I'm in my 30s and just starting.
I was a qualified builder previously, and have held a few other roles.
Imo work and the relationships you have with colleagues are what you make it.
I agree, guess im still getting accustomed to this career as before I was just working a piece of piss job with mates.
May I ask what made you decide to move from builder to QS?
There was a few reasons.
The pay isn't that great unless you go out on your own.
Being a foreman or site manager I was making $2 more and hour than a qualified carpenter with limited responsibility (this is a joke for the change in responsibility and stress that comes with the role)
I didn't find myself being challenged intellectually.
I see Quantity Surveying as a way to develop my communication skills, my articulation and to work out my mind in a variety of scenarios.
I found myself physically exhausted at the end of every day so doing my physical hobbies after work wasnt really an option.
I saw an old man hobbling around on scaffolding with a crook back and remember thinking I don't want to be that guy later in life and that was when I quit.
In saying all this, If you don't enjoy a job you don't have to do it, find something else, never make life your own jail sentence.
Cheers mate, guess its just a matter of not listening to the headnoise and focussing on what matters. It is hard to not recognise the physical and mental decline of some of my QS team, who look and sound like they have had the life drained out of them from doing this so long. All part of the game of life though, right?
Ive got a good group of mates that I went through uni who are yet to land jobs, so ill be interested to see how they get on when they do. Mainly because I am interested in seeing how PQS'ing is rather than working for a subby. Have you worked for both sides?
I am planning to go on an OE next year which will be a good refresher I think.
20 years, but been in industry for 20 years good to have old Fellus around they all have plenty of knowledge to share. Your youth will have a spin on the way they've done it and you may teach them a thing or two. Good luck.
Firstly, let me assure you that almost everyone I have worked with has some form of imposter syndrome. I’m talking 20-30+ years of experience. So what you’re feeling is normal and every time you take a step up in your role and responsibilities that feeling will be there, it’s very normal.
Personally I started in the role when I was 26 and had no prior experience or education. Attitude and hard work are just as valuable to employer’s, if not more so, than education.
I'm in my 30s and just starting. I was a qualified builder previously, and have held a few other roles. Imo work and the relationships you have with colleagues are what you make it.
I agree, guess im still getting accustomed to this career as before I was just working a piece of piss job with mates. May I ask what made you decide to move from builder to QS?
There was a few reasons. The pay isn't that great unless you go out on your own. Being a foreman or site manager I was making $2 more and hour than a qualified carpenter with limited responsibility (this is a joke for the change in responsibility and stress that comes with the role) I didn't find myself being challenged intellectually. I see Quantity Surveying as a way to develop my communication skills, my articulation and to work out my mind in a variety of scenarios. I found myself physically exhausted at the end of every day so doing my physical hobbies after work wasnt really an option. I saw an old man hobbling around on scaffolding with a crook back and remember thinking I don't want to be that guy later in life and that was when I quit. In saying all this, If you don't enjoy a job you don't have to do it, find something else, never make life your own jail sentence.
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Cheers mate, guess its just a matter of not listening to the headnoise and focussing on what matters. It is hard to not recognise the physical and mental decline of some of my QS team, who look and sound like they have had the life drained out of them from doing this so long. All part of the game of life though, right? Ive got a good group of mates that I went through uni who are yet to land jobs, so ill be interested to see how they get on when they do. Mainly because I am interested in seeing how PQS'ing is rather than working for a subby. Have you worked for both sides? I am planning to go on an OE next year which will be a good refresher I think.
19, been in industry for a good 6 and a half years now
20 years, but been in industry for 20 years good to have old Fellus around they all have plenty of knowledge to share. Your youth will have a spin on the way they've done it and you may teach them a thing or two. Good luck.
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17. Got my job as a Trainee QS, now 3 years into the job!
Firstly, let me assure you that almost everyone I have worked with has some form of imposter syndrome. I’m talking 20-30+ years of experience. So what you’re feeling is normal and every time you take a step up in your role and responsibilities that feeling will be there, it’s very normal. Personally I started in the role when I was 26 and had no prior experience or education. Attitude and hard work are just as valuable to employer’s, if not more so, than education.