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    Recent Salary Article!

    Twoballcane- Interesting post and certainly a good point. If engineers don't design a system correctly, we can cost our clients thousands of dollars (or more) per hour in lost productivity . Some days we may think we're the smartest engineer we know, other days (hopefully fewer!) we might...
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    US charge out rates survey

    We're a food/beverage OEM. Rates are similar to whats posted, $150 for a Director/Special Service (new process design) $125 for a Sr Engineer $75-100 for design/drafter (As I recall). -- Erik MO P.E.
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    Level Transmitter Calculations

    What are the output units for the level transmitter? 2.31 feet of water column is equal to 1 psig. -- Erik MO P.E.
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    Pharmaceutical Engineering Drawing Numbering Standard

    I'm sure they are out there, but we generated our own. -- Erik MO P.E.
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    Salary Survey - How much do you make?

    Not sure what this has to do with 'improving myself and getting ahead in my work'. There are several websites from which to garner this information. That aside, your 'poll' will be skewed by not taking into account parameters such as location, company sizes, and the fact that some respondees...
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    Gen. Y: a rant

    "I always find it amusing that people quote Darwinism is in favour of selfishness (not you SG) - the most succesful animals are very communal. Bees, bacteria, and termites and ants will be here long after we are. " This works when all members of the community contribute to the success of said...
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    Motivation at Work

    Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. -- Erik MO P.E.
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    Motivation at Work

    I'd be quite surprised if all but a few people didn't experience this at several times in our lives. Here's a thread that I started three years ago, albeit under different circumstances, but some of the feelings (and I presume responses) will be similar. thread732-94653. Since in my current...
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    Pharmaceutical Engineering Drawing Numbering Standard

    Carl, I had six years in the Bio/Pharma industry, but never saw a standard, per se, that everyone adhered to. Even P&ID symbols, although largely ISA, were different among engineering houses. Are you a consultant/contractor? If you are starting from scratch, I'd follow the end user...
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    Workplace Scenario

    We had a CAD Drafter that would nap at lunch. It was widely known and seemingly accepted as his immediate supervisor knew all about it. It was the running joke during his tenure. His last name was Brick and his head was built like one. As an aside, one of the elder CAD drafter took a...
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    How to stay ahead of inflation?

    Generally speaking, big(ger) jumps in salary come from outside your current organization. That's not to say you can't make inroads within your organization. Salary changes between job changes were two to three times what my yearly review raise netted me. Before looking for a new job, look for...
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    Stress at Work

    Producer of stress: The entire order entry and engineering system, or lack thereof. The lack of participation of long term employees to do anything than the 'head bashing in a brick wall' that they've done for years. Coping mechanism: Making sure all my 'stuff' is in one sock, doing the...
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    Study Material for PE Exam

    Jpankask gave you a great list of books to get. For studying, I'd use most if not all of whats mentioned, however for test taking, I feel that less is more. I bought a host of books from ppi2pass.com and used perhaps half of them. The Lindeberg books are a must, and the reference manual sits...
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    PE preparation, when to start?

    I'll throw my $0.02 in, but I'll probably need change back :) I took the PE in April of 2003 and started studying after Christmas for the ME (Thermal Fluid) section. I evaluated the test question distribution, made sure that I could do the sections that had the most problems, and studied...
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    Long Commute

    "Buy a motorcycle!" I like the concept of a motorcycle, but while working in the ER, there is a reason we called motorcycle riders "organ donors". Even a 2000 lbm car versus a motorcyclist is no contest, but risk my life in a daily interaction with the 5000+ lbm SUVs driven by some who can...
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