Looking for a career that allows you to flex your EffTD muscles? Try the ever-popular "vocation vacation" known as General Contractor.
Wikipedia cites that a General Contractor is defined as follows:
A General contractor is a group or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction or renovation of a building, road or other structure. A general contractor is defined as such if it is the signatory as the builder of the prime construction contract for the project.
EffTD translation:
A General Contractor is in charge of making sure a structure or building does or does not get built, depending on what suits him or her.
That being said, many contractors do not take full advantage of their position and follow through on deadlines and other matters that contradict the EffTD philosphy. But the special few that do can make for that in spades.
Wikipedia also states:
Today contractors frequently participate in the design team effort by providing pre-design services where they will help in providing more accurate estimation of budget and scheduling during design to improve the over all economy of the project. Otherwise the General Contractor is hired just to build the building(s) at the close of the design phase. The owner, architect and General Contractor work closely together to meet deadlines and budget.
Again, the EffTD translation:
In many cases, the General Contractor can influence Eventualism throughout the whole building process, from design to construction, depending on how much clout they've built (as opposed to buildings they've built) and how much of the work is actually theirs to do. Otherwise, he or she will find many other ways to EffTD throughout the process they are involved in to ensure deadlines are stretched or disregarded altogether.
Again, I must stress that only a general contractor that is focussed on not doing things in a non-eventual manner can achieve the EffTD aspects of the job's definition. Hence, the difference between professions and prEFFessions.
To finish up, Wikipedia goes on by saying (or posting, I guess):
In some states, General Contractors for real estate construction are broken into a small number of sub-types. In Florida, for example, a Residential Contractor is a General Contractor; however, he or she is permitted only to oversee, coordinate, and be liable for codes (i.e., act as a General Contractor) for structures up to 4 stories in height.
The EffTD translation is as such:
You cannot EffTD as a General Contractor in Florida, as they have little to do anyway. This is because of the heat and Spring Break, in no particular order.
So if you're up to working hard at ensuring that the few and semi-proud General Contractors that EffTD continue their eventual tradition, this could be the prEFFession for you. If not, look into sub-contracting, which is less work – as evidenced by the use of the prefix "sub."
Next week's PrEFFession: Politician
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