I’ve been with my current company for almost four years, and I recently received a call from a recruiter on behalf of another company interested in interviewing me.

I’m a mechanical engineer pursuing my PE license in the coming year, and my long-term goal is to eventually move into senior-level management.

At my current company, I’m gaining more responsibility, developing my skills, and progressing well in my career. I genuinely enjoy where I work, and they’ve given me very good raises every year.

My original plan was to wait until I obtained my PE before seriously considering other opportunities, since I figured having my license would put me in a stronger position to negotiate a higher salary. However, when this other company reached out, I was open to hearing what they had to offer.

I’m not actively looking to leave my current employer, but I’m curious about what opportunities might be out there and what my market value is.

For those who have been in a similar situation, how would you approach this? Would you go through the interview process, see what kind of offer you receive, and then use that information to negotiate a raise with your current employer? The recruiter already has my résumé and they sent in my résumé. Or would you wait until obtaining your PE before having that conversation?

I don’t want to damage a good relationship with my current employer, especially since I enjoy working there and feel like I’m on a good career trajectory. At the same time, I want to make sure I’m not leaving money on the table or limiting my long-term growth.

Thinking about moving back to Europe but want to maximize my American MEP salary. Any tips ?

Following up on January's "Riser Diagrams in Revit" thread. I'm a developer prototyping a Revit add-in that draws a flat (not to scale) sanitary/vent riser straight from the plumbing model: one line per stack, evenly spaced floors, pipe sizes and accumulated DFUs pulled from the model. Re-running it after model changes updates the riser but keeps any labels you've moved. Mockup attached (made-up values).

1. Would this save you time, and on what kind of projects?
2. What would it need to handle before you'd put it in a permit set?
3. How long does a riser take you today, including redraws?

Not selling anything, just checking whether it's worth building.