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>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land 
>>> policy
>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the 
>>> construction
>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise, 
>>> they
>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who 
>>> are
>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>
>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in 
>>> the
>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>
>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>
>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned 
>>> in 1.
>>>
>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an 
>>> Architect,
>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not 
>>> really
>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper 
>>> models,
>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be your
>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to 
>>> trick
>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>> construction.
>>>
>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because 
>>> someone
>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you. 
>>> Alternatively,
>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would 
>>> be
>>> solved.
>>>
>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be 
>>> excused
>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look 
>>> for
>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you wish.
>>>
>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>> consider the followings:
>>>
>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>
>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may 
>>> force
>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works are
>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you 
>>> report
>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many people 
>>> who
>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation 
>>> and
>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects. The
>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and they 
>>> can
>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>
>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly. Rather 
>>> you
>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>
>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are smart. 
>>> You
>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you 
>>> are
>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The 
>>> constructions
>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you 
>>> in
>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of 
>>> your
>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not 
>>> an
>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>
>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your superiors
>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable 
>>> to
>>> improve themselves.
>>>
>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in 
>>> the
>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your 
>>> boss
>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his competitor.
>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you 
>>> for
>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that they 
>>> do
>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy' construction
>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the 
>>> personnel in
>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such 
>>> reasons
>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if 
>>> you
>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in 
>>> front
>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad 
>>> relationship".)
>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have 
>>> to
>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do 
>>> so
>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>
>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the related
>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding 
>>> your
>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with 
>>> the
>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may safeguard 
>>> you
>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the 
>>> safeguard
>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the standard
>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>> contractors.
>>>
>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of the
>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are just 
>>> for
>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>
>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even 
>>> chartered
>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or 
>>> engineers
>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have 
>>> paid
>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the 
>>> registered
>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>
>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are 
>>> training
>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats 
>>> for
>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the 
>>> Architects
>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the 
>>> Architects
>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly qualified
>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is 
>>> no
>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being 
>>> except
>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants 
>>> and
>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>
>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you 
>>> to
>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>
>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you 
>>> do
>>> not have the authority!
>>>
>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to 
>>> make
>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>
>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be 
>>> fired
>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>
>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to this
>>> fascinating industry.
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