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<blockquote data-quote="WireEater" data-source="post: 10024559" data-attributes="member: 11027"><p>I use to be a surveyor for 2 years. I loved it and miss doing it a lot actually. We used robotic and GPS equipment (Leica). Nothing beats starting on a peice of land with nothing but fields and trees and watch it develop into a 200+ home community.</p><p></p><p>I always looked at survey as connecting the dots. Laying your points on the ground, you could visually see what was happening. Now it did have it's sucky times, like TOPO/cross sections. Cutting lines through massive brier patches, or wading in swamps with leeches, etc.</p><p></p><p>But the best part of the job is, you are out there on your own. It's only you and your crew. You don't have supervisors, managers, etc up your ass. Plus sometimes you run into some really wild things. Like old abandoned places/structures/grave sites.</p><p></p><p>I also was an inspector consultant for the DOT in VA. That wasn't nearly as fun and I didn't get dirty. I basically just walked around with a clipboard and made sure the contractor hired was doing their work to the standards and specifications of the contract and DOT.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now I work in IT for one of the largest transportation infrastructure projects in the US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WireEater, post: 10024559, member: 11027"] I use to be a surveyor for 2 years. I loved it and miss doing it a lot actually. We used robotic and GPS equipment (Leica). Nothing beats starting on a peice of land with nothing but fields and trees and watch it develop into a 200+ home community. I always looked at survey as connecting the dots. Laying your points on the ground, you could visually see what was happening. Now it did have it's sucky times, like TOPO/cross sections. Cutting lines through massive brier patches, or wading in swamps with leeches, etc. But the best part of the job is, you are out there on your own. It's only you and your crew. You don't have supervisors, managers, etc up your ass. Plus sometimes you run into some really wild things. Like old abandoned places/structures/grave sites. I also was an inspector consultant for the DOT in VA. That wasn't nearly as fun and I didn't get dirty. I basically just walked around with a clipboard and made sure the contractor hired was doing their work to the standards and specifications of the contract and DOT. Now I work in IT for one of the largest transportation infrastructure projects in the US. [/QUOTE]
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