Backgrounds--experience--lifestyle

[grumpee]

I dont even have a high school diploma. Hell I never even finished my freshman year .

[< <Samson> >]

I dont even have a high school diploma. Hell I never even finished my freshman year .

What do you do now?

[grumpee]

What do you do now?

Own a good sized construction company. Do work for some of the biggest home builders in the valley.

[< <Samson> >]

Own a good sized construction company. Do work for some of the biggest home builders in the valley.

Shit is starting to pick up around here.

That's cool, right on.

[The Bear 79]

Own a good sized construction company. Do work for some of the biggest home builders in the valley.

Good for you brother. Its always nice to see someone make it in spite of societies arrogant social prerequisites.

[Noles12]

Good for you brother. Its always nice to see someone make it in spite of societies arrogant social prerequisites.

Yes it is. If I had more faith in this being an option these days I would stop schooling as soon as possible.

The problem is anyone can get a degree nowadays from one of the numerous "colleges" that have popped up. It makes a degree almost necessary to start a career.

My father majored in Zoology simply because he liked animals and thought it would be easy. He has never worked with an animal a day in his life and is almost 60.

Came out of college and got a job with a large lumber company with no experience. A few years later he was a district manager. Eventually he opened his own truss company then a window business. THe window business became a multi million dollar business until the economy tanked and he and his partner spent money without worry thinking it was just a phase. The business failed and five years later he is in and out of construction sales