Welcome! This channel is for anyone that needs to manage Geographic Information System (GIS) projects. We will apply project management and change management strategies to GIS projects to help you integrate spatial thinking into your company and further your career. We will also cover basic ESRI GIS software for sharing with management and key stakeholders to increase their spatial literacy.
Hey im a international student who is wanting to get admission in US for masters in GIS...can you plz guide me if phd is necessary for getting a good job or career in gis in usa??
I really liked watching your videos and listening to the advice you provided, im currently pursuing my A.A. in Environmental Science, and I really look forward to transferring to a BS in Geosciences (:
I'm a recent GIS graduate making a career change in my late 30's. It's been extremely difficult trying to get first GIS job. I really needed to hear this. You made my entire week. TY
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My favourite answer when family ask what it is I do: "I tell my boss what it is, where it is, whether he should give a damn about it, and why. About tens to hundreds of thousands of Assets."
Hi, I've been using ArcGIS Pro for geological mapping and mapping geological structures for civil engineering projects and mining/quarry exploitations at an engineering firm. I'm not expert by any strech, i only use it a few times a week, and only the functions i need. But the industry is tiring me down. I was looking into using this specific skill to recycle myself elsewhere. Do you know if there is a lot of demand for people with this skill in non-profits? Do you have to go through Esri's non profit programmes or can you freelance this easily?
So many times I realize I am just making the map they are after and have no idea what they are actually using it for lol. Also sometimes it just becomes a bunch of point lines and polygons on a screen and you forget it is connected to a real world feature. I find GIS work too lonely, techy and computer based for my personality, but I don't really know how to use it to stem into another pathway, but I really want to figure it out. 🥲
I'm getting into the GIS field with an IT PM background. I'm constantly feeling like an imposter, it's challenging! I came across your video and it helped quite a bit. Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to binging all your videos haa
What if you’re 58 and want to start a new career. I have learned online writing, html. I currently QA front end of websites, making sure everything works for user. I’m looking to do online training while working full time. Before I went back to school I considered cartography.
I kind of picked it up over the years and so my "knowledge" did not culminate in a degree nor is it anywhere near exhaustive. But every field and segment of society can benefit from having a GIS trained professional, whether it's a technician, analyst, developer or cartographer, designer type. It's just a staff spot that needs to be field either by a dedicated staffer or a contractor. Besides demographics, science, weather, urban planning, etc.... ; Politics, journalism and think tanks, activism and business all want to create the maps that the world lives by in order to shape the world. Be ethical and transparent with all your data, backing, sourcing. It's so easy to lie with data and maps. 2 cents.
It's a terrible career. I can't find a job. I've been doing this work for four years. All I've ever found is contracts that pay minimum wage or barely more than that. It's extremely competitive, hundreds of people apply to the positions i apply for. Each posting is different requiring different and very specific skillsets, which further reduce your options when applying. There aren't even jobs to apply for. DO NOT GET INTO THIS LINE OF WORK NO MATTER HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE ABOUT IT! I've been looking for work for over a year, I've had two interviews in that time. In two months I'll be homeless. I've wasted so much time and thousands upon thousands of dollars keeping this raft of a career afloat. My education was a huge waste of time and money and is nothing but a pit of debt I can never pull myself out of. Don't let the college and university recruiters lie to you.
I just want a stable job that allows me to pay my rent and transportation. I don’t want a degree because I’ve not done well in school. Would a Geographic Information Systems - Certificate allow me to get a stable job?
I agree to statement that people dont understand the technicality of waht we do in GIS. This becomes a problem when we have non-gis project managers for conservation projects as they dont understand the vastness of GIS..
Before I started in GIS I was going to school for accounting and actually took a job on a survery crew for a summer. The knowledge I gained through that one summer on the survey crew has been immensely valuable as I have built my GIS career, starting with a consulting firm doing a lot of city utility work, up to now working for a city doing GIS and Asset Management. I still look back at that one summer as really a building block for my whole career, seeing a lot of the features/assets in the field has help me my whole career!
