For the young folks that do hear this, how you do one thing is how you do everything.

So like I told Jude when he was plugging holes in the Treks decking that, hey, I know this is kind of monotonous, but this task is just as important as this other task I'm doing because it all has to get done and it all has to be done well.

So just keep that in mind and give everything your best shot and you'll go a long way in life.

Welcome to the final episode of the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our discussion

with building industry professionals.

This is Fine Home Building, Contributing Editor and Production Manager at TDS Custom

Construction, Ian Schwant. Today I'm joined by contractor

Andy Steele of FRS Builders in Worcesterborough, North Carolina, and his summer apprentice, Jude

Griffin. You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building

podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

You can leave feedback and ask questions there too. So guys, thanks for joining me today.

Thanks for having us. We're excited.

So Jude, tell us about your background and how you came to work for Andy.

So I am 15 years old right now, and I'm a rising sophomore at Wilkes Early College.

I moved here about three years ago because my dad was getting a job here at North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church.

I met Andy at the church as well, and we had a youth group

project where we had to build a pantry. Andy was leading that project. And we got halfway through,

I think. And about two weeks after that, my dad told me that he got a text from Andy asking me if I wanted a summer job,

and I said yes. And it was all downhill from there, right? Yep. The rest is history.

In full disclosure, I was kind of thinking during that project, hey, I wonder if any of these

high school age kids

have good focus or drive or ability or that kind of thing. It would be interested in a summer

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