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Ismael Valdez

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Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And I hate calling myself an influencer. It pisses me off, honestly. And I don't even know if we're supposed to cuss on these, and I apologize.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Okay, I'll make sure we clean. But look, what do you think we should be focused on as the lead drivers inside the industry, which obviously you're huge in the industry and you guys are all huge in the industry. What do you think we should all focus on to being able to solve the biggest problem, which is the labor shortage?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Okay, I'll make sure we clean. But look, what do you think we should be focused on as the lead drivers inside the industry, which obviously you're huge in the industry and you guys are all huge in the industry. What do you think we should all focus on to being able to solve the biggest problem, which is the labor shortage?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Okay, I'll make sure we clean. But look, what do you think we should be focused on as the lead drivers inside the industry, which obviously you're huge in the industry and you guys are all huge in the industry. What do you think we should all focus on to being able to solve the biggest problem, which is the labor shortage?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

They're all dirty, luck too hard, luck cracks.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

They're all dirty, luck too hard, luck cracks.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

They're all dirty, luck too hard, luck cracks.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And there's massive wealth. Oh, my goodness. Massive wealth. There's massive wealth to be done in the trades. And that's the one thing that I think we're missing. And we're not being loud enough. You know who the loudest people are right now? You know who the loudest people are right now? The AI and the tech companies. That's why everybody wants to work for them. Who wants to work for Facebook?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And there's massive wealth. Oh, my goodness. Massive wealth. There's massive wealth to be done in the trades. And that's the one thing that I think we're missing. And we're not being loud enough. You know who the loudest people are right now? You know who the loudest people are right now? The AI and the tech companies. That's why everybody wants to work for them. Who wants to work for Facebook?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And there's massive wealth. Oh, my goodness. Massive wealth. There's massive wealth to be done in the trades. And that's the one thing that I think we're missing. And we're not being loud enough. You know who the loudest people are right now? You know who the loudest people are right now? The AI and the tech companies. That's why everybody wants to work for them. Who wants to work for Facebook?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Who wants to work for Google? Who wants to work for Amazon? Who wants to work for these new AI companies? Everybody wants to work for them. We need to be a way. Gotta get loud. We got to get louder. We got to get louder. Hey, you can make two, three hundred, four hundred thousand dollars as a plumber, as an electrician, as an HVAC tech, as a solar rep.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Who wants to work for Google? Who wants to work for Amazon? Who wants to work for these new AI companies? Everybody wants to work for them. We need to be a way. Gotta get loud. We got to get louder. We got to get louder. Hey, you can make two, three hundred, four hundred thousand dollars as a plumber, as an electrician, as an HVAC tech, as a solar rep.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Who wants to work for Google? Who wants to work for Amazon? Who wants to work for these new AI companies? Everybody wants to work for them. We need to be a way. Gotta get loud. We got to get louder. We got to get louder. Hey, you can make two, three hundred, four hundred thousand dollars as a plumber, as an electrician, as an HVAC tech, as a solar rep.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

You can make that much money your first, second, third year here. Right. That's what we need to do as as that's the responsibility we have as as the face of the industry to be louder. The loudest one is who attracts the labor. Right. What do you think?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

You can make that much money your first, second, third year here. Right. That's what we need to do as as that's the responsibility we have as as the face of the industry to be louder. The loudest one is who attracts the labor. Right. What do you think?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

You can make that much money your first, second, third year here. Right. That's what we need to do as as that's the responsibility we have as as the face of the industry to be louder. The loudest one is who attracts the labor. Right. What do you think?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

So I was just talking to our about this. I had lunch with them last week and we were talking about this, the labor shortage. And, you know, I'm telling him, hey, your biggest problem at Service Titan is not your biggest problem is not acquiring new clients. Your biggest problem from, you know, a million miles of view is

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

So I was just talking to our about this. I had lunch with them last week and we were talking about this, the labor shortage. And, you know, I'm telling him, hey, your biggest problem at Service Titan is not your biggest problem is not acquiring new clients. Your biggest problem from, you know, a million miles of view is

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

So I was just talking to our about this. I had lunch with them last week and we were talking about this, the labor shortage. And, you know, I'm telling him, hey, your biggest problem at Service Titan is not your biggest problem is not acquiring new clients. Your biggest problem from, you know, a million miles of view is

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Is that you're going to get capped off with the amount of technicians you have in the industry because, you know, it's a paid per technician service. So we need to fix this as a whole. Right. So how do we talk to our how do we talk to the 20, 25 year olds that don't know what to do? How do we talk to the 18 year olds that don't know what to do? That's the problem we need to solve.