He Left DuPont for a Trade. Eight Years Later He Runs the Equipment.
Eric Smith is an operator at Lang Masonry. He has been here a little over eight years. Before that he worked at DuPont. “I used to work at DuPont, and I got out of that, and I was looking to get into something else and found Lang.” If you are in your thirties or forties […]
35 Years, One Ladder: From the Career Center to Superintendent
Danny has been at Lang Masonry for 35 years. He is a superintendent. On site, most people call him Skippy. He did not go to college. He went to the career center. “Started right out of high school. Went to the career center, learned to do masonry, started as labor, went to an operator, then […]
Eight Years, One Company, and a Trade That Kept Giving Him Room to Grow
Romain Velazquez is a master mason at Lang Masonry. He has been with the company about eight years. He did not start there. “You can start as a helper, a laborer, like a lot of people have done, like I did too.” That sentence is worth sitting with if you are weighing your options right […]
The One Job AI Can’t Take: Why Jordan Shepherd Bet on Construction
Every week there’s another headline about a job getting automated away. Software, customer service, analysis, even parts of law and medicine. It’s enough to make anyone starting out wonder what’s actually safe to build a life on. Jordan Shepherd already has his answer. “Construction’s one of the only jobs you know that AI is never […]
From Laborer to General Superintendent: 20 Years in Masonry with Matt Kincaid
Most career advice assumes you know where you’re going before you start. Matt Kincaid didn’t. He finished school, needed work, and took a job as a laborer at Lang Masonry. That was twenty years ago. Today he’s General Superintendent, and he has his eye on running the company. His path is worth walking through in […]
From Laborer to Vice President: Shawn McLean’s 22 Years at Lang Masonry
When people picture a career path, they usually picture a diploma first and a job second. Shawn McLean’s path ran the other direction, and it worked out fine. Shawn is Lang Masonry’s Vice President of Operations. He has been with the company for 22 years. He did not start there. He started with a trowel […]
