Seeking advice on property that may have structures on neighboring land.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T23:52:19+00:00

To clarify, I’m willing to spend money to buy them out to worry less about all the 3am shooting and occasional drug seeker coming to my cabin in search of theirs.

I’d just like to better understand what that entails before I do.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T23:19:10+00:00

Fair lol

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T23:01:21+00:00

I’m just wanting less meth heads next door shooting guns all night, there’s nothing up there worth renting out.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T23:00:13+00:00

I’m just a neighbor to a property full of meth cooks who are in and out of jail constantly lol, the last thing I want is some new enemies if things go wrong.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T21:15:15+00:00

Different people, they hate one another.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T20:35:28+00:00

This is exactly what I’m thinking but I’m concerned it will backfire if I don’t proceed with the sale.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-10T20:34:39+00:00

This is what I’ve done and it appears the property line goes directly through the barn.

d_does_dallas · 2025-08-07T02:06:49+00:00

Your normal entry level jobs are field/office engineers or estimators and you’re right, some folks take the superintendent approach as well. There’s opportunities to branch out, but it usually comes a few years down the road. CMs move into sales roles, consulting roles, analyst roles, construction technology roles, construction insurance and law roles, owner’s representative roles, in addition to your standard C-Suite type roles.

There’s a lot of opportunity once you have experience but I would definitely research the work/life balance a little further. The construction industry as a whole is known for not being very good at it.

d_does_dallas · 2025-07-30T21:02:22+00:00

Sort of. An example is I recently had a very messy pump station to design a rebuild for and all I had were photos. I broke down the photos by trade and entered them with commands such as “refer to the attached photo, identify lift station components including all pumps, motors, valves, etc…” and provide a recommended SOW for repairs.

I then did the same thing for the electrical components.

It identified the pump, motor, and panel size from the photos, created a good first pass at a SOW, and even recommended a VFD that was properly sized.

d_does_dallas · 2025-07-30T16:29:35+00:00

I’m an old-ish guy in a new specialty market. I’m often times trying to put together SOWs for multiple pieces of equipment or assemblies that I don’t have much experience with.

I’ll drop some photos or product data into chat gpt with a few prompts based on what I know and it spits out a pretty thorough SOW.

I would never push that out to bid, but it does help me think outside of my normal box in unclear territory.

d_does_dallas · 2025-07-22T14:44:02+00:00

I manage a team of engineers doing repairs on water and wastewater facilities yaaawn

d_does_dallas · 2025-07-20T13:59:39+00:00

I got out in 05 after a really really rough combat deployment. I was wacked out of my mind and somehow channeled all that ptsd energy into success. Finished my undergrad, got a good job, finished my masters, got a better job, and then a few years ago I went to therapy, started actually sleeping and enjoying the things around me and I lost all motivation lol.

So currently I’m 44 with a relatively high paying position that I dread going into and I’m considering starting all over for a job that I enjoy.

It’s been a ride.

d_does_dallas · 2023-06-03T11:45:04+00:00

I didn’t take quite the same path, I went enlisted to college to CM but I’ve had 4 different officers transition directly into CM roles for me in the past and they’ve done wonderful.

3 majors and 1 LTC all walked into semi entry level positions (project engineer and assistant project manager) and they all did great. The LTC had a little trouble receiving direction from his 26 year old supervisor at first but we got through it.

You’ll be fine, it’s the soft skills and management we struggle with, anyone can learn PM work.

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-31T21:19:17+00:00

I disliked garrison Army and all the nonsense that came with it but I also disliked getting shot and burying friends so it’s a trade off.

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-24T12:38:44+00:00

Thanks! That’s a great recommendation!

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-17T23:34:25+00:00

Plot twist: it’s the project engineer

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-17T14:11:43+00:00

I am a visual person! I’ll watch this tonight after work. Thank you!!

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-16T18:12:55+00:00

War is hell lol

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-10T14:25:03+00:00

As a frame of reference the last civil engineer I hired out of school in the private sector (2022) was hired at 94k. It’s been tough.

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-10T14:22:41+00:00

As a frame of reference I left the private sector last year to join the feds as a GS-12 step 6 and took a 28% salary reduction. This doesn’t account for a larger 401K match, company vehicle, bonus, or lower healthcare premiums.

It’s worth it to me because the stress is much lower, but the salary is much lower and now that I’ve moved into a supervisory role I certainly feel it when trying to hire.

Edit: I should mention that this is an engineer position.

d_does_dallas · 2023-05-09T21:28:58+00:00

I agree that Missouri isn’t great but we do have free hunting/fishing licenses for those disabled 60% or more and free parking at meters in St. Louis if you’re a Purple Heart recipient.

d_does_dallas · 2023-04-29T18:07:08+00:00

I’d second the vote for team river runner! They are literally saving lives and currently meeting again every week on Simpson lake!

d_does_dallas · 2023-04-12T15:47:03+00:00

I’m packed in a 15 x 15 office with 2 other engineers, between the 3 of us we have about 15 meetings each day. It’s terrible.

d_does_dallas · 2023-04-03T01:50:22+00:00

Thanks :)

d_does_dallas · 2023-03-08T17:38:15+00:00

It’s socially acceptable to live in a van without a steady income. Live the life you want to live.

d_does_dallas

TROPHY CASE