I WAS GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER...UNTIL I FOUND CM 👷🔥

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Why it worked

The video taps into a common aspiration (high-paying STEM careers) and offers a compelling alternative that seems more dynamic and less desk-bound, appealing to viewers who might share similar preferences.

Summary

The creator explains their pivot from an intended engineering career to construction management, highlighting how CM offers a blend of technical and people skills with high pay and job security. They express gratitude for finding this career path and offer to share more information on how to get into it.

Structure

1Intended to be an engineer
2Realized engineering was a mistake
3Chose construction management instead
4Explains the benefits of CM (technical + people skills, pay, security)
5Offers to share more about the career path

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CM (Construction Management) ACTS - it is presented as a career path that blends technical skills with people skills and management, offering high pay and job security. Removing it would change the topic of the video. The video also shows a tablet being used on a construction site, which is part of the CM role.

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This is my exact pivot on how I got into Construction management. What do you guys think?

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I WAS GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER...UNTIL I FOUND CM 👷🔥 ($134k+) At the beginning I almost made a massive mistake and picked engineering over construction project management you why. If you're anything like me, like math and science kind of guy. You really aligned thought the only way was engineering. Well, I didn't Well, I didn't really wanna go full into engineering cause to be myself working behind a desk and a computer my entire life. so grateful I and construction project management Which blends that technical side with the people skills and people management. Which essentially it is all together in one career same high paying engineering and the same job security with crazy pivots. with crazy pivots. high rises? that. You wanna build custom homes in California? that. Do you new bridge project in the Outer Banks? You can do all construction management. So grateful I found this career. single day how it and how to excel. Follow for more.

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At the beginning I almost made a massive mistake and picked engineering over construction project management. Let me tell you why. If you're anything like me, like math and science kind of guy. You really aligned thought the only way was engineering. Well, I didn't really wanna go full into engineering cause to be myself working behind a desk and a computer my entire life. So grateful I and construction project management. Which blends that technical side with the people skills and people management. Which essentially it is all together in one career same high paying engineering and the same job security with crazy pivots. with crazy pivots. high rises? that. You wanna build custom homes in California? that. Do you new bridge project in the Outer Banks? You can do all construction management. So grateful I found this career. single day how it and how to excel. Follow for more.