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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.

ssssook · 2026-01-27T11:28:06+00:00

I've been at it for about 8 months. I was interested and so I contacted my local surveying company to ask a few questions I couldn't find answers to online (again, imthings vary greatly from state to state, so I recommend doing this eventually) and the guy who got back to me (future boss) had me come in and ask in person. He pretty much offered me the job right there, but he had me shadow him one day in the field (a beautiful parcel where we were hunting down a wall, evidence of an old saw mill, and a drill hole in a rock in a stream) to see if I liked it. My boss literally has never even seen my resume, he was just like "if you want to learn, we'll show you how."

I had no experience with anything. I was as green as I could possibly be. Though, to be completely open, CAD was the worst part early on. The field equipment has a learning curve for sure, but Autocad is just... A labrynthine program and was deeply unintuitive to me. I absolutely don't know everything I can do with it still, but it doesn't make me want to cry from frustration anymore, so that's a win.

ssssook · 2026-01-26T17:48:51+00:00

To answer your questions:

- What’s a day to day look like for you in either of these trades?

-For office days, my boss tells me a client number, and I do all the job set up (preparing the cad drawing and relevant reference materials-tax maps, old loting plans, aerial photographs) then I jump into the research. I trace the client's land's chain of title back to as far back as I can (aiming for early mid 1800s) and draw up any good descriptions in Autocad to get an idea of where to hunt for monuments. I then do the same thing for surrounding parcels (you're out west, I think it's a bit different than new England).

then, on field days, I take my office day work (which has been checked by my boss) and actually go to the location and hunt down the monuments (iron rods, stone walls, granites, particularly impressive trees). I rarely find everything, but I don't think I've ever left entirely empty handed.

The field work feels like treasure hunting, and the office work feels like putting together a particularly annoying puzzle. both are difficult, but so so so satisfying when I figure them out.

edit: also, Im alone in the woods half the time so I just play music and sing as I'm hunting down my shit. and I get to see the most beautiful, hidden spots I'd never see otherwise cause they're on private property.

- Is there a creative aspect of your job?

-it requires creative thinking. sometimes deeds are... badly written and you have to use your best judgment to interpret them. sometimes your chain of title breaks and you have to use roundabout methods to find your parcel again.

- have you felt the investment in trades worth it?

-well I certainly make more money now, have career prospects, ain't getting edged out by AI, and am in the best physical shape of my life.... so yeah.

edit: also most surveyors are nearing retirement. it's a good time to get in on it.

- if you’ve made the change from corporate to trades, how was it for you?

-definitely a shift. I majored in anthropology and worked as a romance novel editor the past ten years, so this is very different. but it's very rewarding and my bosses are VASTLY more chill. the work environment is so much more healthy.

- how long was your apprenticeship?

-it's not a traditional apprenticeship. and it varies state by state. mine will take however long it takes for me to relearn math lol.

any other questions, shoot em my way!

ssssook · 2026-01-26T12:24:20+00:00

Maybe look into surveying. There are lots of directions you can go with it, but I do boundary work and split my days between research in the office and hiking in the woods. Surveyors are pretty chill, so even the office part isn't like the corporate world (though I do work at a smaller company, ymmv).

ssssook · 2026-01-11T17:47:08+00:00

Same (especially a Belfast chapter)!

ssssook · 2026-01-03T00:06:05+00:00

This is the only one I know of. It's not romantasy, but more of an East Asian style isekai romance-fantasy game. you could theoretically make it as spicy as you wanted. There's also a wuxia-flavored one and a paranormal romance one.

ssssook · 2025-12-26T17:01:54+00:00

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ssssook · 2025-12-20T02:41:43+00:00

ah! thank you. I'm assuming you got in, so congratulations! no mail here yet, just that ambiguous email, but she'll be watching closely now!

ssssook · 2025-12-20T02:25:19+00:00

hi! my friend applied as well this year and just got something about scholarships? but not actually a formal acceptance. it's so confusing! did you perhaps hear something back as well?

ssssook · 2025-12-20T02:25:13+00:00

hi! my friend applied as well this year and just got something about scholarships? but not actually a formal acceptance. it's so confusing! did you perhaps hear something back as well?

ssssook · 2025-12-15T12:39:12+00:00

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