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But I don't want to do that. I could but I don't want to..
Anyway. Thanks for your answers guys, guess I'm going to college after high school.
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Anyway. Thanks for your answers guys, guess I'm going to college after high school.
CM1995
I also was given this lecture growing up by my father and I would have to say it's been some of the best advice ever. I also was just like you at your age all I wanted to do was operate, but I also wanted to be in charge of projects. I went to college and got a 4 year degree in CM. When I graduated I had 3 offers to go work for excavating/heavy highway contractors in supervision including one being Granite Construction. At the age of 22 I would have never been considered by one of this companies without a degree. My present job I do everything from operate, foreman, superintendant just depends on the work load or season, but they keep me busy year round unlike alot of operators.
I would definately advice getting a degree of some sort, and getting all the education everybody else says. My number one advice would be at a young age get all the experience you can laboring and operating during the summer or when ever, with some real outfits and be a go getter. When I graduated employers all looked at my work experience at a young age. I lot guys I graduated with in CM had no construction experience except maybe the internships where the where assist's (errand boys).
Plus having working experience will help gain respect from older works. At my currennt job we have a older foreman that hates young people with college degrees telling him what to do. My first year was on a large highway project and I didn't hardly ever run equipment. After that job I did a number of smaller job where I ran equipment, that older foreman saw me take a 300EX down the side of a river bank and work and seen I can get jobs down just as fast as him and now he's best buds with me
Lifes full opportunites, good luck!
I also was given this lecture growing up by my father and I would have to say it's been some of the best advice ever. I also was just like you at your age all I wanted to do was operate, but I also wanted to be in charge of projects. I went to college and got a 4 year degree in CM. When I graduated I had 3 offers to go work for excavating/heavy highway contractors in supervision including one being Granite Construction. At the age of 22 I would have never been considered by one of this companies without a degree. My present job I do everything from operate, foreman, superintendant just depends on the work load or season, but they keep me busy year round unlike alot of operators.
I would definately advice getting a degree of some sort, and getting all the education everybody else says. My number one advice would be at a young age get all the experience you can laboring and operating during the summer or when ever, with some real outfits and be a go getter. When I graduated employers all looked at my work experience at a young age. I lot guys I graduated with in CM had no construction experience except maybe the internships where the where assist's (errand boys).
Plus having working experience will help gain respect from older works. At my currennt job we have a older foreman that hates young people with college degrees telling him what to do. My first year was on a large highway project and I didn't hardly ever run equipment. After that job I did a number of smaller job where I ran equipment, that older foreman saw me take a 300EX down the side of a river bank and work and seen I can get jobs down just as fast as him and now he's best buds with me
Lifes full opportunites, good luck!
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My father is a business man.
Anyway, thanks for all the answers again, my parents said I can do what I want and have stopped pushing me to become a retarded lawyer. :notworthy ointhead
stretch
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[-Agent-];80396 said:My father is a business man.
A Lawyer? Uhoh...
Both my father and grandpa are businessmen. Grandpa got Civil Enignering/Land Surveying degrees decades ago and they're still valuable today as he not only consults us on our projects but also gives advice to his younger counterparts. My dad went to college for a few years but never graduated. However, he is probably tied for second for the most successful (financially) of his siblings because he followed the advice of his more-educated father and then took over the family business. Now I am getting postitioned to finish high school and proceed to college, where I plan to get a CE degree, and then take over the family business (and expand into excavating and construction, of course).
Always make yourself ready to learn something and always do your best. This is probably why my father told me that he and grandpa are educating me more than my brother or any of my cousins: because I always made it look like I wanted to learn something new. Sure, it may get a bit boring with all the lecturing, but all of those random lessons make you open-minded to the world, opinions, and others' thoughts and ideas. Don't be afraid to ask your parents, grandparents, relatives, or others about their education and venture out into the world armed with knowledge and experience.
In my opinion, get a college degree, it will be invaluable throughout your life. Companies will look first for those people who have degrees because they are most likely those who are more competent and intelligent. People will look up to you and years from now you can give your grandchildren lectures!
(Hmmm...maybe some of it doesn't pertain to degrees but it's all good education advice that I've figured out or learned over the years.)
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A Lawyer? Uhoh...
Yeah they wanted me to be a lawyer, or own a company, I said I would own my own construction company one day and be some millionaire that still sits on equipment all day.
But I have been running equipment for 5 years now, what did they expect when they told that operator I could sit on his lap??? :beatsme
stretch
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[-Agent-];80504 said:
LOL Agree with the millionaire one...but until then we gotta start small like everyone else once did. I know I have to.
And I haven't had a chance to run stuff yet...looking for a summer job with a friend of my dad's who may give an apprenticeship or something to me and let me operate/work on equipment...and direct traffic :spaz Probably not a good idea....
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COPPA
We could sneak onto a site real quite like, bring in 50 trailers, steal the equipment, repaint them all. And start a company. :guns :badidea
But yeah, I have been running equipment since I was 6. But what did they expect saying yes I could. :beatsme
But I already know allot of companies around here looking for operators.
stretch
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[-Agent-];80541 said:
"Umm...yeah, we got them all at a Ritchie Brothers aution...had the RB overhaul and everything."
Yeah, although homebuilding is hurting, there are a lot of 60 and over complexes, road reconstruction, commercial/industrial projects going on and the companies are especially looking for those with a construction background and a related dgree. But I still can't convince my dad to get out of homebuilding! I guess it's what we supposedly do best (ummm...somewhat).