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GAIA RESOURCES


                                               A Career in Spatial
                                                    Piers Higgs




Presented at Curtin University, 9th May 2012
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What have I done?      • Student

  • Student              • Field Assistant

  • GIS Trainer          • Data Manager

  • Contractor           • Ecologist

  • GIS Programmer       • Student

  • Project Manager      • Consultant

  • Business Developer   • Director
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  Some of the best bits?
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What got me there?

  • I had a good reputation

  • I understood “spatial”

  • I understood “environment”

  • I knew what I didn‟t know

  • I was willing to learn

  • The value of spatial was understood
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  Some more of the best bits?
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What got me there?

  • I had a good reputation

  • I understood what my clients do for a living

  • I did the „right thing‟ by my clients

  • I learned things I didn‟t understand

  • Hired the right people – that share the same desires
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What advice would I give?

  • Pick a stream…



                              Spatial Software
                                Engineering




                              Spatial Analysis
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What advice would I give?

  • Pick a stream…

  • Spatial Software Engineering – learn some
    Computer Science principles and technologies

  • Spatial Analysis – learn some domain knowledge in
    an area you are interested in…

 Geology     Botany              EIA (Murdoch)
        Surveying      Archaeology       Biology
 Geography    Planning      Coastal Geomorphology
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What advice would I give?

  • You will not know everything you need to succeed
    throughout your career by the end of University

  “The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the
  most, but little compared with that of which we are
  ignorant.” (Plato)
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  What advice would I give?

  • Your reputation is your biggest asset

  “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five
  minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do
  things differently.” (Warren Buffett)
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  Questions?

  • Ask away, or drop me a line…

  Piers Higgs
  piers@gaiaresources.com.au
  0411 754 006

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SSSI YP Lunchbox Presentation

  • 1. GAIA RESOURCES A Career in Spatial Piers Higgs Presented at Curtin University, 9th May 2012
  • 2. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  • 3. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What have I done? • Student • Student • Field Assistant • GIS Trainer • Data Manager • Contractor • Ecologist • GIS Programmer • Student • Project Manager • Consultant • Business Developer • Director
  • 4. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  • 5. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL Some of the best bits?
  • 6. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What got me there? • I had a good reputation • I understood “spatial” • I understood “environment” • I knew what I didn‟t know • I was willing to learn • The value of spatial was understood
  • 7. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL Some more of the best bits?
  • 8. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What got me there? • I had a good reputation • I understood what my clients do for a living • I did the „right thing‟ by my clients • I learned things I didn‟t understand • Hired the right people – that share the same desires
  • 9. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What advice would I give? • Pick a stream… Spatial Software Engineering Spatial Analysis
  • 10. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What advice would I give? • Pick a stream… • Spatial Software Engineering – learn some Computer Science principles and technologies • Spatial Analysis – learn some domain knowledge in an area you are interested in… Geology Botany EIA (Murdoch) Surveying Archaeology Biology Geography Planning Coastal Geomorphology
  • 11. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What advice would I give? • You will not know everything you need to succeed throughout your career by the end of University “The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.” (Plato)
  • 12. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL What advice would I give? • Your reputation is your biggest asset “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.” (Warren Buffett)
  • 13. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL
  • 14. A CAREER WITH SPATIAL Questions? • Ask away, or drop me a line… Piers Higgs piers@gaiaresources.com.au 0411 754 006