Getting Grounded…

It’s been a year since I first thought of creating this platform.

I have gone through lots of thinking, oftentimes feeling imposter syndrome and believing internally that I do not have the “qualifications” to be a resource for other engineers and help them thrive in their engineering journey.

I have doubted myself for not knowing “enough” engineering to talk about engineering.

Believe me... I have struggled with understanding engineering.

Aside from the big language barrier while in college, I have had to always go the extra mile when learning something new, using multiple resources, watching YouTube videos, etc.

I am someone that when I learn something, I want to learn it well and learn it right, to the point that I can explain this to somebody else. Therefore, I can confidently say I know one thing or two about engineering.

Why am I sharing all this?

I recently realized that I don’t need to have all the answers right now - all I need is to get started.

I can already talk about engineering - from my experience.

I personally have made my fair share of mistakes, have had tons of lessons learned, and my purpose now is to help others in their own engineering journey.

I do not have answers to everything

I want to make sure that you know that I am myself still learning about the industry, still learning a lot about the structural engineering profession, and in fact, I am not a licensed professional engineer yet.

I passed the NCEES PE Civil Structural exam back in January 2020. However, because of experience requirements, I was not able to apply for a license back in NY (I still have less than 4 years of experience) until my recent move to California. California only requires 2 years of experience (without a Master’s).

I finally got approval to take the PE Seismic and Survey Principles exam, which I am scheduled to take this March 2022.

At the same time, I am studying for the SE exam. Crazy... I know. Times did not work perfectly, but I am excited to finally become a licensed PE and SE (manifesting…Yes!).

Not being a licensed engineer has been the main barrier for me to talk about engineering publicly. I may not be a licensed engineer, but at least I know something about engineering. I still do engineering on a daily basis at work.

Why can’t I talk about engineering?

Why can’t I talk about my struggles throughout my career?

Why can’t I talk about my thoughts on matters that are relevant to us all?

How about my own engineering journey?

And hopefully with sharing my own story, why can’t I inspire other engineers to do the same?

To get out of the comfort zone and do things that scare them (like this platform in my case), speak up their minds and share about engineering through their own eyes.

“To be the change we want to see in the world” - Mahatma Ghandi.

And do things with purpose.

Help others engineers in answering their own questions. The same questions we have had in our own engineering journeys.

That is my goal.

To be a resource for other engineers; through tutorials, design examples, personal and professional development content, and interviews of the future faces of engineering.

Everyone has something to say, and I hope that everyone’s “something” is something I can help others share for inspiration of the future leaders of engineering.

I hope that you join me in this journey and see engineering through my own eyes.