Why do you want to?
Many years ago I heard a pastor relate the story of an extremely wealthy man who converted his entire wealth shortly prior to his death into a large bar of pure gold. It was placed in his coffin so he would have it with him in Heaven. Upon arrival, with the gold bar in hand, he proceeded to tour Heaven with St. Peter. Of course, St. Peter had to ask him why he was walking around with a chunk of low-grade, street-paving material.
I let you know soon, Im going to be stationed there starting the 11th for about a month enroute out west.
I'm sorry but I politely disagree. Maybe if all you do is boundary surveys then yes, get paid by the job, but for oil and gas and other type of clients you will never come out ahead unless you bill for your time and get paid hourly.
> I'm sorry but I politely disagree. Maybe if all you do is boundary surveys then yes, get paid by the job, but for oil and gas and other type of clients you will never come out ahead unless you bill for your time and get paid hourly.
Matthew,
Don't be sorry for stating your opinion. I enjoy civil discussion on these matters.
You make a good point in that not all survey projects are created equally. You are exactly right about the really complex engineering projects being very difficult or impossible to price any way except by the hour. But there are still opportunities for surveyors to use our knowledge to help our clients more than we have in the past and in more ways than just gathering data and creating maps.
We aren't required to use one business model for every thing we do. There are plenty of times when it is a very good thing to make every client unique. Too many of us have gotten stuck in thinking we must use one business model and make it fit every client in all cases. That approach is foolish and what I hope to help change.
Larry P
