My Success, Failures, & Lessons Learned for PE SE Licensure - Civil Engineering

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  • Passing my structural engineering exams, how many times I failed, the struggles and lessons learned when you're studying for the PE and SE exams and when you fail.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 78

  • @Rockstar88879
    @Rockstar88879 Рік тому +13

    Congrats my guy. Very proud of you. Seen you come up through your PE. The biggest skill you showed is perseverance. You deserve it!

  • @CaptainJuiccy
    @CaptainJuiccy Рік тому +3

    Congrats Mat!! your hard work and resilience is incredible, really nice message too

  • @QuickQuestionEngineering
    @QuickQuestionEngineering Рік тому +1

    Congrats Matt! I’m taking the exam this October, and it’s been very inspiring to see your journey. Hope you enjoy your well deserved study-free weekends!

  • @savobogicevic
    @savobogicevic Рік тому +1

    Congratulations Mat! I can't even imagine how this huge success makes you feel! You look great!

  • @ThatCivilEngineer
    @ThatCivilEngineer Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing that it's ok to fail as long as we get back up and try again!
    Congratulations and I can't wait to see where your career and channel go from here!

  • @mohammed1664
    @mohammed1664 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations Mat!
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and thoughts to the younger generations.
    All the best for you dear.

  • @teddy89642
    @teddy89642 Рік тому +1

    Congrats, Mat. I have been following your journey and learned a lot from your experience.

  • @geror86
    @geror86 Рік тому +3

    Congratulations Mat, I have followed your journey for your SE and was delighted to see your hard work pay off. Well done.

  • @romanadvoratrelundar8908
    @romanadvoratrelundar8908 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations Mat, a well-deserved victory! I am a second year structural student who is a bit of a way off taking exams like these, but discovering you channel last year helped me decide that structural engineering is definitely what I want to do. I really appreciate your channel with all its great insight, and how inspiring your videos are!

  • @XxxDJMOSCASxxX
    @XxxDJMOSCASxxX 2 місяці тому

    Congrats brotha!!!🎉🎉 I have tried passing the PE Civil Con exam and have failed 7 times it’s so hard bro. I am at it again and not going to stop trying. But what I have learned over there years I getting better and better even though it’s tough but at the end I will pass wooo!! I know I could do it brotha thank you for the advise 🙏🏽

  • @jesus_silverio
    @jesus_silverio Рік тому +1

    Congratulations man! We all are so proud of you, we all know how hard this was

  • @marco_1909
    @marco_1909 Рік тому +1

    Congrats mate. You are an inspiration to us all. Much love

  • @StructuralNature
    @StructuralNature Рік тому

    Congrats Mat! Well-deserved!

  • @Jimmy-oi9so
    @Jimmy-oi9so Рік тому

    congrat mat, you well deserved this accomplishment

  • @jingchenqian9258
    @jingchenqian9258 Рік тому

    Congrats Mat. You well deserve it!

  • @diegoyanez9839
    @diegoyanez9839 Рік тому

    Congratulations!!! thank you for sharing your experience with us.

  • @mhunter887
    @mhunter887 Рік тому +1

    Congrats bro. Great accomplishment. I'm taking the PE again in August; so i'm going through the journey as you stated. Trying to keep my confidence up and quit looking backwards at the failures. I need to pass...im tired of studying for this thing!!!

  • @oimpe
    @oimpe Рік тому

    Congrats sir!! That’s awesome!

  • @902Jr
    @902Jr Рік тому

    Congratulations... Mat Picardal well deserved!!!!

  • @elijahwainaina8064
    @elijahwainaina8064 Рік тому

    Congratulations. Well deserved Mat

  • @MOBS98XS
    @MOBS98XS Рік тому

    Congratulations Mat, this is very encouraging to young structural engineering students like me.

  • @thesage1096
    @thesage1096 Рік тому

    Congrats.
    And thank you so much for this video

  • @aidenlee403
    @aidenlee403 Рік тому

    Congratulations~~~~~ I didn't wanna study anymore for a while. Due to your UA-cam, I feel I have to study again for the SE lateral. Thanks, Mat!

  • @BarreraRomeroIngenieros
    @BarreraRomeroIngenieros Рік тому +1

    Congrats Just yesterday I was looking at your channel assuming there is no video because of your exam. Glad you make it

  • @gabrielaquino1357
    @gabrielaquino1357 Рік тому

    Congrats Engr. Mat!!!

  • @tengwang7815
    @tengwang7815 Рік тому

    Congratulations Mat, you deserve it

  • @KienenKoga
    @KienenKoga Рік тому

    Congrats Mat!

  • @theeldestcastle8676
    @theeldestcastle8676 Рік тому +1

    🎊 Congratulations!!!

  • @caravan1996
    @caravan1996 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations Mat.

  • @FranchelleChannel
    @FranchelleChannel Рік тому

    Congrats sir Mat.... Kudos...

  • @hadrianaugustus5712
    @hadrianaugustus5712 Рік тому +1

    Congrats!!

  • @markr8604
    @markr8604 Рік тому

    Congrates dude!

  • @ViKas-bc1lg
    @ViKas-bc1lg Рік тому

    Congratulations my mentor , so many days I waited for your video , so happy I am today .....

  • @saahildehankar4142
    @saahildehankar4142 Рік тому

    Congratulations 🥂!!!

  • @ehabaltimimi660
    @ehabaltimimi660 Рік тому

    You are the man, congratulations

  • @mstar4343
    @mstar4343 Рік тому

    Congrats, you earned it...

  • @palmeshujoodha1264
    @palmeshujoodha1264 Рік тому

    Congratulations Sir. You are an inspiration

  • @delayedgratification581
    @delayedgratification581 Рік тому +1

    You got in a very elite group sir, respect.

  • @EnginerdBrian
    @EnginerdBrian Рік тому

    Woo! Congrats sir. What a relief to not have the weight of studying on your back!

  • @sukivirus
    @sukivirus Рік тому

    Congrats!

  • @sudiptabiswas5053
    @sudiptabiswas5053 Рік тому +1

    Congrats mann

  • @shankarahlessey
    @shankarahlessey Рік тому

    Congrats bro, it’s a rough route

  • @ezabala
    @ezabala Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing your journey, Mat. I enjoyed your explanation of the benefit of getting that "Unacceptable" multiple times. It's cliché but I know this builds character. While this exam is an "engineering thing", going through this makes us better people with qualities like toughness, resilience, and humility. It translates very well in everything we do. I know I've taken this exam a couple of times and have eaten my share of humble pie. Perhaps, if I get the motivation again, I'll give it another shot. As strange as it may seem, I do enjoy studying for this exam. 🙂

    •  Рік тому

      Before you get it, is it possible to work in a structural design office without that license?

    • @ezabala
      @ezabala Рік тому

      @ I think many people do that. As a matter of fact, Mat did that.

    •  Рік тому

      @@ezabala thanks for your reply. I didn’t know it.

    • @ezabala
      @ezabala Рік тому

      @ just ask a firm if they have any openings. You never know if someone will give you an opportunity.

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Edward, definitely made me a better engineer taking the test multiple times. But the 4th time I felt I was on diminishing returns lol

  • @IndianWarriors
    @IndianWarriors Рік тому

    Happy for you 😊

  • @luisorlandomendezcastro5443

    I was waiting your video saying "I passed" Congratulations 👏 Great work.

  • @mddanish7620
    @mddanish7620 Рік тому

    Congratulations sir

  • @tehsoonguan9343
    @tehsoonguan9343 Рік тому

    Thanks !

  • @mohamedabdelkader3792
    @mohamedabdelkader3792 Рік тому

    Congratulations

  • @nhatchuong9999
    @nhatchuong9999 Рік тому

    Congrats.
    I just passed the lateral this time also.
    Cheers

    •  Рік тому

      Congrats! Any advice?

    • @nhatchuong9999
      @nhatchuong9999 Рік тому

      @ dont be cheap when buying materials.

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому

      Congrats as well!

  • @joeltyler7376
    @joeltyler7376 Рік тому +1

    Hey Mat, congratulations on passing your SE license! Well deserved!!! Hopefully there aren’t anymore tests you need to take from here on out. 😅 Jk
    Hey I wanted to ask you a question or two really quickly.
    1) At my school for civil engineering you only need to take calculus l-lll and differential equations and that’s it. Would say it could be beneficial to get a math minor for a better understanding of the more complex math used by the software? I was thinking I could take the following classes: Linear Algebra, Statistics for Engineering and Science and Introduction to Vector and Tensor Analysis. The last math course I included because you talked a lot about the importance of understanding vectors, tensors and matrix operations in structural engineering. I don’t know I just wanted your feedback on this.
    2) Do you think you could do a video on being a structural engineer in the aerospace sector specifically at places like nasa or SpaceX. Maybe like an informational interview with someone in that role because that’s really what I wanna get into in structural engineering.
    Don’t mean to overload you with questions. 😅 I just wanted to ask these before I forgot. 😅😅😅 Thank you and seriously congrats on passing that pesky SE test! Well deserved!

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому

      Math minor might be useful if you’re getting into more theoretical work or if you get into research. It’s good to understand those concepts at school, but most likely won’t be using those derivations, etc. by hand in the industry. Aerospace structural interview might be cool, thanks for the suggestion.

    • @joeltyler7376
      @joeltyler7376 Рік тому

      @@MatPicardal Thank u Mat 🙏

  • @SoidHoid
    @SoidHoid Місяць тому

    Congrats! The SE is a slog. I was "unacceptable" my first try on the Lateral too, but I knew enough people who had taken it to feel OK about it, and treat it as a practice run.

  • @bg8017
    @bg8017 Рік тому

    congrats Mat. I have been following your channel and videos. Good job.
    i tried once for my SE and did not pass. but the next immediate PE I got 80%. With the fear of failure i stopped. you have helped me regain my energy to do it again. Can you suggest what course work you took and how you studied. I do not have much experience with seismic. should i take any special courses in that aspect? Can you suggest any training institutes?

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому +2

      AEI-California.com are great, but they do require tons of hours of work, more so than other courses because they are so thorough. So it can backfire if you realistically don’t have 300+ hours to study for both SE tests.

    • @bg8017
      @bg8017 Рік тому

      @@MatPicardal Thanks for the suggestion

  • @asiagreen5658
    @asiagreen5658 Рік тому

    Can you do the UA-cam video on playing the some realistic infrastructure simulation game( infra 2016)? Several gaming UA-camrs playing that game ( including real civil engineer UA-cam channel). Congrats, you passed the se exam. Are you planning doing design work of hospitals building?

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому

      Been thinking about playing some games now that exams are done. SE mostly for long term career insurance. Easier to become a principal or shareholder or start your own company.

  • @ConStruct-ive
    @ConStruct-ive Рік тому

    Acceptable

  • @drticktock4011
    @drticktock4011 Рік тому

    YEA!!!!

    • @drticktock4011
      @drticktock4011 Рік тому

      Congrats M! Earned my CA PE (in water) back in 2006!

  • @kendrickf-d6695
    @kendrickf-d6695 Рік тому

    What are the benefits of this. I'm curious because it seams you already have a job practicing structural engineering.

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Рік тому

      It’s different for each state, some states don’t even require it. Legality wise for example, a state may require an SE for you to stamp a hospital, school, or high rise project. Career wise, it makes you more eligible to be a shareholder or principal engineer.

  • @rjkebz312
    @rjkebz312 Рік тому

    Binabati ko kayo sir sa pagpasa nyo sa exam..Kailangan ang mga katulad ninyo d2 sa ating bayang pinas..may plano po ba kayo na dito magsilbi sa ating bayan?

  • @MasterCivilEngineering
    @MasterCivilEngineering Рік тому

    Engineers supercharge your practical engineering concepts here and work for top construction companies 💯

  • @edbarnett7061
    @edbarnett7061 Рік тому

    Congratulations Mat.

  • @stareng100
    @stareng100 Рік тому

    Congratulations!!

  • @ramonbaccomperi7871
    @ramonbaccomperi7871 Рік тому

    Congratulations

  • @rajaazhakesh6581
    @rajaazhakesh6581 Рік тому

    Congratulations