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re: Spinoff: engineers vs. PE's
Posted on 1/14/15 at 7:56 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 1/14/15 at 7:56 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I graduated in ChemE two and a half years ago and have been working as a process engineering associate for an upstream oil and gas design/consulting firm. At least half of the guys in the process department have their PE, and I will attempt to get mine this fall.
From what I have seen in my short career, clients are requiring more deliverables to be sealed that normally weren't in the past. For my company, basically everything that goes out the door to a client needs to be sealed now, including process engineering deliverables. So a PE definitely makes you much more valuable than someone who doesn't have it.
I think a major factor is whether you're in consulting or not.
From what I have seen in my short career, clients are requiring more deliverables to be sealed that normally weren't in the past. For my company, basically everything that goes out the door to a client needs to be sealed now, including process engineering deliverables. So a PE definitely makes you much more valuable than someone who doesn't have it.
I think a major factor is whether you're in consulting or not.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 7:57 pm
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 7:58 pm to elleshoo9
I got my doctorate in mechanical engineering.
According to the OT, I am neither a doctor nor an engineer.
ETA - and my father's a dentist.
According to the OT, I am neither a doctor nor an engineer.
ETA - and my father's a dentist.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:00 pm to elleshoo9
In my industry a PE won't get you anywhere and I doubt most of the people I deal with even know what it is.
That said, you'll need it to do much of anything before too long. It's going to be like bachelors is now. You'll have to seal emails
That said, you'll need it to do much of anything before too long. It's going to be like bachelors is now. You'll have to seal emails
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:03 pm to elleshoo9
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clients are requiring more deliverables to be sealed that normally weren't in the past.
I think that is true and I'd probably advise younger engineers to go ahead and get their PE. There is a lot more red tape required now than in the past. And it is nothing but bureaucratic silliness. Most of the worst engineers I know have their PE.
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