Ask HN: What was your favorite job?

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Re: Ask HN: What was your favorite job?

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Post by DANmode » Wed, Aug 09, 2023, 1:08 AM UTC

RankingMember wrote: post #30

DANmode wrote: post #29

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Can I answer any more questions, or even curiosities for you?! Here's a couple of pics from one of the access roads on one of the runs I did: https://ibb.co/B4WWM8k https://ibb.co/q55gK3p

Thanks. I did some googling to try to better understand what the "meat" of a job like that would be and came up pretty empty, so it must be very niche. I'm guessing it's doing contracts for service providers, e.g. in California a customer would be Pacific Gas and Electric Company, eh?

There's adjacent work for any utility, but the type I was doing was cable/fiber.

The crux of the concept is receiving a map, sometimes partially completed, sometimes with partially incorrect information, and using easily placed symbols to make corrections for submission.

Whatever % of that you feel comfortable doing in the field, you do, with the remainder being finished wherever (often in front of a TV show, from what I saw).

A slightly more complicated (and nonpublic) version of contributing to OpenStreetMaps.

Re: Ask HN: What was your favorite job?

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Post by RankingMember » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 4:21 AM UTC

DANmode wrote: post #31

RankingMember wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I did some googling to try to better understand what the "meat" of a job like that would be and came up pretty empty, so it must be very niche. I'm guessing it's doing contracts for service providers, e.g. in California a customer would be Pacific Gas and Electric Company, eh?

There's adjacent work for any utility, but the type I was doing was cable/fiber. The crux of the concept is receiving a map, sometimes partially completed, sometimes with partially incorrect information, and using easily placed symbols to make corrections for submission. Whatever % of that you feel comfortable doing in the field, you do, with the remainder being finished wherever (often in front of a TV show, from wh…

This is interesting and I will be keeping it in mind. I'm not actively seeking a career change, but the idea of solo outdoor survey-esque work potentially involving cycling is definitely appealing to me and I'm not wedded to what I do. Thanks for giving me something to ponder! If you want to get in touch or give me any info that's not prudent to put in public, here's an address that forwards to my personal one: hackernewstemp@altmails.com

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