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(@stlsurveyor)
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If you are a young (either in age, or experience) surveyor what would be the top 5 things you wish someone would either explain to you, or teach you how to do?

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 12:39 pm
(@michigan-left)
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Okay... I'll bite. Please explain/teach the following:

1. How do attorneys sleep at night?

2. Why did I leave the hammer 2,640 feet away?

3. Why are pincushion corners a thing?

4. Why don't the callers laugh when I tell them they should call Google back and have them survey said property for $341?

5. Why am I worried about 1-4?

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 1:25 pm
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Posted by: @michigan-left

Okay... I'll bite. Please explain/teach the following:

1. How do attorneys sleep at night?

2. Why did I leave the hammer 2,640 feet away?

3. Why are pincushion corners a thing?

4. Why don't the callers laugh when I tell them they should call Google back and have them survey said property for $341?

5. Why am I worried about 1-4?

Those are the things that old surveyors contemplate. Young surveyors want to know

1. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

2. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

3. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

4. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

5. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 1:38 pm
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Why does every job need to be completed yesterday?

Who makes the big bucks around here and how can I become that person?

Is lunch time paid time or non-paid time?

Is 7:00 a.m. a mandatory start time or is it a recommended start time?

Can I have the keys to the "clean" field truck?

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 4:22 pm
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Posted by: @norman-oklahoma

How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

Easy. Always be flush with cash, which all but eliminates young surveyors.

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 6:43 pm

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Posted by: @williwaw

Easy. Always be flush with cash, which all but eliminates young surveyors.

And completely eliminates the old ones too

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 7:12 pm
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@jimcox?ÿ

That's because they have all their assets tied up in quality investments.?ÿ Prepaid casket, headstone, Hall of Fame Musician lined up to sing at the funeral.

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 7:37 pm
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1. Cash flow

2. How to avoid the customers who just don't get it or just don't care.

3. Annotative text and how to make it scale perfectly, one label two maps.

4. Associative dimensions

5. Why I am holding the center of the empty mon case and not the monument 1.6' down and 0.6' west that cannot be plumbed over because the case is not centered over it. (Can explain but would rather someone else did.)

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Posted : August 25, 2022 7:58 pm
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I think this question may spark some conversation and I'm curious to hear opinions from everyone:

What's the best path/process in preparation to ask for a raise --- and successfully get it?
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?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ1) Should you only let your work speak for itself and hope managers notice?
?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ2) Should you keep a journal on everything you learned/are learning to show improvement over time?
?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ3) Should you study survey books and take courses in the pursuit of knowledge?
?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ4) Should you acquire software training credentials for programs used at your company?
?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ5) Should you come prepared with external offers or other market research to justify your worth?

I know every situation and boss/company politics is different, but I think some discussion on this topic and hearing from the other side of the coin will hopefully plant a few good ideas into some young surveyors' minds. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, of course.

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 8:31 pm
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Posted by: @7_foot_foresight

I think this question may spark some conversation and I'm curious to hear opinions from everyone:

What's the best path/process in preparation to ask for a raise --- and successfully get it?

You can try asking but unfortunately the only way to get the money you're looking for now-a-days is to job hop, imo.

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 9:18 pm

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Posted by: @holy-cow

@jimcox?ÿ

That's because they have all their assets tied up in quality investments.?ÿ

Actually the ones I knew had it tied up in quality instruments 🙂

A T2 was a pretty serious investment.

And for many it was all they had left 🙁

 
Posted : August 25, 2022 11:11 pm
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Posted by: @norman-oklahoma

Those are the things that old surveyors contemplate. Young surveyors want to know

1. How do I get hot chicks to "sleep" with me?

I used to always respond to the the question "why did you get into surveying?" with:

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For the groupies...I was misinformed.?ÿ ?ÿ

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 5:42 am
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1) You don't know it all: neither do they but they've learnt that the hard way, so listen.

2) The more letters after the clients name the less they have any practical understanding.

3) There's a reason why things are done the "old way".

4) Always have a spare set of vehicle keys in your inside pocket.

5) Batteries always go flat if you don't check the voltage before you leave for site.

6) Learn to count to five.

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 5:53 am
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Posted by: @james-fleming

I used to always respond to the the question "why did you get into surveying?" with:

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' cos I like to be outside.

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 7:22 am
holy-cow
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'cos my income from being a male prostitute was petering out.

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 8:03 am

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Posted by: @7_foot_foresight

?ÿ5) Should you come prepared with external offers or other market research to justify your worth?

That's the quickest way to be pointed to the exit. I would suggest you have future employment in place prior to that revelation. ?????ÿ

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 8:45 am
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Posted by: @flga-2-2
Posted by: @7_foot_foresight

?ÿ5) Should you come prepared with external offers or other market research to justify your worth?

That's the quickest way to be pointed to the exit. I would suggest you have future employment in place prior to that revelation. ?????ÿ

If that's the boss' reaction then he's doing you a huge favor.

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 10:12 am
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Posted by: @bstrand

If that's the boss' reaction then he's doing you a huge favor.

And himself. ?????ÿ

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 12:19 pm
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Posted by: @flga-2-2
Posted by: @bstrand

If that's the boss' reaction then he's doing you a huge favor.

And himself. ?????ÿ

Is he though??ÿ With the amount of complaining about not being able to find qualified help that goes on I would think the boss might appreciate a little hard data...

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 12:38 pm
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Posted by: @michigan-left

1. How do attorneys sleep at night?

2. Why did I leave the hammer 2,640 feet away?

1. Hanging upside down from their perch with their wings folded around them?

2. Because when you were only 2,630 feet away, you pitched it off to the side an additional 10'?

 
Posted : August 26, 2022 1:35 pm

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