Great Resignation

• "Above all else, creating an environment that encourages collaboration, teamwork and recognizes performance is key"-[1]
• Flexibility is key. Getting control of one's life. [2]
• Average construction pay is - California construction workers bring in some of the highest salaries in the country, with an average hourly wage of $21.26.
• US. construction is sprawling, employing roughly 5% of the nation’s workforce (7.3 million employees) at some 680,000 firms, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
• But if you are one of those unemployed Americans willing to try, be forewarned: entry level construction workers are not what many firms are looking for. You have to know what you’re doing.
• Flint, Michigan-based American Metal Roofs, said he tried to fill 10 positions last year for seven residential roofing crews throughout Michigan. It took him more than 6 months—despite paying his employees bounties for bringing in successful new hires. “A third of our applicants can’t read the tape measure,” he said.
• This is the secret about construction that many people don’t get: positions that typically pay good money require technical knowledge and significant training, while others can mandate certifications and college degrees.
• 2019, construction careers paid laborers on average $42,320 a year; carpenters took home $53,150, while managers earned $103,960, according to the BLS. Certifications differ for trades like electricians and plumbers, as well as for types of construction such as residential, commercial and industrial. Training time varies from 4-week introductory courses to two-year trade school certificates
• When you say 300,000 available jobs, they’re not all skilled labor—but many of them are,” said Ed Brady, president and CEO of the Home Builders Institute, a non-profit training program associated with the NAHB.
• Nathan Barry, dean of career and technical education at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, said instructor salaries need a boost, too. His 1,000-student education center offers courses ranging from civil engineering and architecture to electrical welding and construction management. Some trade-school faculty can easily make six figures working in construction rather than teaching, Barry explained.
• Imagine a 15-year-old telling mom and dad, ‘Well, I think I want to be a plumber.’ Mom and dad are going to say, ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but let’s have higher aspirations.’” Meanwhile, some 70% of plumbing is new construction and starting plumbers make $50,000-60,000 a year—using cameras and an iPad to do much of the work.
• 20% of Labor is in industry, 80 in services [3]
• Engineer vs developer. Engineer also involves system architecture, but a developer programs and does project resoirce allocation, not product research allocation. [4]
• Product manager vs engineer - [Engineers and product managers work together every day to achieve the same goals, but the two roles have different responsibilities involving different mindsets. Fundamentally, product managers are responsible for the “what” and “why” while engineers are responsible for the “how” and the “when”.]