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Update to this thread. I was just scrolling on Craigslist jobs 1.5 years ago. I searched "Tempe" as it's the suburb of Phoenix where I live. Saw an ad that caught my eye.
It was for a commercial painting company estimator. Some construction experience? Yes. Can you read blue prints? Yes. Good with numbers? Yes. Hmmm... Sent off my resume and found myself having lunch with the owner of the commercial painting company the next day. Got an offer letter a few hours after that lunch. Hey, LeeH... what do you do?
Glad you asked... basically, I run through numerous RFP (request for proposals) that come in via email looking for jobs that work well for our company. If I like it, I download the blueprints and run through them to assess the surfaces, finishes, size, location, etc. If that all looks good, I use a piece of software to measure the square footage of the spaces from the blueprints and use those figures to create an estimate in another piece of software. Since I spend all day paging through blueprints, I've learned much about how buildings go together. We're a small company and mostly work in offices, warehouses, retails stores.... we've painted over 80 Starbucks in and around Phoenix. I get paid decently and the owner appreciates my accounting background as I also cleaned up some messy books and maintain those, too. Pretty cool job to have as I near retirement. Owner is laid back and flexible. If I need to be off for any reason, I just go.
So, yeah... picking up a new gig is possible, even for us older folks!
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Lee
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