I’m weighing my options on how to go about getting my PE; I’m already licensed in 5 states as a PLS and passed the PE exam recently, on track to be dual licensed in the near future. My home state is SC and all I’m waiting on is the 4 years of engineering experience before I get fully licensed. NC will count 2 years of surveying towards that experience but SC does not. Would it make a difference if I get NC first and then get SC once I have the 4 years of engineering experience?
For context, I work at a large surveying/engineering company and work in multiple states so I would eventually get my PE in both states regardless. In my observations with multi-state licensure for surveying, they look at the initial state more closely than the others attained by comity (but I haven’t had any holdups since SC is one of the stricter requirements for PLS). I understand you still need to meet the requirements of whatever state you’re applying to but didn’t know how or if it made any difference with the order I got them.