Is quantity surveying a good job?

A career as a quantity surveyor is a good job if you are interested in numbers, negotiation, and construction. You get to be involved in construction projects from start to finish without having to do manual labor. You get to spend time on project sites, but your time on-site and outdoors balances out with the time that you work in an office doing research and crunching numbers. As a quantity surveyor, you are a management level employee in the construction industry.