Whats next after the PE?

raranari

raranari

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Electrical Designer
Hey guys,

I’m an Electrical Designer at a small MEP firm with about 4 years of experience. I’ve passed my FE and just found out this week that I passed the Power PE, so I should be licensed in the next few months. I’m also moving to a larger company next month that mainly works on industrial and data center projects.

I’ve been thinking about ways to keep improving my overall electrical knowledge, especially on the practical/field side. I’ve looked into things like taking night classes through an electrician trade program, studying for a NETA certification, or other courses that could help me better understand how systems actually get installed and the actual thought process in the field.

For those of you further along in your careers, after getting licensed, what did you do to keep getting better and learning more in this industry?

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
 
Being a practicing Engineer is a never ending learning process. You will find as you dive into projects, there is lots of code and design strategies to learn on the job.
Data center and other challenging projects are challenging and will feed your life long learning .
 
raranari said:
Hey guys,

I’m an Electrical Designer at a small MEP firm with about 4 years of experience. I’ve passed my FE and just found out this week that I passed the Power PE, so I should be licensed in the next few months. I’m also moving to a larger company next month that mainly works on industrial and data center projects.

I’ve been thinking about ways to keep improving my overall electrical knowledge, especially on the practical/field side. I’ve looked into things like taking night classes through an electrician trade program, studying for a NETA certification, or other courses that could help me better understand how systems actually get installed and the actual thought process in the field.

For those of you further along in your careers, after getting licensed, what did you do to keep getting better and learning more in this industry?

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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Put on a hard hat and walk those data centers and inie sites..
And see the struggle.
 
raranari said:
....studying for a NETA certification....
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Not worth it if you are not going to be using the tools yourself. But you might want to find some support for interpreting the results of NETA tests such as transformer oil analysis and insulation testing.

I have liked the engineering website eng-tips.com. It has a lot of international participation which can be good as power systems components become more global.
 
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