Dear Reader, It has been a little over a year since I last posted an article on Engineered Journey. If you are still with me and reading, thank you. I hope you’ve been well during these trifling times. A lot has happened both in my personal life and the world in the past year. My absence does not have an…
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Wealthfront: Investing With A Robo Adviser
Investing does not need to be a stress-inducing event in your life with the modern Robo Adviser. You do not need to be someone with a finance degree, or someone who dedicates their weekends researching stock fundamentals, or even pay a so-called “professional” to have market returns and ensure your fair share of the growing world economy. It is the…
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Construction Project Team: What Is My Role And What Do I Do?
I’m back! I have returned from my month long hiatus and will upload more consistently. Thank you for tuning in and I hope you enjoy this post about what role each person plays on a construction project team. Project Engineer (entry level role to senior level) What this role entails is doing the majority of the paperwork for a project. This…
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Deep Dive Discussions: Making Sense With Sam Harris
Making Sense by Sam Harris is another one of the many podcasts I enjoy. In the previous Podcast Recommendations, I discussed the necessity of long form discussions in our everyday lives. To continue with this theme, I wanted to recommend another one of my preferred podcasts, “Making Sense with Sam Harris” Podcast. Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling…
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Financial Independence: Become Set For Life With Scott Trench
The idea of being “set for life” is never having to worry about bills, making ends meet, and living paycheck to paycheck. We all want to live a stress-free life enjoying the things we do and not having to worry about tomorrow. Unfortunately, that is not the reality for many people. We live in an era of excess and abundance.…
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Engineering Realities: Disaster Is Just Around The Corner
As an engineer, disaster is just around the corner and you have to constantly work to stay a step ahead. There are going to be days where nothing seems to be going right. Those days usually start with one event that puts a bad feeling in your gut, it usually goes a little something like this. I wake up to…
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Construction Chronicles #2: First Day Continued…
Let’s see…Where did we leave off on the last Construction Chronicles? Oh yes! We left off where Tori the HR lady walked me over to meet my new boss. My new boss was a small gentleman with a fickle temper. Anything you do that does not meet his standard would result in a series of loud insults hurled at you.…
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Who Is Involved In A Construction Project and What Do They Do?
It takes a lot of effort, human-hours, planning, and caffeine to bring a construction project to successful completion. But who is really involved in all of this? Well the “hierarchy” looks like this: The below list is a top down view in terms of who reports to who. Direct line of reporting starts with the Owner, at the end of…
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Construction Terminology: Jargon You Got To Know (Part II)
In this post we’re going to continue our Construction Terminology lesson with the rest of the alphabet. In the previous post we did letters A-M, so in this post I’ll keep going with N-Z. I previously mentioned I have never studied construction academically, so learning a new set of industry specific jargon was challenging. With that in mind, I wanted…
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Financial Finesse: Start Investing With John Bogle
Financial literacy is not a large part of our education system. Few schools ever teach concepts of personal finance, taxation, and investing. The start of my journey to financial literacy began when I decided to minor in Business and Accounting. However, I continued reading and learning about anything finance related even after graduation. Start Investing With John. C Bogle The…
