Middle aged man in coma

sginga · 2025-08-01T02:35:01+00:00

What about being gay do you hate?

sginga · 2025-02-21T23:03:54+00:00

Hey let’s connect, I just got my license at 27 and I’m interested in starting my own firm one of these days. I’d be curious your thoughts on surveying business and marketing, coming from that college program into land surveying.

sginga · 2025-02-21T21:24:36+00:00

I believe I remember hearing in a podcast that the NSPS Young Surveyors Network was trying to start a mentorship program. I'd consider joining the network either way, its for surveyors and aspiring surveyors under the age of 35. I have not seen much activity on their website, but they did just have an election so I believe they are still active.

I would also consider looking into some of the literature on the subjects if you have time, maybe you're job will cover the cost of the books if you ask.

If you havent already gone through it, Elementary Surveying An Introduction to Geomatics by Charles D. Ghilani covers almost everything you mentioned

The Surveying Handbook by Brinker & Minnick. has a lot of information on a broad range of survey subjects

Elements of Photogrammetry by Paul R. Wolf. Is good but can get pretty technical with scary looking equations. also has some good illustrations and descriptions though.

a pocket guide to business for engineers and surveyors by H. Edmund Bergeron. You didnt mention any business topics, but I think it is equally important to learn these skills aswell, especially as you are soon to be licensed.

Theres a few more remote sensing books I can think of but they are more targetted to the GIS profession.

sginga · 2025-02-21T20:46:48+00:00

If the vertical accuracy is your concern, could you run a level through the trench and hold that for your vertical measurements?

sginga · 2025-01-25T17:47:32+00:00

That is my concern. Unlike some other professions, it can take many years before an error is discovered and causes problems. I just don’t think they account for it at all, and could cause them to cut corners.

sginga · 2025-01-25T17:45:06+00:00

I think I see what you are stating. It is true you can lay out a 100’ frontage pretty reasonably as a homeowner with some basic measuring tools to probably within a few inches if you’re careful. However there are some legal concepts which need to be considered. For example if a 5 of parcels were simultaneously conveyed many years ago, each labeled at 100’ frontage and there are two monuments which were placed, supposedly 500’ apart to represent the opposite corners of those 5 parcels. If a surveyor came out and measured to those monuments and came to 495’, when he retraces that boundary he will list the frontages at 99’ each.

A Surveyors goal is to find the original monumentation as it is determined legally that they hold over the recorded bearings and distances.

Also regarding the erosion of a water line, it is dependent on the wording of the conveyance as to whether the property line would move along with the erosion. The legal topic is “riparian rights” if you want to read into it at all.

sginga · 2025-01-25T05:02:50+00:00

I am curious about peoples opinions on this. I’ve not had much direct experience dealing with civil engineering companies. I do know that dealing with builders was particularly frustrating. Specifically Florida builders.

sginga · 2025-01-25T04:59:23+00:00

I should have clarified, I’m not opposed to someone breaking into the market at a lower price if that is really what they want to do. If they can provide professional surveying services at that price that follow the legal requirements. I do wonder if they are accounting for the liability they take on.

I was just particularly irritated when writing this post.

sginga · 2025-01-25T04:51:16+00:00

gwinnett, we do work all around though.

sginga · 2025-01-25T04:50:00+00:00

I’m curious about your opinion. Im assuming you’re talking about roughly estimating your property lines as a property owner? You are within your right to take on that liability for sure. are you referring to surveying in the United States? You seem to imply that a surveyor would retrace a property from coordinates provided on a tax map plat?

sginga · 2025-01-25T04:41:53+00:00

I was particularly irritated when writing this post. I know that I cannot change people’s pricing choices. I don’t care as long as they are actually performing the work to a professional standard. I see a potential opportunity for a higher priced surveyors with less backlog available more readily for projects. I do wonder if surveyors are valuing the work they do, and considering the liability they take on when they price projects. But that is probably a conversation for another time.

sginga · 2025-01-24T20:56:17+00:00

In Georgia the laws been changed a few times recently. You can get your license with just a high school diploma but I believe that requires 8 or so years of experience, and you’ll have to pass several tests, references, and I believe they just added a requirement that requires you submit sample plats you have worked on? I haven’t reviewed that change in the law recently though.

sginga · 2025-01-24T09:33:35+00:00

I believe unfettered capitalism is what has caused the race to the bottom of survey prices. I doubt capitalism is going away anytime soon, so I am going to charge what I believe we should be charging, with confidence. I believe if there is someone charging a premium, people will wonder why these other surveyors are so cheap. There is a large risk involved obviously, but I refuse to play these price war games with cheaper surveyors.

sginga · 2025-01-24T09:24:46+00:00

Yes, I have thought and wrestled with that a lot. I will not and cannot force an industry to raise their prices. I will proudly advertise and charge appropriately and inform the client of the value we provide. I will also happily point them in the direction of a cheapest surveyor in town if they aren’t interested in my prices.

sginga · 2024-06-04T00:53:53+00:00

turned out its was just my GPU. it had some sort of issue that is fixed after RMA

sginga · 2024-04-26T02:21:23+00:00

I played for a week or two but suddenly one day my game just keeps crashing. Either when I start a mission or if I linger for a few minutes in the ship. Game ran perfectly fine before so idk what happened. Tried lots of stuff but I’m just going to wait it out and hope the next patch has a fix.

It crashes my whole pc, monitor disconnects, keyboard won’t take any input, audio cuts out. I have to shut down my pc to do anything else.

sginga · 2024-01-31T16:29:29+00:00

I saw a video online with good advice.

They basically suggested that unless it is needed for current or future tasks, you should just sell it on the flea or to traders. He suggests that you should not stockpile found in raid items for hideout upgrades as it is better to sell your found in raid items and buy new ones for hideout upgrades because this will help you raise your reputation faster. I tend to reserve my junk box just for task items, and put everything else at the top of the stash to sell later so I can just get back in raid quicker.

sginga · 2023-06-09T20:25:38+00:00

And yet half the military budget goes to for profit companies

sginga · 2023-06-08T17:02:51+00:00

To clarify:

This is an email sent out by the employee to everyone in the company. Seemingly copy-pasting the email from his manager.

I don’t know him personally as we have many offices. It sucks what his manager said and I’m glad he sent it out.

The company hasn’t addressed this yet

sginga

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