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From what I can tell on the NCEES site, examinees select one civil sub-discipline at the start of the exam. Long ago when I took the exam in the 1990s the outcome impact was not much different. The afternoon exam presented about a dozen questions from all sub-disciplines and we chose several. In fact, ...

I think this post misses the point entirely. The purpose for board certification is to enhance the value of engineering to society. Certification has nothing, whatsoever, at all, to do with being entitled to more money. Plenty of practicing engineers make more money than I do and they're not board-certified ...

The free market didn't create poverty, selfishness, or disparities in wealth between nations; it is undisputable that communism makes things miserable for ordinary people and has a long track record of proven failure. Notwithstanding, people and governments have long resisted efforts of huge mega-corporations ...

Inexpensive cell phones are a good example. Every day people want to purchase cell phones, despite earning an income which isn't commensurate with the true cost of the cell phone. This demand incentivises cell phone makers to lower production costs and conceal the sacrifices they had to make to do so. ...

There is also substantial and clear evidence that contradicts theory of evolution. For political reasons, this is downplayed and even mocked. Science remains unable to explain the formation of the solar system, and the theoretical underpinnings of radiometric dating are shaky at best. Take all scientific ...