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Comment by knollimar

12 hours ago

If ypu do those for 15 years you are likely in management

Maybe in hacker news reality, not in the real world.

  • I do electrical work and have looked at data for my last 3 companies.

    10 years in you should be a foreman or something is wrong.

    • Some guys choose to do joruneyman work, but they typically have the option if they're not mute or something. It's a choice ij my experience (They like OT or working alone or hate travel)

  • Correct. Dozens or hundreds of workers for every manager or foreman.

    There's also a lot of owner/operator one-man shops.

    • Consider the turnover rate as an geometric series.

      Also 1 foreman in the electrical field runs effectively 50 guys max if good, and smaller sites might be 10 men to a foreman. I currently have 3 foreman running 5 to 6 guys each at my current company (2 close sites of 3)