• @Xenxs
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    41 year ago

    Is it really all math, all day, every day?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      51 year ago

      Lol nope. A lot of what I do is using computer programs to model soil conditions (dirt) so it’s more about understanding what soil is out there and how it acts when we build things on it/with it. The most I use is algebra

  • @maniajack
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    41 year ago

    How do you feel about climate change and how it affects your job?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      41 year ago

      Simultaneously really bummed out about the terrible conditions people have/are going to have to live through and deeply grateful that I get to work on improving those shitty conditions

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      I’m a geotechnical engineer. A lot of industrial/commercial work, lately more flood protection/coastal

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    How does it make you feel when people in my industry call themselves “software engineers”?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      😂 a little annoyed, tbh. But really only because I think there should be licensing for software engineers too. It’s more important than ever to have a duty to protect the public when it comes to tech imo

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      Sorry, I’m a geotechnical engineer so I haven’t worked with drafters too much. When I have worked with drafters, I really appreciated getting a call if my notes were confusing instead of the drafter making an assumption and getting it wrong

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      It’s someone who designs infrastructure, so roads, buildings, bridges, sewer systems, etc. Basically if you think about anything a construction worker builds, a civil engineer/team of engineers designed it. There are different categories of civil engineers. Structural engineers make sure a building can handle the weight of everything on/in it. Transportation engineers design highways. I’m a geotechnical engineer, so I deal with soils (dirt) and make sure the ground can support whatever is being built.

      • Kresten
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        11 year ago

        I’m soon going to study as a software engineer, but in my country that’s also called a “civil engineer”, is that true in English, as well?

            • @lemme_at_it
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              Only for some time. Job boards in their early days were simplistic in their capture of information, you either pasted or attached a cover letter & CV but they would quickly become much more granular in gathering a lot more information about your skills, even if this made the application process a lot longer than before. It had the benefit of your skillset defining your ability rather than the title of your degree obscuring it. Also, OCR & language translation advanced really quickly there after.

  • Vincent St. Pierre
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    1 year ago

    Any advice for cities facing the increasing threat of floods? I live on the floodplain in my city, and it has given me a tinge of anxiety whenever it rains rather hard in my neighbourhood.

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      21 year ago

      Buy flood insurance and if it gets too expensive, it might make more sense to move. I live in an area where flood insurance just skyrocketed and I think people are still hoping prices will go down somehow but I don’t think it’ll happen.

      If you’re handy, maybe look into how to gut a house after a flood. Mold can do a lot of damage.

      I don’t know if you’re in an area where flooding could be a safety issue but always follow local warnings/official’s advice. Property can be replaced, people can’t.

      I think as humans we can engineer our way out of increasingly hostile weather but it takes an investment of time and money and our governments aren’t usually great at either.