[vash]

they are amazing!!

i just showed one kid how to run a total station to do a project survey..today. i briefly showed him how we still use trig and basic geometry to calculated the coords..we put it in the gun and he i did the "rod man" job and he got it done. we both put each other on speaker phone, and i talked him thru it. over the phone. it was pretty awesome watching him "click". this is a college freshman, so basic surveying is still a couple semesters away. he is trumping some of my co-workers. they do layout with string and tape measures.

the other young lady is a high school senior unpaid intern. what a genius. we had her read a safety manual and she noted the the page numbers were off.. it's been that way for 15 years and she is the first to catch it. BONUS!! her dad is an engineer at CALFIRE. he wants to hire me!! better pay, better benefits. way better. opening is in sept. he wanst my resume. haha. i'll try.

i just got the one kid OT hours for this saturday. we will survey and lay out the rest of the project when there is no risk of us getting run over by equipment. this is working out. i'm impressing my supervisors while showing some youngsters the ropes.

i hope to get them permission to climb the bay bridge cables as a season ender.