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Are you sure that ad was in NJ?
 
You need to remind them that you not only have education and experience, but you can’t be an engineer and open a competing shop like the civils they may interview could.

Small civil engineering firms, at least in my region, do more site planning than anything else.
That’s how it was in NJ as well.  I used to get so irritated with those dull site plans that civils would produce.  I’d passive-aggressively make suggestions as to how they could be better.  But if more LA’s wormed their way into this site-planning pr…[Read more]

What “few things” has Obama done right, Roland? Lets see the so-called changes we can believe in: Extended the Bush tax cuts for the ultra rich, Gitmo is alive and well, the mid-east wars continue, Wall Street never got any reform, and he behaved like Bush by getting into the Libya mix. Now we are on the verge of spending millions of $$ on the war…[Read more]

as if thats a question.  dump the idea of a pc.  They are bulking, disfunctional, non helvetica capable, and just plain un aesthetic.  now that you can have auto cad on a mac, there is no reason to own a pc. all design programs work best on a mac.  yes they cost more, but by the time you purchase 2 crappy pcs you can own 1 superior mac.  i have…[Read more]

The new version of Autocad for Macs cost as much as the PC edition.
I would buy a Mac. You buy more upfront, but you save in long run. There’s constant Windows upgrades and anti-virus installs, etc. And Macs last longer, just look it up at Consumer Reports. Even PC Magazine had an average Macs ranked number 2. Their highest ranked computer was…[Read more]

It’s rather hard to see ANY private vehicle — no matter the fuel — as “green” UNLESS it’s a color

No, its a branding.  It has been perverted to the point where i have seen SUV’s who get 2 mpg more than their predecessors being advertised as the green option… right.  so now that boat gets 22mpg highway, I should feel good about myself for making such a huge difference.
 

Thanks alot guys!  I was leaning towards saving the money and it is nice to know that you recommend the same:)

Yup.  Save the dough. I struggled with this decision for a while and decided to stick with the PC.  And if you are not sure about software you will be running, at least Vectorworks is available on both Mac and PC.  AutoCad is only available for PC.

I like PC’s they are not as flashy, but they are more adaptable. Most offices use PC’s and you are presumably training to work in one of these offices. Check with the dept. When I went through, my school required we buy a portable computer and it had to meet the depts. specs. They even had it all printed on a sheet for me. Very straightforward.
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Your education is going to be expensive enough, so don’t spend too much money on a computer.  With that as a guiding principal it pretty much eliminates the MAC as an option, which is fine because a majority of firms use a PC platform.  MACs are more of a status symbol than anything else, and I don’t buy the whole stability / virus problem thing t…[Read more]

but I have children that I love..

and going by only one name is better?   my handwriting is all caps.

Why not just take the highway out? Rebuild it as a more pedestrian freindly boulevard or something. That’s got to be easier and cheaper than putting it underground.

hee! I like that, Heather..It’s only once a month or so, I really like to rant pointlessly at on-line imaginary foes…Better than taking it out on my dog..
no ranting today, going to a Clarence Thomas fundraiser! there will be enough racist rants and comedians in black face for everyone!

sad, Alex.. and mr. schmid, unfortunately ‘society’ means we are in this together..your choices affect all of us….and our children…

Tracie, yes I am a creationist. Have you never created anything?

Way to zing me Alex. Unfortunately I can’t take credit for this…this cartoon is from http://www.marriedtothesea.com/…my fault for not citing.

yes!