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Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:18 pm
Is anybody here a project manager, superintendent, or assistant of either?
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Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:19 pm to DoubleDawg22
No, but I occasionally hire and fire them. What's up?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:31 pm to deeprig9
You must own a construction company?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:35 pm to DoubleDawg22
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You must own a construction company?
No, I hire and fire them.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:35 pm to DoubleDawg22
Need to give some context so we can make fun of you, give you some shite, then give you a little advice.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:36 pm to DoubleDawg22
I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. What's up?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:40 pm to DoubleDawg22
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Is anybody here a project manager, superintendent, or assistant of either?
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:50 pm to DoubleDawg22
This whole thing seems custy.
Sounds like he's trying to get away with something.
Sounds like he's trying to get away with something.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 3:57 pm to deeprig9
Just looking at career options and considering these. Trying to gain some information from wise counsel.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:04 pm to DoubleDawg22
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Trying to gain some information from wise arse counsel.
FIFY
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:13 pm to DoubleDawg22
Do you have a trade/skill?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:14 pm to deeprig9
No, whatever I decide, i’ll go back to school for. Just trying to get it right.
This post was edited on 10/18/17 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:24 pm to DoubleDawg22
I own a plumbing/remediation company... didn't go to school for it though. I got a defeee in something similar. Experience is the true degree.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 4:33 pm to Kneehigh
I’ve heard that as well.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:02 pm to DoubleDawg22
If you only have book-learnin' then you'll lose the job search to a cute girl with the same book learnin' every time.
If you have some experience you can apply to your book learnin', you can do well.
But anything in construction is feast or famine.
Right now is feast.
Economy is cyclical.
There will be a famine.
That's some broad general advice. I could give you more specific advice if you had a more specific question.
If you have some experience you can apply to your book learnin', you can do well.
But anything in construction is feast or famine.
Right now is feast.
Economy is cyclical.
There will be a famine.
That's some broad general advice. I could give you more specific advice if you had a more specific question.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:08 pm to DoubleDawg22
In my opinion, the last skilled trade left that isn't being completely taken over by Mexicans is telecom and electrical.
With even 2 years of applied construction experience as an apprentice or helper in either of those trades, while getting a construction mgmt degree of some sort, you could do well.
But as a telco tradesmen, you would decide construction sucks and you want to get into networking, then you find yourself changing your major to networking.
Then you find out all the network admins have been outsourced to India, so you go back to school to get some security certificates for IT security, cuz that's where the money is, but by the time you finish that, IT security has also been outsourced to India and AI, and so on and so forth.
What do you do now? What is your age?
With even 2 years of applied construction experience as an apprentice or helper in either of those trades, while getting a construction mgmt degree of some sort, you could do well.
But as a telco tradesmen, you would decide construction sucks and you want to get into networking, then you find yourself changing your major to networking.
Then you find out all the network admins have been outsourced to India, so you go back to school to get some security certificates for IT security, cuz that's where the money is, but by the time you finish that, IT security has also been outsourced to India and AI, and so on and so forth.
What do you do now? What is your age?
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:14 pm to Kneehigh
I live in a rural county - 20k people - and there is not ONE plumber here right now, not one, only a guy who moonlights after work. The point I’m making is there’s a killing to be made in skilled work. I tried to get my son to pursue a trade after school because he’s good at fixin’ stuff. He chose teaching/football coaching instead. Oh well.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:16 pm to DoubleDawg22
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project manager
frick construction for a PM....GMs do it or pay shite for this. Get into IT for PM and get your PMO.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:17 pm to deeprig9
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IT security has also been outsourced to India and AI, and so on and so forth.
InfoSec/IT Security is still a viable career path, but you do have to be selective about what organizations you look to work for... some organizations value it more than others... the ones that don't end up looking like Equifax at some point.
To rig's point, it's usually best to work backward from the job that you feel good about the long term prospects on if you're "re-inventing" yourself, or just starting out. Does it align with things that you excel at? Are the job conditions amenable to you? Get a good gauge as to what that looks like today as well as what it will look like for the next 10+ years (tough to plan farther than that... you'll shift gears along the way anyways). 5-10 year outlook on the job should at least confirm you're not going down a complete dead end in most cases.
Posted on 10/18/17 at 5:49 pm to DoubleDawg22
I am an electrical project manager for a company just outside of Atlanta. I went through the IBEW’s apprentice program which is 5 years. Good thing about this prorgan you get the book training and on the job training at the same time as you only atttend class for 8 hours every other week
There is a high demand for electricians right now in the area. We have been trying to get qualified electricians for over a year and most of them can’t pass a background check or drug test
There is a high demand for electricians right now in the area. We have been trying to get qualified electricians for over a year and most of them can’t pass a background check or drug test
This post was edited on 10/18/17 at 5:51 pm
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