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Mr Scott. I am glad the coin flipping thing worked out pretty well for Civil Engineering as a career choice. The industry might have missed a great professional. cheers!
Hi Regina, I'm a Civil Engineer based out of California with 10 years of experience. Civil Engineering is a broad field, what I do in my day-to-day job is one of two jobs, doing government infrastructure projects (big pipes in the ground) or being hired by a developer to do infrastructure improvements in support of development (install utilities / build roads for a residential tract / commercial center / industrial plaza). The most complicated math I do *occasionally* is basic algebra. For my work, if I need to do something mathematically heavy I have a program purpose built to handle those applications. It is important to have an understanding generally of the math, my job isn't to do the math so much as to gauge if the program's output makes sense. Long story short, do not be afraid to pursue this profession on the basis of a weakness in math, you will be fine. It is not difficult to get into this field. My experience with Civil Engineering is that experience is 10x more important than formal education (though both are important). The job is scalable too, there is a very natural ramp and ladder you progress up as you learn more /take on more responsibilities / add more skills to your tool-kit. As you start, your job will likely be akin to that of a "drafter", someone who works within a specialized program (autocad) to draw up the plans taking advice from an engineer. You'll learn to love Autocad. Final thoughts, I would recommend the career. The pros are that right now, the economy is very good for a civil engineer (relatively easy to find a job), pays well (starting engineer probably paid 70k - 80k, when i started i was paid $23 an hour but it's gone up), challenging, rewarding, engaging, and very scalable as you learn more. The biggest con for me is that it's stressful. There are times where I have to throw hours at a project to get things done which can be disruptive to work-life balance. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you. If you have a good work ethic, I am confident you can make a career out of Civil Engineering. You will not look back and regret this career path.
@@KiwiZama what about electrical engineering if you know anything ? Is civil better than electrical? It's really important decision for me right now lol
@@allenrivera9744 actually where I work the designers do all of the calculations, know how to make the computer sing and when we are done the engineer comes in and redlines misspellings and maybe a leader crossing here or there. Engineers especially in civil don't need to think much except to remember their PE number. This is all in fun. Engineers are great, just keep them away from the booze and red pencils.
I’m an architect and i would kill to have a degree in civil engineering I my mother forced me to study architecture. Im currently 24 and I am planning on switching to civil engineering.
