To make the goal interesting, it was impossible to achieve the goal on my engineer's salary.  

I graduated from the University of Texas and have worked in web work, network engineering and hospitality management.

A geotechnical engineer is the specialist who can really tell you what situation you have there. 

I live in LA, couldn't even consider a deal - too skinny to engage in any type of financial engineering.

Speaking of work, I am a chemical engineer working in the Oil and Gas Sector. 

Without having any experience with this, your best bet would be to talk to a Civil Engineer, if after talking to Planning it seems feasible. 

I'm sure it will never happen, but what would happen if software engineering went offshore?  

I have an engineering background so I am more grounded in logic and numbers, rather than emotion and feelings.  

I would like to introduce myself, Gary, and my wife Susan to the community.I am a practicing professional structural engineer and my wife is currently working for a home rental management firm that specializes in single family residences.We ran across the site a couple of weeks ago while researching investment ideas.We have read many of the blogs, listened to podcast, and watched videos.It quickly became apparent that there is a lot of valuable information and extremely bright people to learn from.

Several of the lenders we talked to commented on how they liked my experience from my engineering and project management background.