#221: Live from the Builder's Show: Straight Talk about the Construction Business

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🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Patrick and Justin talk with Home Advisor's economist Mischa Fisher about the skilled trade gap and what we can do about it. They also discussed concrete things you can do to improve your construction business.

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0:00.0	You know, economists do a lot of applied statistics, so we, you know, program things on computers.
0:10.2	And I know a lot of software engineers and other people who do what I do.
0:13.5	A whole bunch of us do woodworking on our spare time.
0:16.2	I don't know any woodworkers who program on their spare time.
0:19.4	Right.
0:19.7	Because one's a lot more fun than the other, I'm not more rewarding.
0:28.1	Welcome to the Fine Home Building Podcast, recorded live at the International Builders Show in Sunny
0:32.5	Las Vegas. I love saying Sunny Las Vegas.
0:34.4	Is it actually sunny outside? I don't even know. There's no windows in here.
0:38.1	So this is the fourth in a series of live recordings.
0:42.1	We're going here at the show.
0:43.3	And right now we are here with Justin Fink, editorial director.
0:46.1	Hello?
0:46.8	And Misha Fisher.
0:48.7	Hey.
0:49.1	Who's an economist with Home Advisor.
0:51.0	Is that right?
0:51.5	That's right.
0:52.0	Yeah, we're at the Home Advisor booth.
0:56.9	I'm really interested in what you do,
1:00.4	but can you first tell me a little bit about what your company does?
1:01.0	Sure.
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