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    p & id

    Does the pipe go through a sleeve (larger pipe), maybe through a wall or something?
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    Deleted My Master's Degree

    OP, I used to be in a position of hiring engineers. I would never discount and engineer solely for having a master's degree, whatever field it was in, but I did experience that, more times than not, engineers with advanced degrees typically expected higher starting salary than their real...
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    How many pages is your CV/Resumé?

    My resume is one page, almost 20 years into my career, plus some relevant school/job information from my college days. I don't have a CV, but if I needed one, I would expect it would be several pages. I've never had need for a CV and don't really expect to in my foreseeable future. One reason...
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    October 2016 PE exam - Change in difficulty in response to pass/fail rates

    Can't speak to the electrical PE exam, but in general, if you have properly prepared yourself for the exam, it doesn't matter how "hard" the questions are. They can't invent new concepts for the exam. Either you can solve a problem the proper way, or you get distracted by the extraneous...
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    First job killed my hireability?

    You don't have to go back to college to learn lean manufacturing and six sigma. There are numerous training programs for six sigma. Lean manufacturing, probably as well, though you really can learn the concepts on your own. There are books that cover it. I would say you just need to change...
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    Technician to Engineer

    In all likelihood, the associates degree that leads to a BS engineering degree probably won't make you a whole lot more employable than you are now...but it will put you THAT much closer to getting your BS degree, which will make you much more employable, as an engineer. Most companies are...
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    Overhead Crane and Hoist question. How are they designed and manufactured?

    Here's a sober lesson of what can happen when the engineering is not correctly performed for an overhead crane/engineered lifting assembly. http://enformable.com/2013/05/healthy-discussion-of-the-arkansas-nuclear-one-accident/Link
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    Having a bad project on your resume

    It's one thing to be employed by (or be the employer) for a failed startup company. The number of new businesses that fail is relatively high, I have heard. It's a whole different ballgame to be the engineer of record, or largely involved with, a big engineering project that failed very...
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    MSME Specialize vs. Generalize

    I think there are relatively few companies that it really matters to. If you work in a position that requires some generalization of knowledge and application of multiple areas of discipline to solve a problem, then a more general course of study will probably be helpful. For the (I think)...
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    Modification Safety Classification

    While your mod would need to be classified as a Safety Related modification, coincident with the highest safety classification of the components affected by the modification, that doesn't mean that every component added by your modification will need to be classified as safety related. You...
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    Southern Mississippi Construction Engineering Technology degree

    If obtaining a PE is another goal you have, then you will need to find an ABET accredited engineering program, not a technology program. There are a few states that will license engineers who hold an engineering technology degree, with additional experience, but then you are limited to only...
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    Would you take a 20% pay cut to learn a specific software?

    Even if you have to take vacation and pay for attending training on your own, I would think you would be better off in the long run than taking a pay cut for training. At the very least, you will be in a better negotiating position for your next job with a higher paying current job. That said...
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    Southern Mississippi Construction Engineering Technology degree

    I agree that the degree would not be acceptable in most states as the prerequisite to a PE license, but that doesn't mean the degree is not worth it. Is a PE license common for a construction manager? I haven't had any experience in that field, nor know anyone, so I can't say. Just because a...
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    Southern Mississippi Construction Engineering Technology degree

    ABET accreditation is definitely a plus! As you can see from the link SlideRuleEra posted, there aren't many ABET accredited distance learning programs. This is primarily a function of how ABET accredits programs and which programs the schools have accredited. Fact they have put the time and...
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    Universities and Colleges not offering evening classes

    You will have a number of pre-requisite classes to take before you would be ready for a master's degree. As IRstuff said, at least a year, probably more. There are very few distance learning bachelor degree programs, but I have seen a few advertised. I haven't researched them to know how good...
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