Perception and Reality

Ralph Perez · 2012-02-28T17:17:10Z

As I read through this forum it is becoming apparent that there is a preconceived of what an Educated Surveyor is and what one isn't.Apparently, the college grad is some pompous kid with an overinflated ego.That's myth number one and it's also a very poor stereotype.Most Surveying students are non-traditional students, when I was taking classes almost all the Surveying students were working full time in the field. They dragged their muddy asses into the classroom and smelled like whatever. I know in my case I had to commute sometimes up to 100 miles to get to class. If I recall correctly most guys and gals had jobs families to support and bills to pay. As I've mentioned before on this forum and I stick by my statements, mentoring is a crap shoot. If you send your resume out and you're in need of job, you will more than likely go to the highest bidder. While employed by this firm/individual you will do what the boss says. I can't count the times I worked for Licensed individuals who only knew one way. It appeared to me that they were working upside down and all the while believed they were being efficient.It reminds me of a friend of mine once, we were closing out a cashier after the close of business. He would add the tally of singles and as he entered the numbers in the calculator, if he had a single (dollar bill) he would enter 1.00 (one point zero zero). I told him, "Robert, you don't have to enter the zeros--it might save you time", his reply was "ssshhhh, that's the way I was taught". You can have this going on for generations and what you'll have is a legacy of incompetence or the guy who's been doing that way for 50 years and nobody can tell him any different.One of the things about education is that it teaches you how to analyze, absorb and think out of the box in search of solutions.I won't get into my own education in detail but I will say it came the hard way. Both in the classroom and out of it.That being said, I find it highly unlikely that some kid out of College is going to ignite my insecurities to the point that I'm going to generalize or stereotype, I think I'm beyond that. A degree just like a license is just another piece of paper. There are plenty of educators, current and past students on this forum who might want to chime in.Ralphooh I guess I should addNYLS

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Use the kids out of college. They may be lacking in experience but they often have new insights and more up to date education.

A fresh pair of eyes can make a big improvement.

Of course, you still have to pick the good people, not just any random college grad. 😀

Posted : February 29, 2012 4:44 pm

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