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Engineers of the OT: are you in any professional society?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:28 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:28 am
If I get one more invite to join some society and go to their cheesy social events I'm going to shite in my hands and clap. It's like a pyramid scheme but instead of selling a product they want you to be miserable in this club just like they are.
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Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:30 am to Ingeniero
It's the professional equivalent to doing a few cheesy extracurriculars in high school to network and boost your college application.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:31 am to Ingeniero
Yes, The Association of American Railroads.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:32 am to Ingeniero
Not an engineering society, but I know a few people that are heavily involved in Rotary. One guy used to get pissed because I'd always rag on him about being in the Scrotary Club.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:32 am to Ingeniero
yes
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:32 am to Logician
quote:
It's the professional equivalent to doing a few cheesy extracurriculars in high school to network and boost your college application.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:33 am to Ingeniero
If you're licensed, you need PDHs and the engineering societies often are a good way to do this. They'll have lunches put on by a vendor who explain a new process or product that can count for PDHs. That way you get your hours and you get free lunches. That's the only reason I've been in them in the past.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:33 am to Ingeniero
not an engineer (can't stand train in general, honestly) but I do attend meetings at the bohemian grove
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:48 am to HT713
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:49 am to Ingeniero
Custodial Engineers of Iberia Parish
Posted on 2/20/20 at 9:57 am to Ingeniero
I am a member. we do lunch & learns as our monthly meetings which helps get 1 PDH each event
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:00 am to Ingeniero
I go to ASME training every year and simply ignore the emails they send for a few months, they stop...until I go back the next year.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:01 am to Ingeniero
NSBE
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 10:02 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:23 am to Ingeniero
I'm a member of a bourbon society, could that count as "professional"?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:26 am to civiltiger07
No, IEEE is a waste of money for me and my company already has access to some of the industry standards I need.
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 10:27 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:35 am to Ingeniero
Yes. PDHs are about $50-100 a PDH by the time you factor in travel, food, and lodging if I or my company buy them (real seminar, not online PDH mill). Membership is like $300 a year and provides all the face-to-face PDHs I need and there's usually food and a visit to a cool place involved (engineer cool; let's not pretend people are lining up to join us).
ETA: I'm with the others, though. I'm not going to any event that doesn't give me a PDH.
ETA: I'm with the others, though. I'm not going to any event that doesn't give me a PDH.
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 10:56 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:46 am to Ingeniero
When I first graduated the ASCE younger members group would always throw happy hours to socialize and network. It was a good way to meet people over drinks.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:53 am to Ingeniero
Yes, they have an annual conference for my industry that is worth attending. Being a member knocks off the registration fee enough to make it worth joining. My employer pays the membership fee anyway, and all costs for the conference (in Europe this year).
The social events of the local chapter - no way am I attending those.
The social events of the local chapter - no way am I attending those.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:55 am to Ingeniero
Negative
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:59 am to The Last Coco
quote:there is nothing free about the lunch. I dont mind if you could join the local society for cheaper but 250 bucks to the national organization for nothing.
If you're licensed, you need PDHs and the engineering societies often are a good way to do this. They'll have lunches put on by a vendor who explain a new process or product that can count for PDHs. That way you get your hours and you get free lunches. That's the only reason I've been in them in the past.
If you need PDH's just go to a conference each year and you will get everything.
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