Thank you for your service!
C - i learned from my father who was a D (Architecture). I always said he had three sons so he could have cheap labor.
A, but major was Industrial Technology. I graduated in less than 4 years.
He was here a minute ago and I was replying to him and POOF "Post does not exist" ?
The reply, Just Mapit is a "C" = "Experience only".
I was trying to have a category for everybody, did not quite meet that goal, Close enough for the intended purposes, however.
Paul in PA
PS, I now note that there is a "delete" button next to the "edit" button.
Does not matter I saw his post and will include him in the Surveyor Survey.
So you're the guy that was bidding against me!
I had to wait two weeks for another license to come up.
Don
D - Discovered surveying after a BS in Mathematics.
Wendell ?
> I really have no idea why they aren't accepting applications, but I have heard that the economy is really bad down there.
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I'm currently taking classes through the IUOE party chief apprenticeship. They are not taking new apprentices right now because there is not enough work to go around.
Jeff
Not sure which category...(maybe A/B/D), but he is the short version.
Went to college right out of high school, but not for surveying. Graduated and went to work.....life happened and due to making stupid choices, doing stupid things and living a stupid lifestyle I was was forced to change careers. Started over at the age of 30 and went back to school for surveying. Graduated and went to work. Worked hard and now hold professional registration in Georgia and South Carolina.
Not many people get a four year degree then a two year degree, but that is the route I took.
A
College (engineering oriented)
Military
College (surveying)
Surveying
Surveyor Poll - Thank You For All The Responses
I am tabulating and evaluating.
Paul in PA
B-I went to the school of Hard Knocks.......
I spent a lot of time out on the play ground 😉
I was a traditional student when I got my English B.A. in Maryland, 3 years later I was at U. Maine Orono taking surveying classes as a non-trad, not seeking a degree. A real hoot to hang out with all the 25-year olds, and hear about their toga parties and about how useless they thought surveying was!
B) Non-Traditional
I fell into surveying after a one-year stint as an A) Traditional student (screwing off a year of college not knowing what I wanted to do). Worked in surveying for five+ years before deciding I wanted to pursue it as a career. Quit my job, relocated to the college town and obtained my AAS Degree (didn't have access to a Bachelor's degree program). Since then, I've spent the rest of my career surveying and studying land boundaries. It took me several years to "unlearn" what I'd been taught, and to really learn what it means to be a Professional Land (Boundary) Surveyor.
It really can be a lucrative and well-respected profession, once you learn how (and I'm still learning how).
JBS
D:
I began surveying out of high school in 2002. After 8 years of surveying I attended the 2nd year of a 2yr Associates Land Survey program at Renton Technical college. I am now back to work and have obtained my PLS registration in WA. I think I will likely continue to add formal education to my ever expanding plethora of surveying knowledge.
Kelly
I Am Emailing A Few Posters To Fill In Some Blanks
Quite a variety of responses.
Paul in PA
A/ Traditional - 4 years of college to get a BS in Civil Engineering, then another year to get an MS in Civil/Structural.
I had been working for my dad, a PE & PLS, since a very early age, then continued right through school (without pay!). Worked as a structural for 4 or 5 years, then back to my dad' office after I got my PE. I accumulated experience as a Land Surveyor to get my PLS, then I spent 10 more years with my dad, mostly surveying, until he retired, and then last 9 years I've on my own with one employee.
Right out of college, I knew everything! Now in my early 50's, I realize I knew nothing of importance. Funny how that works... I am very grateful for this board (and the old one) which has taught me more about surveying than anything else has. Thanks guys, and especially Wendell for maintaining this board!
Jeff