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    1099 and licensing

    Generally, what are the requirements for a 1099 consulting engineer that is not licensed in a state? It seems you can do he engineering work but you can't stamp or validate anything to the public.
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    gte447f, I am not saying you are right or wrong and I probably should be contacting the state boards to get a very specific interpretation. When I was going through archived threads, the point about architects hiring engineers to do work for them was one of the situations that made me feel...
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    By contracting house, I mean contracting agency where you hire on as an employee to them and then they have to do work for a client.
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    I understand your statement and don't think it is invalid. It is just the notion that engineering services aren't sold by intermediary parties is kind of flimsy when you have contract houses, service agreements, and other types of employment arrangements. I am not saying you are wrong and I...
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    Gte447f, How are service agreements or contract houses different?
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    The guy would being paying me hourly with a retainer. He does NERC, electrical grid compliance. He said he used to have a guy and that guy got a big project so no longer had time for him. I think the guy is running into a situation where he is small enough that he doesn't have full time work...
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    Providing services to a company that wants to provide a full package

    I have a guy that wants to be able to have engineering services available so that he can offer a complete package to his customers. It is looking like I want to setup a retainer type agreement so that he stays high priority in being able to get engineering services quickly for his clients. His...
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    When do you sign an NDA?

    When do you sign an NDA? I have someone that might want me to do work for them but it has never been spelled out nor has the means of compensation or anything. It feels like I am walking backwards into something without everything else being spelled out. I am fine with a scope that doesn't have...
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    Looking for opinions on buying out my MEP company

    Engineering companies are never worth what people think they should be because they are not at all like passive wealth generating assets. In my opinion, yu should really consider the value of a company to be profits from its backlog. I have seen and heard of numerous cases of firms getting...
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    W-9 form - not an employee

    I wrote up some material that a company used for advertising. They want me to fill out a W-9 form. I am confused some about this because they bought a product from me not me selling my time to them. Can someone explain why they would do this? I don't pull a W-9 when plumber comes and fixes...
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    Blogging for other companies?

    I have a blog going and it has really started turning the corner and I am getting a lot of attention from a surprising number of people and the right people. The thing is kind of turning into an advertising machine that I sort of hoped it would a year ago. It kind of took a lot of grinding to...
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    Contracting Agency: Escrow

    SW, The agency is the one with bad reviews and I think it is because they are located in India. I wouldn't have any hesitation with any utility because they might be slow but they don't play games.
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    Contracting Agency: Escrow

    I have contracting agency that is trying to selling my services to a utility. The rate is good but from the review on glassdoor and indeed, it looks like people aren't getting paid or paid on time sometimes. I wouldn't mind the work but would like some guarantee that I am not going to get my...
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    Retainers?

    I am a one man shop offering consulting services. I see that there is retainer for service and retainer for access. In engineering, which is usually provided and what are some of the does and don'ts with retainers? How much is usually put into a retainer (%)?
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    Posting diagrams online from standards and books

    This is something I have run into though I don't really agree with it. I understand posting a standard or reference material is out of bounds. I don't feel that is the same as posting a diagram from a standard or book and referencing it. It feels the issue is such a grey issue due to the fact...
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    Print Archive vs All-Digital Archive

    I would tell anyone who uses google drive as a backup that that is a huge mistake. It is near impossible to help from google. I have microsoft clouds service and that is slow but I'll get whatever back. There are better and more responsive services but I wanted sharepoint. It is a nightmare...
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    Companies putting you in a box.

    electricpete, For google, I believe it works because they are encourage people to go outside of their box and the sunk cost for losing 20% of an employee's time (I don't think this is a 20% lost because happy employees are much more productive) is likely made up with greater employee retention...
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    Companies putting you in a box.

    CWB1, I have certainty seen new engineers that wanted to be artist or thought much of themselves. I am not talking about that even though it is an issue sometimes. Those aren't bad engineers a lot of times but they just need someone to sit-down with them or side projects. A lot of what I am...
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    Companies putting you in a box.

    This won't be groundbreaking or anything but it is just a comment about how companies, especially large companies tend to put people in boxes, especially at larger companies. Companies put people in these boxes, train them for these boxes, and then appraise them only for what they do inside of...
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    Engineer for two seperate companies

    Are you allowed to be a principle engineer for two seperate companies? What are the restrictions you know of, of working for two seperate companies?

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