Comments on: Are You Delaying Taking the P.E. Test or Getting Another Certification….Why? http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/ building teams . engineering careers Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anthony http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-768 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:20:59 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-768 Brandon,

Great point, I have heard the same thing about having to have a Masters degree as part of the requirements to sit for the exam in the future.

I understand that building a business and a good reputation is a lot of work, but I recommend take the tests as soon as you possibly can. Best of luck,

Anthony

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Otherwise most people who are engineers can basically do most other jobs, which sadly enough a lot of the smart ones go to other better paying fields and never look back.

I personally started my own company with two other guys and am concentrating and building up our reputation before I will sit on the tests.

]]> By: Aradhana Sharma http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-717 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:07:53 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-717 Hi,

I am looking for some good resources for PE Civil exam preparation with Structural afternoon session. Does any one have any comments or recommendations about the following two options?
1. A course offered by University of Minnesota, Twin Cities called CE 5-Refresher Course for Civil Engineers
2. ASCE’s live P.E. Civil Exam Review Course on the web

I would appreciate any comments/reviews about these two options.

Thanks
Aradhana

]]> By: Anthony Fasano http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-706 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:59:34 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-706 Thanks all for your comments! Here is a link that may be helpful based on your comments:

http://www.ncees.org/exams/professional/#eligible

]]> By: Dave http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-705 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:09:45 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-705 Look at your State Professional Engineering Board on the requirements to sit for the PE exam. The requirements vary from state to state. The exam by NCEES is the same for every state, but the requirements to actually sit for the exam are different. Your local board should be able to tell you what you need to do to sit for the exam.

]]> By: Andrea Tonelli http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-704 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:59:33 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-704 I read with interest your article and I would draw on it to ask for some suggestions about how to take the PE exam. I’m a foreign Civil PE and I would like to achieve that goal, but so far it was hard to find clearly (on the NCEES website) what I have to do and I’m a little bit confused…i know this is not a comment to Anthony’s article, but I consider Anthony the right person to motivate people and I’ll follow his invitations “sign up for that test”.

]]> By: Ausberto Beltran http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-703 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:06 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-703 Yes, the P.E. License is good to have. It will get you in the door sometimes. P.E. is good if you want to have a business.

You will not become rich, but will get a lot of the liability. When you have to go to court to defend your position on a project, typically the employer will tell you “you are on your own, get a lawyer.”

You must take it seriously because the State will go after you if a design, which do not have control over or not, fails. When you are presure to sign plans which have never seen before, find a new job. The State does not go after employers that force employees to sign plans, which you never have seen, as a condition of employerment.

]]> By: Rajul Teredesai http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/2009/11/18/are-you-delaying-taking-the-p-e-test-or-getting-another-certification%e2%80%a6-why/#comment-702 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:47:48 +0000 http://blog.civilengineeringcentral.com/?p=2198#comment-702 I tell you from my personal experience how important that PE license is (irrespective of the fact if you are actually going to sign something or not). For many companies, hiring a PE is a means of making sure that the person has minimum technical skills required to be a design engineer.
I appeared for my PE exam despite of bunch of people trying to tell me “why are you in such a hurry?”. Guess what after I got my PE I lost my job. Now, “P.E.” is the most important word on my resume bringing me some interviews.
This is something that you will know only if you have it. If you don’t have it, you won’t know what are you missing on.

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