There is also the minor issue of "plan-stamping" being illegal. The PE who signs off on it without doing the design faces all sorts of nasty punishment.
Do all the grunt work you can. That will serve you better when you tackle the PE.
Keep your head down pounding out the work and your 6 months will turn to 6 years before you notice.
I personally won't assign projects to someone who hasn't done the work themselves - the more the better.
Great! I will look into this.
We did look at nitriding these parts in the past, but didn't pursue it. I will have to track down someone and ask why.
Thanks.
We make machines that strap large objects with steel wires. The wire is zinc coated. The wire slides over some of our machine parts and snaps across them as the wire gets pulled tight.
Originally the parts were made from 1020 and hard-chrome plated. Once the wire wore through the plating, the...
Ask if you can set up a separate R&D lab. The old geezers might be remarkably receptive to the idea. Any new ideas can be tested and chewed up without threatening any empires, which is most likely what you are really running into. If you really do have improvements to be made, the nay-sayers...
As one on the leading edge of Generation-X, I've been pushing Baby Boomers to get out of my way my entire career. As long as they are there it is hard to advance.
I still hold out hope for the kids entering college. As a whole they are pretty much house-broken and some even wash. After a few...
It sounded to me like they paid a second engineer in state to stamp the plans, which he didn't prepare. If I was in a bad mood I might light him up with his state board.
Get the PE when you can. It doesn't make you a better engineer, but it does open some some interesting doors. It's just easier to do it sonner rather than later.
I was in that situation once - then led a rebellion to rectify the situation! I doubt you have that option in government, but in private industry anything can happen.
