EPISODE · Mar 1, 2024 · 20 MIN
CEA - Building a Stormwater Management Consulting Business With Paige Brue
from The Civil Engineering Academy Podcast · host Isaac Oakeson
Have you thought of doing the same engineering work you do at your workplace, but for yourself? 🤔 Then you’ll want to listen to this interview with Paige Brue about her own journey to start her consulting business! She dives into how her education allowed her to provide the type of services she provides, why having professional credentials is a must (and the easiest way to get them)...all the way to her best tips for aspiring firm owners. 😉 👇Tune in to Learn:How a devastating flood in her hometown got her interested in Water ResourcesWhat led her to start her own engineering businessHow to know if starting your own engineering practice is really for you?2 pieces of advice before you (cluelessly) go and start your own firmThe number one thing you need to thrive professionally (and it's not only money)What the CFM credential is all aboutHow her PE license and CFM credential are crucial for her independent workThe biggest misconception about an engineer's work that we only learn after schoolWhat she did that made passing her PE a lot easier...and you should do tooIs it difficult to take the PE Exam in a discipline that's not yours?Her experience with CA Seismic and Survey Exams (+ how difficult they are)Her #1 advice for women to succeed in the field...that works wonders for men too.Organizations for Water Resources folks and women engineers to joinOur Partner:Built BarResources Mentioned:The Ultimate Floodplain Manager Review CourseSociety of Women Engineers (SWE)American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)California Stormwater Quality AssociationThe 2008 Floods in Indiana Purdue UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversitySchool of PEConnect With Paige:LinkedInWebsiteSurf City Hydraulic [email protected] Exam Prep Resources:Main WebsiteCivil FE Review Course Civil PE Review CourseCivil PE Depth Review CoursesFloodplain Manager Review CourseFE Practice ExamsFE CBT Exam SimulatorPE Breadth Practice ExamsPE Depth Practice ExamsPE CBT Exam SimulatorConnect With Us:Free CEA CommunityFree NewsletterYouTube [email protected]🚨 Disclaimer: 🚨CFM® is a registered certification mark of The Association Of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. (ASFPM), which is not affiliated with and does not endorse or sponsor this course nor any other goods or services offered by CEA. Our course is based solely on publicly available materials and general industry principles. We do not use or distribute any proprietary or exam content from ASFPM. The author of our course took the exam more than four years ago and cannot (and will not), under any circumstances, answer questions related to the exam itself or its content. References to CFM® are for descriptive purposes only.
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Have you thought of doing the same engineering work you do at your workplace, but for yourself? 🤔 Then you’ll want to listen to this interview with Paige Brue about her own journey to start her consulting business! She dives into how her education allowed her to provide the type of services she provides, why having professional credentials is a must (and the easiest way to get them)...all the way to her best tips for aspiring firm owners. 😉 👇Tune in to Learn:How a devastating flood in her hometown got her interested in Water ResourcesWhat led her to start her own engineering businessHow to know if starting your own engineering practice is really for you?2 pieces of advice before you (cluelessly) go and start your own firmThe number one thing you need to thrive professionally (and it's not only money)What the CFM credential is all aboutHow her PE license and CFM credential are crucial for her independent workThe biggest misconception about an engineer's work that we only learn after schoolWhat she did that made passing her PE a lot easier...and you should do tooIs it difficult to take the PE Exam in a discipline that's not yours?Her experience with CA Seismic and Survey Exams (+ how difficult they are)Her #1 advice for women to succeed in the field...that works wonders for men too.Organizations for Water Resources folks and women engineers to joinOur Partner:Built BarResources Mentioned:The Ultimate Floodplain Manager Review CourseSociety of Women Engineers (SWE)American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)California Stormwater Quality AssociationThe 2008 Floods in Indiana Purdue UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversitySchool of PEConnect With Paige:LinkedInWebsiteSurf City Hydraulic [email protected] Exam Prep Resources:Main WebsiteCivil FE Review Course Civil PE Review CourseCivil PE Depth Review CoursesFloodplain Manager Review CourseFE Practice ExamsFE CBT Exam SimulatorPE Breadth Practice ExamsPE Depth Practice ExamsPE CBT Exam SimulatorConnect With Us:Free CEA CommunityFree NewsletterYouTube [email protected]🚨 Disclaimer: 🚨CFM® is a registered certification mark of The Association Of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. (ASFPM), which is not affiliated with and does not endorse or sponsor this course nor any other goods or services offered by CEA. Our course is based solely on publicly available materials and general industry principles. We do not use or distribute any proprietary or exam content from ASFPM. The author of our course took the exam more than four years ago and cannot (and will not), under any circumstances, answer questions related to the exam itself or its content. References to CFM® are for descriptive purposes only.
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