05-18-2005, 10:19 PM
Mike Wrote:Oh man I'm laughing really hard right now.:?:
I wish we could compare the percentage of high school dropouts in the IT industry to those in the construction industry.
ROFL
Oh yeah guys? I guarantee I can run a mile faster than any of you! I guarantee I know more about data warehousing than any of you! I guarantee I can play the Tuba better than any of you! Oh yeah!?!!? My Dad can beat up your Dad!
Woooooooooooo!
Our company won't even pick up your resume unless you have a 4 year degree. I went through a month's worth of interviews and psychological testing (ha!) before I was offered this job. That goes for both production and sales. Most big builders are the same way. We subcontract our work out to other people, so your statement is partly correct. There are many people doing the actual building of homes that are not highly educated, but those are the people we hire. We're the bosses of those people.
This isn't the construction industry, this is the new homes industry. Smart people are making a lot of money off of the labor of uneducated workers. Still though, even those uneducated workers work a ton harder than most people in America do... and they make about 1/100th the salary.
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
