Capt. Mooron wrote:

Cad personnel are in high demand up North. Especially good ones. Have
you had any experience with Eagle Point? It's an add on to Auto Cad
for high volume modeling of Roads and does all the cut/Fill volumes
as you go.

The name sounds vaguely familiar, but I haven't used it - haven't done stuff
with roads yet. Building envelope is the field I've worked in so far
(structural glazing, curtain walling, cladding, roofing), all learned on the
job. I got a start through a friend when I inadvertently showed him I can
think in 3D after messing around with ACAD completely cold. ("Hey, you can
do this! Want some work?"). I think can see what Eagle Point is about - give
it a drawing of a path, maybe a survey of the topology of the terrain
(soil/rock), give it parameters, and it spits out quantities, yes? (I'll
look it up on Google...)


Ekati Diamond Mines is always looking for skilled Cad people. It only
pays about 100K Cdn a year and it's a camp job but the camp is high
tech and has all the toys. High Security as well. 2 weeks in and one
week out. Discount flights on a global basis. Lots of the Cad folk do
work in Yellowknife on their time out. It almost doubles their pay.

CAD in diamond mines? What do they draw - support structures?


Pogey... Yeah... the "dole"... unemployment insurance. Only pays me
$700 every 2 weeks but that cuts the cash flow from my savings a lot.
I only need about 40K a year to live quite comfortably. I only owe 6K
and all my toys are paid for as well as my house and land.

I ain't there yet, but my living costs are lower than the average around
here.


I can ask around when I'm up north if you want to try working up
there.

I have a couple of feelers out in my area at present and I should hopfully
know what's happening with them early next week. $100k Cdn is a bit more
than I'd get contracting here, and it does sound interesting, but the travel
is the downside. That said, if my feelers fall through, I may well be up for
it. If you're away before I know what's happening here, could you stay in
touch with me via email?


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Wally
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