Dr. John Deloney
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Please don't do this, Andrew. Please, please, please don't do this.
Please don't do this, Andrew. Please, please, please don't do this.
It's a long story, but he is not a naturalized citizen, but he's lived here his whole life. And so he's a recipient. He can go to college, go to U.S. college, but doesn't qualify for a lot of the aid packages that are reserved for citizens only. Gotcha. Okay. Now I'm catching up. And so you want to go into construction management?
It's a long story, but he is not a naturalized citizen, but he's lived here his whole life. And so he's a recipient. He can go to college, go to U.S. college, but doesn't qualify for a lot of the aid packages that are reserved for citizens only. Gotcha. Okay. Now I'm catching up. And so you want to go into construction management?
It's a long story, but he is not a naturalized citizen, but he's lived here his whole life. And so he's a recipient. He can go to college, go to U.S. college, but doesn't qualify for a lot of the aid packages that are reserved for citizens only. Gotcha. Okay. Now I'm catching up. And so you want to go into construction management?
Yep.
Yep.
Yep.
Okay, so hear me say this. I want you to go learn how to be an electrician, and I want you to learn construction science. I desperately want that because you're going to be one of the most in-demand people in the next 5 to 10 to 25 to 50 years, okay? That's a wonderful career field. I do not want you to get $75,000 in the hole, okay? What do you do now?
Okay, so hear me say this. I want you to go learn how to be an electrician, and I want you to learn construction science. I desperately want that because you're going to be one of the most in-demand people in the next 5 to 10 to 25 to 50 years, okay? That's a wonderful career field. I do not want you to get $75,000 in the hole, okay? What do you do now?
Okay, so hear me say this. I want you to go learn how to be an electrician, and I want you to learn construction science. I desperately want that because you're going to be one of the most in-demand people in the next 5 to 10 to 25 to 50 years, okay? That's a wonderful career field. I do not want you to get $75,000 in the hole, okay? What do you do now?
Have you gone down and checked out the local community college in your area that probably offers the exact same program for nothing?
Have you gone down and checked out the local community college in your area that probably offers the exact same program for nothing?
Have you gone down and checked out the local community college in your area that probably offers the exact same program for nothing?
Well, it can't. I promise you in 10 years, they're not going to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I know you can wire up this entire project, but we need to see that certification. No one's going to have time.
Well, it can't. I promise you in 10 years, they're not going to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I know you can wire up this entire project, but we need to see that certification. No one's going to have time.
Well, it can't. I promise you in 10 years, they're not going to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I know you can wire up this entire project, but we need to see that certification. No one's going to have time.
I want to double click on that because I think that might be one of the more profound shifts that's coming our way. And that is we have been told for 100 years to go get certified. Go have somebody else stamp you, whether it's an outside credential, whether it's an outside. And colleges have responded to this by coming up with credentials on any number of things that have never been credentialed.
I want to double click on that because I think that might be one of the more profound shifts that's coming our way. And that is we have been told for 100 years to go get certified. Go have somebody else stamp you, whether it's an outside credential, whether it's an outside. And colleges have responded to this by coming up with credentials on any number of things that have never been credentialed.
I want to double click on that because I think that might be one of the more profound shifts that's coming our way. And that is we have been told for 100 years to go get certified. Go have somebody else stamp you, whether it's an outside credential, whether it's an outside. And colleges have responded to this by coming up with credentials on any number of things that have never been credentialed.