List of Contributions

I once had a Berkeley professor tell me the only reason for an advanced degree is if you want one. He got his to please his mother in law. I have a BS. I attended a lot of seminars for the rest of my education. I had a great and diversified career. if you want to focus in one area, but don't mind ...

Your family comes first! You have to keep that in mind while working your career path, you don't have a family so you can work. You work to support your family. Do 3 things every evening when you leave work: 1. When the door to your office closes, it closes your work problems inside. They may be ...

Wisam, I would also suggest, if you are inclined to work in flood control or disaster mitigation, to look at the Corps of Engineers or FEMA. I know the corps had a shortage of engineers a while back that they used biologists as project managers. ------------------------------ Daniel Chase M.ASCE ...

Very little. I would only be out for project periods of a few months to a year or so. The changes would be the addition of newtounger staff. My last time coming back in, a month and a half before my target retirement date, I was told to either take "leave without pay" or be laid off. That was not ...

Kenneth, throughout my career I went both ways periodically, depending on the need at the time. It's hard going back into the office because while you were out, younger people were hired to get the office work done. The hard part is to make your boss realize he can pay you to train a new hire to do ...