Am I Fulfilled As A Civil Structural Engineer? - Responding To Comments Q&A
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- Am I Fulfilled As A Civil Structural Engineer? - Responding To Comments Q&A.
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Are You Fulfilled As A Civil Structural Engineer
2:08 How Did I Get Interested In Civil Structural Engineering?
2:32 Do Structural Engineers on the Reddit Forums Hate Their Jobs?
3:57 Survey Data on Structural Engineers Job Satisfaction
4:19 My Work Life Balance And Hobbies
4:49 Civil Engineer Dancing
5:26 Love Life?
5:54 How I Became A Structural Engineering RUclipsr
7:49 Taking Courses
8:05 Future of the Channel
8:49 Filipino Civil Engineer?
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Thank you for all of the questions! I wasn't able to answer all of them but I will be doing more of these Q&A videos in the future!
Bit disapointed that my question was not selected. Looking forward your next QA.
Me too
What is your salary bro
Thanks for your great effort in guiding young civil engineers (like me)! I'm a fourth-year undergrad student and I just finished an intern at a structural design company. I totally agree that some voices on the internet did discourage me to do structural design but it turned out that I really enjoyed working in this industry.
Mat, thank you for taking the time to answer my question! I’ve been working an internship while taking classes for the past year and really love my work and all of the professionals I work with love their jobs too! I appreciate your thoughts on why there is so much negativity floating around on the Internet. We definitely need more positive people like you that better represent us structural engineers! Thanks for what you do!
Thank you for answering my question! I am considering Civil Engineering as a career and your channel has been most insightful. Keep up the good work!
so down to earth mate, love your work
Thank you so much for answering my question! More power to your channel and hope it gets the growth it deserves!
Thank you for your videos. I've always knew I wanted to become a structural engineer and I am currently in my junior year of my B.S in Civil... You definitely motivate me to continue working towards that!
Just love your videos💯
Now This motivated me haha (at the moment reviewing for my final comprehensive examination this week :>)
Mat you're a great person! Keep it up please, we love your work!
Appreciate it!
Thank you so muchhh Mat... I sincerely appreciate your content... as you said most of the comments on the internet about industry are vey negative... I felt very bad about the major and i even tried to change it and get into a different one.. your videos really gave me a lot hope especially that I am a foreign student and i find it difficult to get info from real professionals in the country i am in..thank you for your content, really appreciate it🥺💕
Thank you for your videos.
Hola, thank you for posting this, as a community college instructor I can use this Q&A, love the interview, and greetings from East Los Angeles College, we actually have a pathway to CPP’s civil engineering program….
Hey Mat, good luck on your SE results! I took both tests in October and am checking every day for the results. I am pretty sure we will find out this coming week!
Passed both tests :)
Congrats Scott! Huge accomplishment!
I think a separate channel for technical stuff would be great
Ngl the salsa thing caught me of guard hahaha didn’t see that coming
Question for the future:
What qualifications differ from a Licensed Civil PE who practices structural vs. a Structural Engineer (SE). Is there a limit on to how high you can engineer a building before you need to be an SE? (I.e an apartment complex that is 4-stories high, can a licensed Civil PE who practices structural and is competent in that stamp it or does it need to be an SE?)
It is different depending on the State. On the west coast you need an SE to design high importance structures like schools, hospitals, fire and police stations and high rise structures. In general any structure with more than 300 lives at risk will need an SE stamp. In other states like Texas you only need a PE license.
What are the top three software for structural designing?
Is there any possibility working part time as a structural engineer?
Halo Mr Mat, may i ask a question ?
The mechanical electrical plumbing loads on house building structures, how much are those value that you ussually using on your project as a structural engineer ?
Thanx before Mr Mat..
Hi Matt, Do you have any advice for international students? I'm not sure about America, but Australia is pretty hard for internationals anyone to get a job.
Replied to your previous comment, but check out Brendan Hasty on RUclips, he's a structural engineer in Australia, maybe you could get in touch with him.
@@MatPicardal appriciate it....just wanted to get a different petspective in other countries
Just in case this vid getting a second part my question is "is there Any chance for a foreigner to work as a structural civil engineer and what qualifications are desired?" thanks for your content
I'm not a specialist on this, but most of the foreign workers I know went to university in the U.S. and got a job after/during their studies. I believe it's tougher if you didn't go to university here, but good work experience definitely helps. I've heard visa requirements make it very tough as well if you're not a student.
@@MatPicardal thanks for the comment, really enjoy your vids
i want work and learn from you sir Mat
I'd be interested to know more about CA PE exam, specifically what it takes to become a CA PE for PE's from the other states and the level of its difficulty comparing to morning SE problems.
I'll go ahead and answer this too as I have my CA PE and SE... The PE exam is the same in every state, the only difference is the CA PE requires you also pass the California Civil Seismic exam and the Civil Surveying exam. For structural engineers that do seismic design, the seismic test is very easy. The Surveying exam is extremely challenging, as there aren't good practice problems or practice exams out there. I believe there are around 55 multiple choice questions and you have 2.5 hours to complete the test. None of it has anything to do with engineering and you are rushing very fast as you only get like 3 minutes per question. The pass rate is very low, about 29%. The only advantage to getting the CA PE is that you can get your license in the state of California, also you can take your PE exam with only 2 years of work experience with a BS degree (or 1 year of experience with an MS degree) in the state of California. I did it so I could sit for the exam 2 years earlier than in Washington state.
The morning Vertical SE exam is easier than the Surveying Exam. The morning Lateral SE exam is harder than the Surveying exam. The PE exam and the CA Seismic exam are much easier than the SE.
@@scottwible1532 Thanks for the answer. I completely forgot about surveying exam. I didn't realize it is as hard as you make it sound. Though your comparison with SE didn't make it much clearer to me how hard the surveying exam is. Lateral morning session was actually easier to me that the Vertical. I thought I can just knock CA PE out just by using my SE background, but I definitely don't want to study surveying until I actually need it.
Did you pass the SE
You still working from home?
Iam a fan of u mr and iam a mtech student.will you please tell about the nice topics for the project sir?
How much do structureal engineer earn???
I make 90k with 6 years of experience.
@@scottwible1532 Are you satisfied with that or you regret to not to have majored in another field ?
@@Balkan951 Personally, 90k is not enough to make it worth it, however since I just passed my SE exam I will be opening up my own engineering company next month, and my income will likely go up significantly. It depends on what your personal goals are for the career.
@@scottwible1532 Great plan! I'd love to know more about how this transition goes for structural engineers around the country. Hopefully Mat will pass his SE exam, will start his own practice one day and will tell his story :) .
Do you expect that cash will flow in right away or you are financially prepared for something like first 6 months without sufficient income? Having a decent salary and no other income in the household make this transition for me quite difficult.
@@denfl6605 Hey Den, great questions. I do have several loyal clients that will come with me. I anticipate having sufficient cash flow from the beginning to keep the lights on and the mortgage paid. The real challenge will be if I can attract enough new work to stay busy full time. I do have large cash reserves at the moment as a safely net, my wife has a full time job, and we don't have children yet. I also have a mentor with their own successful structural engineering company.
I encourage you to not compare your situation to mine. If you have a goal, the only thing that matters is your personal plan, and your will to achieve it. Where there is a will, there is a way. Your biggest asset to starting your own company is your network of clients. They will support you through the beginning.
Are you from asian descent?
Isn't it enough obvious?