About 3 years ago I was let go working as an SIT. I got a job at a large engineering firm as a Pipeline Mapper and while working there I passed the RPLS exam. That department actually had more surveyors than the Survey Dept. My boss liked to hire surveyors because we understood tolerances and "good enough" was not up to our standards. It paid WAY more than I was making as an SIT, and while I did get a little flack from my fellow surveyors, ( I am active in the local surveying society) I just explained that I was not just putting out cartoon drawings. Present day I am working back in the surveying community as a professional, but I do not regret my 2 years working as a mapper. I was able to learn more about the pipeline procedure and actually had a lot of fun in the process.
TLDR; Do what you feel like doing. Worry about your reputation, and not the Firms.
C.R.E.A.M. Cash rules everything around me, get the money. Dolla, Dolla, Bill Ya'll.
(joke, just in case it didn't translate to written word)
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my 1st & 2nd grades were in the same room and teacher
1st grade sat on left side of classroom and 2nd grade sat on right side of classroom
It was a school with 8 grades and 4 classrooms.
Everyone that had to stay inside during recess met together in the auditorium.
ANOTHER_TEXAS_SURVEYOR, post: 432704, member: 8610 wrote: ...
C.R.E.A.M. Cash rules everything around me, get the money. Dolla, Dolla, Bill Ya'll.
(joke, just in case it didn't translate to written word)
RIP Ol' Dirty