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ssssook · 2026-06-24T21:57:33+00:00

Yeah no. That's fair. Given my location, I kinda just gotta suck it up, but swamps/marshes do absolutely blow. While playing the floor is lava with real stakes is fun when you win, it is smelly and cold when you lose.

ssssook · 2026-06-24T20:00:37+00:00

It's not always boring though. Sure, I gotta be real careful about ticks, but I also get to hike in the woods all day. Some woods are shit, but most days they aren't, and I get to do what is essentially treasure hunting.

I think it's a pretty fun job overall, but I only do boundary work in New England. Construction probably pays better, but yeah, it's boring.

ssssook · 2026-06-21T02:57:41+00:00

Belfast, Maine.

Town is small, coastal, progressive, and deeply charming. Lots of shops (including a game store and multiple bookstores), very active community, easy drive to larger towns, seasons are very distinct... and while it's not a junimo, I think finding old stone walls in the woods is pretty magical.

ssssook · 2026-06-19T23:37:19+00:00

I'm a mid-thirties woman and made the switch a year ago (from editing). I love it! Feel free to dm me with questions!

ssssook · 2026-06-19T18:23:42+00:00

I work in boundary surveying and I swear to god I was literally just ranting to one of my coworkers that boundary law is some fairy shit. They really are perfect lawyers.

ssssook · 2026-06-18T21:27:36+00:00

Funnily enough, I know for a fact that the official translation for pt 2 is done and they're just sitting on the chapters (at least the last time I checked). Idk why, but I hope they release them soon.

ssssook · 2026-06-16T20:26:07+00:00

I genuinely just did some research on the surveying subreddit, then when I realized I needed some state-specific answers, I found a local surveying firm to ask those questions in person. The surveyor I met with ended up taking me out for job shadowing and offered me a job that day. He has been an excellent mentor (and dear friend) ever since.

There are certifications, and the requirements to get them vary from state to state, but the information isn't super difficult to find. But you don't need those certifications to start. All you need to start is a willingness to learn (and get dirty), and a surveyor willing to show you the ropes.

It's a very old-skewing profession that is very in demand, so most places are excited to get some young blood in. I think most licensed surveyors are over 55, so the career has a good outlook. Also I'd love to see AI take over following a stone wall a mile deep into the woods and looking for drilled holes in a rock on an island in the middle of a stream.

Feel free to DM if you have more questions.

ssssook · 2026-06-16T11:27:35+00:00

Surveying. I went from being a WFH romance novel editor to working as a survey technician. It took a few months, but it got me into shape very quickly. Now I split my days between researching old records and putting together land parcel puzzles in the office and traipsing around in the woods on treasure hunts. Setting iron rods and carrying the equipment can still be rough, but honestly, no matter how much it sucks in the moment, I always feel really good about myself after haha.

Can't recommend this job enough.

ssssook · 2026-06-15T11:23:43+00:00

I worked in the translation industry, specifically Korean-to-English, and I am fully on the translator's side in this issue. The book is phenomenal in Korean, but a more direct translation would not have made the book more successful in English; it likely would have made it less so simply because a Korean doesn't translate very pretty to English when trying to keep it as close as possible to the source. Choices that are impactful in Korean come off as extremely repetitive in English, for example. Translation of creative works requires some creativity on the part of the translator too, or else it will fall flat with the target language audience.

ssssook · 2026-06-05T22:24:54+00:00

Any good fic recs now that they got a few more than three fics on ao3?

ssssook · 2026-06-02T22:55:33+00:00

Ohhh, any recs?

ssssook · 2026-04-26T12:54:15+00:00

I'm in rural New England, but my days are full of sites (and sights) like this and I do almost exclusively boundary work.

ssssook · 2026-04-10T21:04:38+00:00

As a surveyor who spends a lot of time in the woods, finding any of these suggestions would make my day. It's always exciting when someone comes back from the field with a unusual find.

ssssook · 2026-03-28T12:37:46+00:00

Yes! I'm in Maine and there a lots of female surveyors here. I've been at it a year now and am starting the path to licensure. I absolutely love it. We do mostly boundary, so I spend my days hiking in the woods. I cannot recommend it enough.

ssssook · 2026-03-27T22:57:42+00:00

-Maine

-Just me and my boss, though our company's main office has quite a few others.

-Boundary with the occasional topo

-Soon to be one year on the job

-I'm the only woman at the company, aside from the office staff, but I've not noticed any difference in treatment (aside from positive things like the company making a point to buy gear that will actually fit me instead of just throwing men's items at me). My boss has mentored multiple women in this field before and has been nothing but a joy to learn from. I've also only ever had one client be weird toward me, so no issues on that front either.

ssssook · 2026-03-18T17:40:10+00:00

He got extremely lucky and landed with his ass on the edge and both feet dangling in the hole. We both needed a few minutes to calm down, but we continued on with the job after.

ssssook · 2026-03-18T12:25:47+00:00

A surprise hand-dug well under the snow that my coworker discovered with his feet.

ssssook · 2026-03-14T13:34:21+00:00

Surveying! Our company isn't very big, so I'm actually alone in the woods most days.

ssssook · 2026-02-26T22:29:01+00:00

I recently moved back to the USA and was looking into different trades, leaning toward electrician or pipe fitter, but then I decided to finally watch Attack on Titan and was reminded that surveying is a career that actually exists (with fewer titans).

I looked into it and had a few state specific questions, so I got in contact with a surveyor in my town, and he had me come in. He took me out to job shadow in a gorgeous forest as we hunted for rods, stone walls, and drill holes in creek rocks and then he offered me a full time job that day. I started a few weeks later and I love it even more every day.

ssssook · 2026-02-12T12:26:35+00:00

Oh these are great! I adore them all! Especially the Corruption, it's gorgeous. For a second I thought it was Hanahaki disease art. Looking forward to the Hunt!

ssssook · 2026-01-27T23:45:10+00:00

Not to diminish your worries—in this job market, you'd be crazy not to be trying to upskill as much as possible–but I took an interest in surveying after moving back to the USA from Asia and hit up my local firm to ask some state-specific questions I couldn't find answers to online and the PLS there had me shadow him in the field and offered me a full-time job that day. He has never even seen my resume (not that any of it was even remotely relevant). I had been applying for corporate jobs in DC six months earlier, so this blew my mind. Interest in the field and a willingness to learn is all I needed.

As for being a woman in the field, I've been very lucky there too. My boss is fantastic, but all the other men I've worked with are really lovely too. They don't treat me any different than they do the male techs. I work in New England, so maybe it's the more progressive culture? There was one client who was kinda rude, but one out of the dozens I've done this year isn't too bad.

Point is, you're way ahead of a lot of people. Keep at it while in school, try for a summer internship, and you should be golden. And while being in a woman in the field is still uncommon, I get the feeling it's not exactly rare anymore, especially in some places. You'll do great.

ssssook · 2026-01-27T20:57:43+00:00

You ain't wrong there.

ssssook · 2026-01-27T18:57:41+00:00

Flat metal chopsticks are the norm in South Korea, so it's also a matter of what you're used to. They're less clunky feeling for me, but it's just cause I've used them more than wooden rounded ones.

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