I Want To Get In Construction And Am Looking For Advice

Originally Posted by constrctonomics

I worked for a land development civil engineering for two years before going to grad school for construction managment. It is correct that job site folk don't like nerdy college grads, but that I changing. I would try to get on a big project with a lot of structural steel or concrete and be the technical expert for those parts of the building. You'll have to learn the contracting and management side, but I think that will come with time.

I thought consulting engineering was boring as well.