One of my favorite topics here is SketchUp as a Hobby. I thought it might be insightful to do a thread on SketchUp as a Career. So my question is, for a person that loves using SketchUp as a Hobby, what are some potential career paths? Anyone who uses SketchUp in their career please chip in. I t…

@Explore3D , That’s an interesting keyboard solution, I can see how useful it would be in a variety of situations. I think there is a lot of room to develop new business methods that better utilize the strengths of people to create better business “fit,” and in that would include autism’s variety of…

https://www.sba.gov/contracting/government-contracting-programs/8a-business-development-program GIS, BIM contracts for GSA if anyone runs with this idea… i need a job :slight_smile: re: autism NSF Grant could be utilized for Autistics to learn how to build components for SketchUp and add meta d…

My previous job was the one where I introduced SketchUp to everyone. I was there for 9 years, and a couple years after I started was when I learned it and got them to buy me a copy. When I was on the hunt for another job, the job posting mentioned “SketchUp and Autocad” as the software of choice. So…

[image] jesse_s: I like your idea about providing services to other firms. It takes a lot of work to set out from scratch like that, and I can see that you put a lot into your website and your work. I know someone who did similar work on the side while working for a architecture firm. He does…

@josephkim626 , of course, and it’s common to have to cut back on freelancing an side work when the demands of the day job and family come first. I often want to create a site to allow people to pick up SketchUp work on the side, but I worry about commoditizing 3d modeling and visualization the way …

@josephkim626 , There’s a saying that is used to describe my personality type, “the difficult we do every day, the impossible takes a little longer.” I think this is one of those problems. I would like an opportunity for those with the ability to do high quality work to earn a reasonable rate. They…

Hey Alex, Which climbing company out of curiosity? I’ve seen some from Walltopia, but I rarely see detailed drawings.

I work for a company called The Highgate Group. In addition to building our own climbing walls, we sell Entre-Prises walls in Australia, and we are the exclusive provider for Clip and Climb, which comes from New Zealand.

ah cool! I asked because I use to work in climbing gyms and always wondered what the wall companies were using to design their walls.

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josephkim626 February 25, 2016, 8:34pm 21

yeah. There are some freelancing websites available, but they hardly every pay you the quality that you bring on board. I suppose if you are just starting off, you will be able to get some experience there.

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