The guy who tweeted it - made it himself. He might as well have written "Travel time at 2,220 mph". It's never going to happen anyway.
The guy who tweeted it - made it himself. He might as well have written "Travel time at 2,220 mph". It's never going to happen anyway.
As someone who spends 8 hours a day drawing in the public right of way, it's absolute hell. We have one job that's like 2 miles of cable that needs to cross an existing rail line. We have to send permitting request out to 6 separate private rail operators, 3 county governing bodies, and a state transportation agency. The whole thing has been in permitting and easement hell for over a year now...
The only way anything will get done in this country is through massive land reform and the expropriation of all private transportation and utility infrastructure. Like just look through some plat maps from your city/town one day (most are available online at your local RoD). They're absolute garbage and most haven't been updated for decades.
i want your job.... please tell me more
It's just drafting, there are tons of openings for this sort of work all over the place right now. Check for "utilities engineer" or "utilities permit and design drafter". Starting pay is decent at like $20-$25 and a ton of places are letting you work remote
You will want to rip your hair out doing this sort of work though because you're dealing with the failsons at 3 separate companies all giving different deadlines and doing everything they can to make it so no one who actually does the work can get it done and are constantly changing design specs in ways that require total redesign of like 75 miles of drawings and then they start whining about why it's taking so long.
I’m on the “a few weeks from going into service” side of work like this. Sounds very frustrating, but I like big infrastructure shit. Super interesting
Definitely give it a shot if you can find a place around you that'll take you. It's honestly pretty fun if you're a map nerd or enjoy CAD.