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re: Private Sector vs state employment
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:17 am to whodatdude
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:17 am to whodatdude
its an engineering job for CPRA. im young and just trying to figure out my life right now.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 7:20 am
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:32 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
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CPRA
Does a ton of government work. You could take the job and go the government route later, plus come in in higher end of pay scale
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:40 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
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its an engineering job for CPRA. im young and just trying to figure out my life right now
Engineering jobs are a little different than your general environmental ones like Environmental Scientist or Biologist.
Engineer Intern 1 position is a great start with a state as you get the qualified experience needed to take the PE. I would take the Engineer Intern position over a non-engineer position in the private sector for sure.
Might be a terrible time to start at CPRA because there's a chance you'll get cut loose if they merge CPRA with DENR as you'll likely still be probational. But... A job is a job. Better to start your engineer career now rather than working in a different position.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 7:56 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
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its an engineering job for CPRA. im young and just trying to figure out my life right now
You can make bank working for the state as an engineer. And CPRA pays their engineers well. It’s not as much money as you could make in private more than likely, but that’s where you have to weigh the benefits of both and make the choice that best suits you.
But being an engineer for the State is sort of like the best of both worlds. You’ll pretty quickly be making more than more state workers but you’ll also have the stability, retirement, etc. I’d say do it for a while and if you like it stick with it, and if you don’t you can most likely find a private job (and your government experience will likely benefit you). You can even take out the money you’ve put into retirement when you sever ties with the state as well (though I don’t recommend that unless you are 100% sure you’ll never go back).
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 6:51 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:14 am to shellbeachspeckzzz
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that is what everyone tells me.
Can you explain it to me in monkey terms what the retirement is like?
It’s a DB pension. You can retire at age 62. You get the average of your highest five years of salary x 2.5% x years of service. (Ex. If your average highest salary over 5 years averages 100K and you worked 30 years, you get a pension benefit of 75K/year. [100K x .025 x 30 = 75K])
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its an engineering job for CPRA. im young and just trying to figure out my life right now.
CPRA might be in some upheaval at the moment. But for a young person who isn’t sure about life plans, state work isn’t a bad place to be. It’s usually a better work-life balance, allows time to take tests and get additional credentials and you can network and get connections to private companies.
Like anything else, you get out of it what you put into it.
Good luck buddy!
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:36 pm to shellbeachspeckzzz
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its an engineering job for CPRA.
Excellent starter position. Work it for 2-5 years, keep your eyes open. Leave on good terms. If you leave before you're vested, take your retirement out and put it in a qualified IRA. If you left on good terms, and things happen in the future, you can go back to state work, and buy your time back with the IRA.
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im young
Max out your pre-tax 401k/457b contributions as soon as you can. That way it doesn't matter if you retire from the state or industry, you'll have a good retirement.
I mean it, max it fricking out as soon as you can.
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