Expert: Bryan P. Lindsey, P.E. - 2/9/2009

Question
I was hoping you could answer some questions for a research project I'm doing for school

Q: What is your job title?
Q: Why did you choose this field?
Q: What problems does your field currently face?
Q: What is being done to improve these?
Q: How big is the demand for work in your career?
Q: What other careers have you considered?


Thank you for your consideration

Answer
Q: What is your job title? Senior Transportation Engineer/ Project Manager
Q: Why did you choose this field? I choose a school that best fit my skills, i.e. math and science. Then when I got there I tried several different majors until I settled into one I liked.
Q: What problems does your field currently face? Funding shortaages - Transportation is a public sector arena, also, the housing crisis is severally affecting the civil site arena.
Q: What is being done to improve these? Here in the State of Georgia - they are looking at alternate means of funding to protect the future infrastructure.
Q: How big is the demand for work in your career? Usually it is outstanding, now is not so good just like most arenas.
Q: What other careers have you considered? School teacher, Salesperson, Coach.