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Back in '08, I had to pick between a tower crane gig downtown or a mobile crane job on the highway project. Went with the highway.
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drew_hart423d ago
Funny how @the_fiona brings up the money. Sure, tower cranes pay well, but that highway job gave you something better: a story. You can actually point at a stretch of road and say you built that. Try doing that with the 40th floor of some glass box nobody remembers. The view from up there might be great, but the legacy is pretty thin.
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the_fiona23d ago
That highway project must have been huge. Did you ever look back and wonder how the tower crane career path would have gone? Tbh the money on those big downtown builds can be wild.
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mark_ward23d ago
Honestly, who doesn't think about the money at first? I totally did. But working on that highway changed my mind. You drive past something you helped make every single day, and it actually matters to people. A fancy condo just doesn't give you that same feeling, even if the paycheck was bigger.
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