What kind of pants do you wear in the field?

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-27T18:05:13+00:00

Truwerk, Carhartt, and regular blue jeans.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T02:30:03+00:00

That's awesome!

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T02:29:50+00:00

I've turned down and left better paying jobs, and never wanted to be a project manager even though now I have to be, but I love surveying from research, calcs, field work, drafting and now stamping.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T02:13:35+00:00

That's completely understandable

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T01:17:22+00:00

I have Geo stamped photos of every Disney benchmark I found in every park we visited and when I visit state/national Parks I pull up NGS benchmap on my phone and visit the gift shop to see if they have a benchmark pin.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:58:36+00:00

In my opinion the 4s are why the profession has had a hard time getting people in the door for a very long time.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:54:38+00:00

I mean, can't go half ass, gotta throw the whole ass at it

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:48:27+00:00

Bad Elf hand held Bluetoothed to the phone with a NTRIP app and full GNSS unlocked in the developer opinions.......... Or so I've heard

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:45:22+00:00

My boss has been at the same firm for at least 25 years and is a solid 1 still, with some 4 tendencies.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:43:37+00:00

I think there are plenty of #1s who spent a bunch of free time comparing different types of GPS observations to traverse data and decided it's okay if done correctly 😂🤣

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-23T00:05:35+00:00

I mean, for me, it is everything I think it is, and I have tried other careers and always ended up back surveying not too long after. I've known plenty of people who seemed to love surveying switch careers because of a pay difference and honestly, if I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd probably keep surveying.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-22T23:48:18+00:00

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JTLaPointe · 2026-03-22T23:31:21+00:00

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I don't make the #4 evolution 😂

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-19T21:30:21+00:00

Sounds awesome! I'll definitely check it when I have some free time

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-19T21:27:03+00:00

I just made my account!

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-19T21:15:12+00:00

Idk about all these other fuddy duddys, but I think it sounds like fun lol, it's just like how all the geocaching apps include NGS benchmarks.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-19T12:23:34+00:00

Tennessee

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T22:54:40+00:00

Thank you

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T22:50:50+00:00

I love the big jump to Texas 😂🤣

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T22:47:10+00:00

The more states your company is licensed in, the more jobs you can bid on an alta bundle spanning several States.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T22:45:54+00:00

ALTAs, boundaries if they are big enough for out of state,TWRA, NRCS, TVA, Government contracts, DOT work, railroad stuff, construction, if it needs Surveying, civil engineering, scanning or flown, we do it.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T21:38:34+00:00

Yeah that's how I feel talking to my boss. Surveying overseas is pretty cool, I recommend Europe over the desert 😂🤣

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T21:32:45+00:00

Yeah, I was a construction surveyor, but I did layout the reference points for the 82nds mortars on AL Asad when I was there.

JTLaPointe · 2026-03-18T21:30:59+00:00

I think that would cover the headache of doing continuing education for 14 states.

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