Ahura Mazda asks:
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Well career wise, it's becoming a Professional Engineer. Which is a formalized test to become one after working 4 years in your field after college. I didn't pass it the first time and it was such a load off my mind and let me utilize my college degree in doing so.
I also have to throw finally getting my own house with my fiance. And even my fiance, the amount of time we've been together can be considered an achievement in it's own right. 10 years.
Is money an end or a means for you? Money is a necessary evil.
This year especially, money has become very important because just buying a house isn't the end. We have our own furniture but we still had to furnish the house. And each month is a new expense. We got stools for the kitchen, now I have to get a mantle for the fireplace. In a few months, I'm sure I have to think about painting or a backsplash for the kitchen.
Who has been your greatest inspiration? 2 people.
My grandmother and one of my best friends.
My grandmother is a second mother to me who in all sense of the word raised me. My parents both had to work 7 - 5ish Mon-Fri and it pretty much left my grandmother to take care of me when I got home from school. She instilled in me very strong morals which some would find admirable others, unyielding at times.
My best friend whom I met in high school, has been like a big brother to me even though he's only a few months older for me. I looked up to him and I know there's nothing he wouldn't do for me. I even think he surpasses the term friend and refer to him as family.
What is your greatest fear for your life? I was a late bloomer but being alone is still there deep down in my subconscious. Also, just the daily tole of working, you always worry what the future may hold. So you have to think about not only tomorrow but years ahead now.
What is the most important thing you have learned in your life? That things happen when they are ready to and not when you force them.
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Do you plan to stay a civil engineer until retirement or convert into another field? The only way I'd change into another field is if I come into a lot of money. Then I would go into business for myself or at least be a silent partner.
Was it your dream to become a civil engineer?
No. It's something my Dad "pushed" me into. I was good in science and math so I was good at Engineering, plus my mind kinda is set up that way. But I'm not passionate about my job as say some teachers, nurses, etc.
It adds the right sense of superiority and condescension. 
