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id: 2025-11-11T06:06:00-0500
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title: 2025-11-11 06:06:??
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tags:
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- original-format/typewritten-print
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- topic/estimating
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daily: "[[2025-11-11]]"
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---
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# 2025-11-11 06:06:??
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_Tuesday Morning, Before Work_
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One of the most appealing aspects of [[construction-estimating]]
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to me is the dynamic we have with our employers.
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my experience was at [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]] that estimators act like,
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and are treated like good artists, like loveable
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little scamps who always get into trouble, but
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you keep them around because they do good work.
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There was no other position with a similar reputation.
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I attribute this strange relationship to two
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facts of our role:
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1. Estimating provides executives with a service,
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one that they could almost do without, but that they
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understand the value of paying for.
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2. Estimating is just math-heavy enough that it
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seems like magic to the uninitiated.
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In these ways we're actually more like court
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wizards than artists, which is an understandably
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desirable position.
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