"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:17:14 -0500, wrote:

The best chance to make a lot of money in engineering is to be a PE.
A
PE with a stamp can make a quarter million a year and it is all up
from there depending on how good a business person you are.

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How does that work? I am totally ignorant about what PEs do, and how
they become qualified.

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PEs (Professional Engineers) are licensed by their respect states in
the discipline they are degreed and have experience in.
Typically a PE has demonstrated expertise in his/her discipline and
insures that all of the state's rules and regulations on how "things"
are designed and manufactured are adhered to.

Quite often large companies will require a PE's stamp on the initial
design and the "as built" blueprints or electrical schematics. A
more junior engineer may have actually done the design work but the
finished drawings, specs and calculations must be reviewed and signed
off by the PE.

It's not unlike having a code stamp for welding in a fabrication area.
A "N" stamp means the welder is "N" certified and the methods and
materials meet nuclear construction codes.