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I came here to say this. The newer generation are not craftsmen in the same ways as before. I'm a Software Engineer and it's the same mentality as somebody that

I came here to say this. The newer generation are not craftsmen in the same ways as before. I'm a Software Engineer and it's the same mentality as somebody that is a Carpenter (my friend's dad is a carpenter that I have asked a lot of questions to). The people that enjoy building and tinkering are more frequently doing this digitally. That is a big gap that isn't going to be filled as time goes on. "They don't make them like they used to" rings true.

conductr 4y ago
I hired a carpenter a few years ago and we became friends / stay in touch. He had just started his own company in 2018 and the work he did for me he did with a “helper”. By 2020, he ran 5 crews and jumped in where needed to help keep deadlines and whatnot. In 2022, he said he hasn’t picked up a hammer in over a year other than training his crews of which he now has 12. All the growth has been entirely word of mouth, they all drive plain white construction vehicles without his company branding on them and he has never marketed his company at all.
whiteboardr 4y ago
What i mean is that construction as a whole is a completely overlooked market. Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development in and for several industries for 20+ years. It’s highly complex but the user group is an overlooked and diverse set of people that have to put up with less than crappy solutions for getting their jobs done - for the chaos that is construction. So many opportunities and space for innovation that is not another food delivery service for meteopolitan areas but meaningful tools for people in dire need. Love it and encourage everyone to have a look.
- sbuk 4y ago
  The trouble with construction is the Autodesk monopoly. They are kings of EEE.
  - whiteboardr 4y ago
    There’s a whole lot more to it then what Autodesk offers…
    - dazc 4y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Report Latham identified industry inefficiencies, condemning existing industry practices as 'adversarial', 'ineffective', 'fragmented', 'incapable of delivering for its clients' and 'lacking respect for its employees'. From 1994, almost two decades later and not much has changed.
      - whiteboardr 4y ago
        Thank you. And yes - not much to almost nothing has changed.
- jventura 4y ago
  > Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development Doing construction work, or software development for construction companies?
  - whiteboardr 4y ago
    The latter.

conductr 4y ago

I hired a carpenter a few years ago and we became friends / stay in touch. He had just started his own company in 2018 and the work he did for me he did with a “helper”. By 2020, he ran 5 crews and jumped in where needed to help keep deadlines and whatnot. In 2022, he said he hasn’t picked up a hammer in over a year other than training his crews of which he now has 12. All the growth has been entirely word of mouth, they all drive plain white construction vehicles without his company branding on them and he has never marketed his company at all.

whiteboardr 4y ago

What i mean is that construction as a whole is a completely overlooked market. Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development in and for several industries for 20+ years. It’s highly complex but the user group is an overlooked and diverse set of people that have to put up with less than crappy solutions for getting their jobs done - for the chaos that is construction. So many opportunities and space for innovation that is not another food delivery service for meteopolitan areas but meaningful tools for people in dire need. Love it and encourage everyone to have a look.

sbuk 4y ago
The trouble with construction is the Autodesk monopoly. They are kings of EEE.
- whiteboardr 4y ago
  There’s a whole lot more to it then what Autodesk offers…
  - dazc 4y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham_Report Latham identified industry inefficiencies, condemning existing industry practices as 'adversarial', 'ineffective', 'fragmented', 'incapable of delivering for its clients' and 'lacking respect for its employees'. From 1994, almost two decades later and not much has changed.
    - whiteboardr 4y ago
      Thank you. And yes - not much to almost nothing has changed.
jventura 4y ago
> Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development Doing construction work, or software development for construction companies?
- whiteboardr 4y ago
  The latter.