nah..dun blame u
u haven been in the industry long enuf

RE dun need a PE unless u r civil
+ not many projects hav M&E RE
work wif contractor as consultant no pe also can enuf xp can already y the contractor wan a PE on their side? wan u sign drawing only ma wan u to design meh their design many times more practicel n better then yours.
open own firm?jus c the amount of competition 1stly, 2ndly your network
in msia u dunno a few dato YB tan sri jus bcos u r PE u think can get job? lol
if u hav connections u dun need a PE already u can hire a PE to get him to sign u only go find jobs.
in SG how can u compete with the big companies? BECA, PB, TYLIN, Meinahrdt, Aecom unless u say u can offer wat they r doin at half their price else jus do small small jobs
in msia dun say every bugger is a PE every bugger is opening their own firm producing crappy drawings

to me if u wanna b a PE for the pay is a very stupid reason