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Thanks for the thought-provoking response, Refugio. I agree with your note about stagnant positions. I once held essentially the same position for 12 years. It was demanding but the demands hadn't changed in the latter 6 years. I became desperate to move on. How does getting a doctor help? That ...

I've heard that recently graduated engineers should take a hard look at their situations after about the first two years after graduation. Are they still considered "a kid"? Do established staff disregard their ideas? If so, maybe it's time to move on and get past that stage. Your thoughts? ---- ...

Abubakr: It sounds as if you have designed the perfect approach to ensure that your spreadsheet produces correct results. When I worked for the Corps of Engineers we used a very similar technique for our TABS suite of open channel flow and sediment transport models. We employed a large number of standard ...

Thanks for that, Chris. Took me back to 1960s in Phoenix, where a local radio station began every day with a "Surf Report" for Arizona. We never had any. Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ------------------------------

That sounds cool and really complicated to a non-structural person like me, Abubakr. How did you test it to be sure it consistently provided correct answers? Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS --------------------------- ...