I found the advice in this article to be very good..
http://biz.yahoo.com/hftn/071113/111207_ask_annie_blowhard_fortune.html?.v=5&.pf=career-work
If you don't promote yourself who will? The fact is that good work often does not speak for itself, managers are so busy and self abosorbed that...
The bridge was in service for 40 years, and the news reported that it had been inspected about a year ago.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20079534/?GT1=10252
My questions are:
I assume an inspector would have to be a PE and would have to have stamped the inspection. What is his/her exposure a...
I subscribe to Hydrocarbon Processing, and I recently received a newsletter with the follow links on important factors to enhance your career. The primary quote from the newsletter was:
“But for those engineers who are looking to advance their careers, in terms of responsibility, title and...
Forbes listed their 25 best paying jobs (in the US), and I was interested to note that two engineering positions made the list:
Engineering managers at a mean salary of $110,000 USD
Petroleum engineers at a mean salary of $101,000 USD
Here is the link to the article...
I have been looking at the floating piston design from Thomasson for recip compressors, and while it is certainly a different purpose it kind of reminds me of the Dresser VIP piston.
There were a few negative comments about the VIP in another thread, so I guess my question is, has anyone used...
Rather than continuing to hijack the thread on Saudi oil, I thought I would start a new thread...
Drillernic said in the Saudi Oil thread:
“However if anthropogenic global warming is fact, it may be too late to do anything about it when the arguments have finished, so perhaps the wisest course...
Where are the ethical grey areas in posting an responding on Eng-tips? The discussion in this forum titled "My boss says to look the other way?" might be one example of a discussion that should not be taking place online in a public forum, where should the line be drawn in such online...
I am traveling to Port Harcourt Nigera to do a reliability evaluation of some compressor stations. I have been a lot of places around the world, but not Nigeria. I have talked to some people that refuse to go, and others that go all the time. Everyone who has been makes comments like "it is...
What has been your experience using 17-4-PH as a compressor shaft material. Have you experienced any problems with vibration, rubs, gauling etc. Thanks.
As suggested, I started a new thread with this. I recently received the results of a USA mechanical engineering salary survey I participated in. Looks like median salary is very industry dependant, and fits me personally fairly well. I am a Mechanical engineer, 20 years experience, working in...
In many of the recent threads there has been a generally negative attitude toward engineering, and a generally negative view on the future of engineering. In the thread titled would you recommend engineering to a high school graduate I wrote:
“Maybe I am just lucky, but the negative attitude...
