United States – The Mold Diaries

What North Dakota Taught me about Opportunity Cost – Part 3

February 18, 2021United States, WorkLeave a Comment

The drilling crew was divided up into a night shift and a day shift, 12 hours each, 10 days on, 6days off. This work schedule made for some long work stints but was nice because it allowed for workers to stack up hours and overtime, as well as providing enough time (barely) to travel back…

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Job Fulfillment and Opportunity Cost in North Dakota part 2

January 18, 2021United States, WorkLeave a Comment

This is part 2 of a 3 part story about briefly working in the oil fields of North Dakota and eastern Montana. I have a lot of takeaways and lessons learned that I'll share after the story is complete. We continued to drop off applications and resumes at different offices throughout town and started putting…

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When I was first approached with the proposition of buying a mold inspection company, I had to first be educated that the industry even existed. Fresh out of business school, “Indoor Environmental Professional” was not on my list of dream career fields; it highlighted no particular passion or talent of mine; and to top it all off, it didn’t even sound interesting. Seven years later, after crawling through thousands of crawlspaces and attics, seeing entire homes literally consumed by mold, and meeting some fascinating people, I have learned a lot about job fulfillment, opportunity cost, and building and operating a business. This blog hopes to capture some of stories along the way.