Passed my Professional Engineer Exam today!

[OldFogey]

Congratulations on the PE!

[roberth]

Congratulations!!

[Gman]

Congrats!

[BladesNBarrels]

Congratulations
It is a milestone achievement

[Tim K]

One of the more difficult professional certifications. Nice work.

[clodhopper]

I think I took the civil engineering one thinking it'd at least partially cover electrical and building systems. Boy was I wrong.

I understand from talking to the young guys that there is much more specificity in the test than when I did it. I did the EIT in 89, same test for all, multiple choice scantron and it covered every engineering focus, civil, mechanical, electrical, everything. Short form answers, but a whole lot of em. 8 solid hours of cracking through as fast as you could. I took the PE in Florida in the early 90s. I did the civil test, but it still covered alot of territory. As I remember, 12 questions in the morning, 12 in the afternoon, only had to do 8 of each. But each had multiple parts and they were complex solutions. All work was to be in a composition book and if you didnt show the work, you got it wrong even if you picked the right one from the list. They also deducted points for errors in the logic in your solutions. It was all about recognizing the time waster questions and working smart.

I still believe the PE test is not a proper evaluation of your capability as a professional. It does sort of determine if you retained anything from college and somewhat determines if you have some cleverness in you, but not really much more. The Bar exam for lawyers is about the same. I have met more than a few lawyers who passed the bar exam but couldnt adequately perform any normal function an average lawyer is expected to do.

[JoeRoss]

WTG

[whitewalrus]

Congrats on obtaining the new cert!

Is it one you have for life or you have to keep doing Continuing Education and renewing?


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[WillysWagon]

Congrats !!

[Duman]

I've looked at the PE exam for my field. I'm pretty sure I could pass it, coming in cold. But.... no real benefit except possible liability if something goes sideways.