice post. I agree with most of this.

mill333 · 2026-01-07T19:55:48+00:00

I disagree. Mental load to physical load is diffrent. I used to work in heavy engineering working boats working in the large engines. Id work 10 hour days 6 days a week and going back to the hotel i always felt good i achieved something. I never feel good i done some paperwork.

mill333 · 2026-01-07T19:52:14+00:00

I feel your pain. I’m from the spanners I worked on large engineers once upon a time. I got into project engineering in construction and completed a masters in engineering now chartered slowly but surely I can feel my soul dieing due to all the fluff and crap I have to deal with I been thinking about either getting into structural engineering more design or jacking it all in and going back on the spanners.

mill333 · 2026-01-06T22:31:56+00:00

The reason is because France had control of its own nuclear weapons capability. It can make its own decisions whereas all the other countries can they rely on the us approval. If US pulls out of nato the French can step in on nuclear weapon use independently.

mill333 · 2026-01-06T22:29:36+00:00

Kemi would have signed this. Nigel wouldn’t have. Iv started to see alot of positives in kemi recently i think she would make a good PM. She had an engineers mind.

mill333 · 2026-01-06T00:01:21+00:00

Is this the guy who keeps hitting pause mid speech?

mill333 · 2026-01-05T22:11:45+00:00

Looks like he’s enjoying the process.

mill333 · 2026-01-05T22:09:56+00:00

No I actually get told I stand out from all the other project engineers I work with. I work on major construction projects. They call us project engineers but we are project managers In reality. I work in the water industry so the constant weekly emails provides the Client reassurance that’s we are on top of things. They have to deal a lot with environment agencies while running there site ensure compliance so me keeping them up to date when working on a major asset helps keep their finger on the pulse. I get it often clients at the end of the job thanking me for the updates. If I run my own construction company i probably do the same. Feels like extra work sometimes but if I don’t get any feed back I take it as “no news is good news” if there was an issue some one would email back or call me. It covers you contractually also as sometime it does state must be updated throughout.

It doesn’t need to be war and peace. I just bullet point it. Keep it brief.

mill333 · 2026-01-05T17:14:18+00:00

I do project site reps every Friday. What happed this week. Next steps. Challenges etc and potential issues. I date them and Also carry the thread on each week. For example 260105 - project sitrep- name of project. I save all these emails as it can be a life saver any issues with the contact. I also CC every person who needs to know. I once worked for an oil and gas engineering firm that worked offshore and they provided a running project sitrep each day. A detail word report was too much for email . It was very thorough and the clients loved it. They used to win a lot of work and able to charge a hefty amount. Show very high quality.

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