It would be hard to put off something I wanted to do, because someone needs their Survey in a few days. Someone calls in sick, now I need to go to the field and chop line and get my hands cut up, the entire time I would be thinking I have 100 million in the bank, if I am going to sweat it should be on a French beach.
Then again it would be hard to close up the office, and tell all the employees sorry go find another job.
So I would probably find a RPLS i trust, over pay him to run the office while I keep my license active.
I think I'd cut back to 45 hours a week or so and see how it went.
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Gardening, fishing and hiking sound good, but I don't know if I would enjoy them as much as I do working...
As often as I felt like it. What I that looks like, I have no idea.
I would become a man of extraordinary leasure!?ÿ
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I believe I would. I would expand my business and offer a way to provide services to those that don't have the money for a survey. Based on their income, I would either apply a discount or in extreme cases do it for free. It would be private, no donations or government help required. I wish I can do it now and I do sometimes, but I simply can't afford to do it as often as I want to and I can't do it for free right now. I hate when somebody calls because they are being railroaded by a neighbor with a better means to fight for what is clearly not their property based on the deeds.
But I would definitely expand, lower my profit margins by raising everybody's?ÿpay. I have to survey and make money right now. But I would have a way to give a little back if I won the lottery. I love boundary surveying. If ever there is a day that I don't like it, all I have to do is take on a construction staking job. Cures me every time!
all I have to do is take on a construction staking job. Cures me every time!
Ain't that the truth.
I love boundary surveying. If ever there is a day that I don't like it, all I have to do is take on a construction staking job.
I love being well paid; if ever?ÿthere comes a day when I forget that all I have to do is submit a proposal for a boundary survey to a client who is soliciting from more than one surveyor. ??ÿ
I like construction staking, by and large.?ÿ A construction project should include an initial control and boundary component, a degree construction of management input, follow up as-built surveying, and maybe an ALTA of the completed works for the bank.?ÿ All while getting paid an hourly rate without much complaint because the survey cost is trivial compared to the overall.?ÿ?ÿ
I just finished up a construction survey. Nothing built to plan, even after I balked and told them they either need to get new plans or use the ones I'm using, nothing asbuilt. Why was I even out there? Right now there is no way to tell if the sewer is going to flush properly. A nightmare to say the least. I wouldn't mind one where, if a plan change was needed, they actually did it. But I'm putting my business on the line and the construction guys are just redesigning our of thin air. Which is fine if they would have let me in on it and I could make sure they had the proper drop on the lines. But no, they just plowed over my stakes and didn't pay attention to hardly one of them. As far as money, yeah my profit margin was more. But the headache and constant discussions with the Engineer, who didn't seem to care very much and even sent me updated plans AFTER the construction was already complete and I was the first one he sent the corrected plans to, the construction supervisor, that didn't care at all, and his boss, that didn't seem to understand what was going on. I'll take a little less on the profit margin. I had to cover my butt because I don't know if they built anything correctly. I don't care to have a bunch of money in the bank. I do like money and peace of mind though.
I would love to set up a "FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP" for anyone that would want it at OIT here in Oregon.
No... well, sorta. I would definitely expand my web development business, hire employees, buy a building, etc. But I'd also want to create some sort of RPLS Today scholarship program and pre-load it with a bunch of money.
We need more people, at least in WV, that will go through the loops to become a licensed surveyor. We are running out of them here. I talked to and am friends with the person the pushed college as a requirement. He told me, not too long ago, he regretted that decision. He has a person in his employ that is a great surveyor but can never be licensed because he didn't go to college. I also let him know, which he seems to like me and has followed my work, that I did not go to college and I only have GED. I'm not ashamed the least bit about any of it. I am a good surveyor, based on what others have told me. There are some college grads, that should not have a license. But the good surveyor, without a degree, can't get a license when some hack with a little more money can. Don't think I believe all college grads are equal or that I believe it is a waste of time. It's just not the only route that should be considered. I have a guy right now, about to graduate next year. I've already told him, that he really loves surveying and does a great job. He is the one, if he sticks with me, that I plan on leaving my business to when I get too old to survey (Which will probably be on my last breath).
