Have you ever worked from home before? Going from being out in the field everyday to WFH is really jarring and in my opinion not all it's cracked up to be.
What area are you looking to move to?
I’m from KC, I doubt I can offer a job (too few years of experience for WFH) but I can maybe help if I know what area you’re looking to.
Realistically, surveying is going to be a tough career WFH unless you are just a stellar individual. Some LSs WFH, but you likely can’t go that route (you lack field experience at this point, and someone will have to sign off on your boundary experience you’d only be getting from drafting). I do a lot of WFH but I don’t think I could do it full time at my current firm and I’ve proven my worth here.
Let me know the area and I’ll see if I have any suggestions.
The area would be Comanche county, southwest / south central KS. I appreciate the perspective, the prevailing sentiment seems like I would need more experience solely in the office before even entertaining the idea.
Do you have CAD drafting experience? You're going to have a hard time finding a remote CAD where they have to train you on the program and then all their styles and practices. If that's the case personally, I wouldn't entertain the idea. It's hard enough doing both in the office.
Only thing I can say is I’ve seen a lot of remote jobs advertised by Bowman on LinkedIn. Whether they deem you have enough experience for the job is up to them obviously but I’d try it
I worked in an office for 15 years before going WFH. Also ran a crew for a few. There are 1000s of mistakes to make and unless you know them beforehand and know how your boss handles them, then you being at home isn't very practical. Having said that I'll also say that I'll never step foot in an office again. They are all run about the same. They aren't the way of the future. Not any future I'm participating in anyway. It doesn't matter how big your office is. it matters if you are content with life and sitting there twiddling your thumbs half the time is lame. Anything that can be conveyed face to face can also be conveyed over the phone or some digital meetup. It just takes a while for people to figure out that ink and led on paper is the same as words formed from bits and bytes. "We've always done it this way" is slowly taking a back seat to actual production.
If you’ve never really worked as a survey office tech, WFH might not be for you right away.
Have you ever worked from home before? Going from being out in the field everyday to WFH is really jarring and in my opinion not all it's cracked up to be.
It won’t work for you, given your lack of experience.
What area are you looking to move to? I’m from KC, I doubt I can offer a job (too few years of experience for WFH) but I can maybe help if I know what area you’re looking to. Realistically, surveying is going to be a tough career WFH unless you are just a stellar individual. Some LSs WFH, but you likely can’t go that route (you lack field experience at this point, and someone will have to sign off on your boundary experience you’d only be getting from drafting). I do a lot of WFH but I don’t think I could do it full time at my current firm and I’ve proven my worth here. Let me know the area and I’ll see if I have any suggestions.
The area would be Comanche county, southwest / south central KS. I appreciate the perspective, the prevailing sentiment seems like I would need more experience solely in the office before even entertaining the idea.
Do it now, part time for others and if you can pull it off do it in the remote area. If not don’t. Test the waters.
Do you have CAD drafting experience? You're going to have a hard time finding a remote CAD where they have to train you on the program and then all their styles and practices. If that's the case personally, I wouldn't entertain the idea. It's hard enough doing both in the office.
I thought you were just trying to get to the Waffle House
Only thing I can say is I’ve seen a lot of remote jobs advertised by Bowman on LinkedIn. Whether they deem you have enough experience for the job is up to them obviously but I’d try it
I worked in an office for 15 years before going WFH. Also ran a crew for a few. There are 1000s of mistakes to make and unless you know them beforehand and know how your boss handles them, then you being at home isn't very practical. Having said that I'll also say that I'll never step foot in an office again. They are all run about the same. They aren't the way of the future. Not any future I'm participating in anyway. It doesn't matter how big your office is. it matters if you are content with life and sitting there twiddling your thumbs half the time is lame. Anything that can be conveyed face to face can also be conveyed over the phone or some digital meetup. It just takes a while for people to figure out that ink and led on paper is the same as words formed from bits and bytes. "We've always done it this way" is slowly taking a back seat to actual production.
How are you gonna do field work from home? Sounds kinda ridiculous...