I've got a couple of degrees on the wall and I've worked my way into a low level management position with the government. I've been here long enough that I'm eligible to retire this year. I am seriously considering bailing out and going back into the trade for the next 5 or 10 years. My father-in-law erected precast buildings in my town most of his life. To this day, we drive around town and he occasionally points at a building and says, "I built that." It may mean something to say you made the company a million dollars but there is just a different kind of satisfaction when you look at some thing and think, "I'm a part of that."
[This message has been edited by Big Jim (edited 09-11-2003).]
