career focus
career focus
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I need some advice here, I have had about 2 years experience in a tank farm as a maintenance engineer(lots of pipelines, valves, tanks, ship and barge docks, vapor recovery units, vapor combustion units, pumps etc). I have a bachelors in mechanical engineering and also passed the FE exam last year, so I am an EIT. I wish to strategically plan and focus my career in one direction, lucrative and relevant. where is the money in engineering practice? for most of you experienced engineers out there, if you were starting out all over again, what certifications would you go for, API 510, 570, B31.3 , project management etc ? I would say, money is the number one driving force here ? what are the most sought after certifications? or maybe a masters degree in Engineering ?





RE: career focus
A master's isnt' a bad idea but if you want to stay in consulting work then my suggestion is to focus on getting the PE and adding these additional certifications as these will have a much stronger impact in your marketability and worth to a company.
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RE: career focus
RE: career focus
not sure about going back to school for a masters, too much money and time.
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if you insist on staying with engineering, i think your best bet for making lots of money is inventing a time machine, possibly creating (and patenting) a new fusion power station.
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Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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RE: career focus
The key to making money is to find a way to take home the largest possible slice of the money you make or save for others. So you want that PE, and anything else that makes you useful to others as a consultant or contractor rather than as an employee. Better still, you want to sell something other than mere engineering man-hours, because as far as the marketplace is concerned, we're all worth exactly the same per hour of effort, aren't we? Working as an employee engineer is never going to make you rich, but is a necessary stepping stone to working on your own or with a small group of others in a situation where you get some ownership- a slice of the pie that goes beyond mere salary.