List of Contributions

Heidi, You answering the question is a perfect example of "overhearing" a conversation over the cube wall and chiming in to provide valuable input. I, like you, always prefer in-person. ------------------------------ James Wilson P.E., M.ASCE Plant Engineer Charleston Water System Charleston SC ...

Christopher, A teams meeting can be an effective substitute for an in-person meeting when discussing technical items or review comments on a set of plans or a report. But as I stated it can hinder the opportunity to learn how to be an engineer. Like many of us that post regularly on message boards ...

Sometimes you do have to move out to move up. However, I don't think this is a small firm only problem. It can be an issue at any size firm for myriad reasons; management not recognizing young talent, age of the people ahead of you in leadership positions, and current leaderships stance on developing ...

Darya, I think that remote work is like everything we do in the engineering world which is ultimately a question of what is the right tool/method to get the work done. Remote work can be great to add flexibility to schedules and in many ways be more efficient. A friend of mine used to work from home ...

I ran into this issue on a project early in my career. In my case we had not asked for enough fee because the man-hours on similar projects done in the past indicated that the fee we provided was correct. We later found out that project coordinators (i.e. junior engineers) were not billing time they ...