Have you done some market research to see what the earning curve is for the positions you have applied for? It wouldn't hurt to take a look and see where you would be willing to land on the curve. Especially if these new positions are in different industries than what you are currently in.
I'm also on board with using Outlook to track my tasks. It's nice for keeping me on track with designs, and for higher priority or visibility projects I can set it up to automatically update my project lead for the mandatory status reports associated with hot projects.
I would think to find what you are looking for you may want to run a search for people with similar career paths or roles on a professional organization you are part of. Maybe ASME, AIAA, LinkedIN or something of the sort, and that's assuming there aren't more senior individuals to discuss...
As big as the area is where are you looking for positions? Baytown/La Porte have fairly big demand for piping engineers and open positions will really pick up in the new fiscal year around mid-October early November.
Energy corridor around Katy seems to have positions sporadically and there are...
Hello StructCA,
Have you checked sources like payscale.com, salary.com, and glassdoor.com? All of them have salary information for your area based on salaries others have reported. Another thing to consider is does the company have the means to increase your pay, after doing a little research...
Honestly it depends on your cube space. Most of ours are laid out in a way that the sound won't travel to your neighbor. That doesn't stop them from giving us the nice wireless headsets though, which make it easier to multitask since you can actually step away from your desk to some degree.
The engineer I was working under in my first company out of college had 30 years experience in down hole tool design. He had been with the company for 28 of those 30 years. As soon as we were bought out by a larger company he was given the option of early retirement or being cut loose because of...
This thread was a long interesting read, but has anyone considered what happens next for when you have achieved your dream or failed to achieve it after spending so much time chasing it? I would imagine it's rather difficult to reevaluate what you want after spending so much time chasing after...
