This is the worst thing about waiting for someone. You have to look good all the time because they could turn up at any minute and see you before you've seen them

It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but the important thing is to turn a mistake into a learning experience.

Some land surveyors delve into land development advocacy, working with local government on behalf of clients in order to facilitate progress on a project. Others stick to strictly surveying. The approach depends on the individual firm and the needs of the local area.

Land surveyors start as employees, and move up to partnership in a firm or to ownership of their own enterprise if they wish. Some wind up working for government, private corporations, or public enterprise.

In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable" but not "wealthy."

I've met very few professional land surveyors who regret their career path, and even fewer, who are out of work, even during economic slowdowns.

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from surveying monuments from decades or even centuries in the past.