Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka

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This time of the year is one that I hold very close to my heart.  Four years ago my name was called and I walked across the stage and grabbed that piece of paper that I and so many other people have worked so hard for.  That piece of paper was my College Diploma, and the feeling that filled me up when it touched my hand was incredible.  It was not the piece of paper that I was excited for, it was the end of a challenging journey, which was symbolized by the piece of paper.  I was ready to enter the real world and help solve the world’s problems while being an active member of the Civil Engineering industry.  While the past 4 years have not gone as I had imagined they would as I walked across that stage, I have learned a lot of valuable lessons and would not trade the experience in for anything.

If you asked me 4 years ago what I would be doing in 2010, I would have said “working towards my PE license and making a difference in the world.”  One of the major lessons I learned after graduation, is that things do not always go the way you envision them to go.  While this may be disappointing at first, when you look at the big picture, it’s not so bad.  Just because we may stray from the paved road, it does not mean we are a failure.  Each of us needs to go out there and create our own paths, some may be on mapped roads, and some may be in the open country. [Read more...]