re: LSU - Construction Management

It’s a super practical degree with a high likelihood of job placement at graduation especially with petrochemical heavy industry in backyard.

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The guys who own the company and manage plumbers electricians, make the real money

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that is correct. And ya ain’t gonna do that working industrial. Commercial contracting (2-3 guys in the office, 4-6 guys in the field) is the fastest way to wealth that I know of. I went from flat broke to retiring from 2006-2024.

there’s a CM graduate in my office that’s about to take over and he will be wealthy in ten years

Class of 81; retired for eight years now.

Recommend.

Graduated in 2019. Job placement for graduates is near 100%. I went the commercial GC route, not industrial though. You work long hours and plenty of weekends, but the pay is good. Not many jobs can offer 100+ 3-4 years after college.

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He's working as a pipefitter helper with Turner and wants to get into industrial upper management.

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I've been in this industry for decades. Construction management is one of the best value degrees one can get in South Louisiana imo. I know guys with a construction management degree making 200k/year. I will mention that it's easier to transfer/hire new than to move up in this field. For example, if one is a good foreman, they will be less likely to be promoted to superintendent than hire outside. Or if one is a good superintendent they will be less likely be promoted to PM than hire outside. This is one of the few jobs where experience doesn't necessarily help (at least early on). For some reason this industry doesn't make it easy for one to advance from blue collar to management. But if he is good at his job then he will make good money regardless. But for the short term, he will most likely have to transfer to a competitor (probably more than once) to maximize his earnings.

No they don’t. Almost ALL of those companies live week to week

Plumbing companies
HVAC companies
Painting companies
Electrical Companies

Etc all live week to week with very low profits made for their businesses.

Sure, a national chain like Mr Sparky or RotoRutor or Stanley Steamer does well but Bob’s Plumber - mom and pop local home service businesses don’t make shite for the business owners

Stack it with an MBA and you can easily be a six figure earner before age 28.

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FLTech

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How many times have you fallen off scaffolding and landed on your head?

Probably a lot more than you which is why I know a lot of shite that you don't.

Every single small Home Service business I know has been struggling BIG Time the past 3 years. It's the #1 complaint I hear from them

If they don't pay $30-$40/hrs for legit tradesmen then they don't have employees - Having to make $20k/week just for payroll, not counting rent or mortgage/insurance/supplies/ etc etc etc - it's a very thin margin for those business owners to make any decent profit owning those types of businesses.

So if you want to make money in the future but too fricking dumb and/or lazy to go to college, learn a trade when you are young or you are going to be toast. When you are a legit tradesman for these types of companies, you can do well - But to say that the actual owners of the businesses are doing well financially tells me that you have zero experience in running a business.

Every Trades business I know who does commercial and residential don't even bother with Commercial anymore because they all pay like shite with their monthly pay apps, net terms, etc. They are all scammers and do everything they can to not pay their trades. In other words, most commercial contractors are fricking scumbags.