2y ago

I'm a civil engineer, AMA

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Is it really all math, all day, every day?
- Lol nope. A lot of what I do is using computer programs to model soil conditions (dirt) so it's more about understanding what soil is out there and how it acts when we build things on it/with it. The most I use is algebra
How do you feel about climate change and how it affects your job?
- Simultaneously really bummed out about the terrible conditions people have/are going to have to live through and deeply grateful that I get to work on improving those shitty conditions
  
  Has there been an increase of jobs for civil engineers in recent years do you think? If so, what are the main drivers of such increases, IYO?
Saudia Arabia is planning this Line City
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia
As a civil engineer, i have a few questions for you.
Is this interesting as a project?
What if anything would excite you about it?
What are obvious challenges, and what do you suspect might be much harder than any lay person would think of planning/building this?
What software do you use
- I'm a geotechnical engineer, so Apile, slope/w, settle3, unipile etc
What is a civil engineer really?
- It's someone who designs infrastructure, so roads, buildings, bridges, sewer systems, etc. Basically if you think about anything a construction worker builds, a civil engineer/team of engineers designed it. There are different categories of civil engineers. Structural engineers make sure a building can handle the weight of everything on/in it. Transportation engineers design highways. I'm a geotechnical engineer, so I deal with soils (dirt) and make sure the ground can support whatever is being built.
  
  I'm soon going to study as a software engineer, but in my country that's also called a "civil engineer", is that true in English, as well?

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