Is there life after 30 years of self-employment? A lament

RETIRED69 · 2012-12-07T23:02:14Z

I'm not sure what the category should really be, but since I'm not listing a job . . . here goes.I know the "company" environment is probably much different than a sole-proprietor environment . . . especially a S-O-L-O sole-proprietor(since the mid 80s').Now I'm almost 63 & retired . . . somewhat forced because of the economy, but also a bum foot, which is finally beginning to get better after over a year. Now I think, it would really be nice to get back to work.I see job listings within and around, but when I look at the requirements, somehow I feel just a little inadequate in my qualifications to even apply, let alone to work up a resume with elaborate descriptions of my skills.Maybe this is part of the price to pay after about 28 years of being my own boss and my own employee.It appears to me that experience with Total Stations, GPS, computer drafting and research skills are probably all over-rated with the new button-pushing equipment and internet driven GIS that exists today. I see all these things generally accomplished by technicians . . . not surveyors. So, aside from being a person who can review other people's work, draft maps and place my John Henry on a final drawing, I'm uncertain as to what a proficient S-O-L-O surveyor truly has to offer a company with today's technology.Maybe I've taken skills I've refined through the years too much for granted and now see them, not so much as truly special skills, but more so as . . . well . . .

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Posted : December 9, 2012 7:07 am

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hmm . . .

just like being married . . .

I wonder if anyone sees the old hag . . . then sees the young girl?

Posted : December 9, 2012 8:22 am

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