Comments on: Civil Engineers Aren’t Paid Enough http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/ The Civil Engineering Blog Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:31:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 By: Civil Engineering Degrees Cost Too Much - Being Brunel http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-10082 Sat, 28 May 2016 10:58:46 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-10082 […] To be ‘worth the investment’, over a 30 year career those four letters (MEng) need to be earning you a salary that’s constantly about £670 above everyone else’s. And guess what, Engineering pays its best graduates circa £4k below the average. Maybe we need to lose the notion that it takes 4 to 5 years to make a Civil Engineer (something I’ve never been convinced of), or perhaps just admit that Civil Engineers aren’t paid enough. […]

]]> By: thomasmichaelwallace http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-246 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:39:22 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-246 Well that might just be the easiest comment I’ve ever had to answer…

For anyone still wondering: http://infogr.am

It’s free- of course; what do you take me for?!

]]> By: Ed Dablin http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-245 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:14:37 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-245 Oh I see now I’ve looked properly!

]]> By: Ed Dablin http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-244 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:08:27 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-244 What software did you use for the infographs?

]]> By: Christos http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-239 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:49:39 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-239 On New Year’s Eve a friend told me that there is a saying on the other side of the Atlantic about engineers:

“Engineers are like mushrooms; keep them in the dark and feed them sh…” well you know!

]]> By: thomasmichaelwallace http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-218 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:02:17 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-218 Thanks; although you’d hope the argument: “There’s not sales without infrastructure” would hold- of course it doesn’t…

]]> By: VoxPop http://www.beingbrunel.com/civil-engineers-arent-paid-enough/#comment-213 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:31:44 +0000 http://www.beingbrunel.com/?p=1809#comment-213 Tragic. you are key guys in our civilization. You deserve a 100% pay raise, immediately.
Incidentally, as one who has consulted to several CE consulting engineering firms in western Canada I can say that the way to Big Bucks (in those firms & most others) is through sales. Those who can bring in the new business get rewarded very well. The poor sods who do the work get the least.
That’s what happens in a capitalist dog-eat-dog world.
Good luck.

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