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  1. HornTootinEE

    Decision on job change - supervisor vs individual contributor

    Question- A first level supervisor with 12 direct reports is being pursued by a company that offers a 10% increase in base salary, double bonus potential and overall a 30% increase in total comp package; but it would entail a return to a mid to senior level individual contributor level from...
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    Substation Design Tools

    I am wondering what people are using for Substation Design tools? We all have our own opinions and functionality needs, but I'm curious what might be software packages that are industry popular. AutoCad is the platform I'm familiar with in my experience, but I know there are many others. What...
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    NCEES Record

    There may be another thread on this, but does anyone know the typical Review period for an NCEES Record? Mine has been on "Review" status for approaching two weeks now...
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    Repeat a question from before... same answers?

    I've asked a similar question before, need some input again. I worked for a utility company. Left said utility company after 5 1/2 years for several reasons-all pretty valid. Company that lured me away for an "application engineer" position as "we need an engineer to support our customer...
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    EE at equipment manufacturer

    Have any of you EE's worked for equipment manufactures before-i.e. Case, John Deer, Vermeer, etc.? If so, what did you do for them? I'm curious where an EE falls into one of those places. Thanks
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    At the risk of sounding dumb...

    To you tried and true firm owners out there: How do you start your own engineering firm? I spent 6 yrs at a utility, now been at a distributor for 3 months. Me and some of my utility engineer buddies (all of us are PEs) were lamenting last week about how to start our own firm. None of us...
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    Call or not to Call?

    Short and sweet, here is my situation: -Interviewed for a position March 26th (Monday) -Was asked for references Wednesday April 4th -Was asked to take an online third party personality survey Thursday April 5th. -Email notified the company that online survey was complete, they told me "will...
  8. HornTootinEE

    Utility to Consultant: Discuss

    Leaving 5 yrs expierience at a utility as an EE to go to a Consultant: Looking for opinions and others who may have made the leap. Pros, Cons, etc. I've never worked consulting so that whole area is a mystery and a little scary to be honest. I've made no decisions but may have the...
  9. HornTootinEE

    Cold Cover Letters

    I think this has been covered before, so please forgive me if I repeat something covered prior. So a few questions: -Does anyone have expierience sending out cold resumes and cover letters to employers? By cold I mean sending them your stuff without a specific job posting. -Does this appear...
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    The Corporate Gears to fight

    Question for the masses: Some background: I have 4 years of expierience in the utility industry since graduting from college with an EE degree, Power emphasis. My first year I worked in our company's substation department, doing system protection, subtation control design, etc. After a year...
  11. HornTootinEE

    Actual hands-on engineering

    Does anyone have an opinion on what field or where to get actual, physical, hands on engineer expierience? Whether it's testing, breadboarding, fixing things, etc. Is there such a thing? I work in utilities, and if I were to do any true hands on I'd get slapped with a union grievance so fast...

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