#82 Apprentice Alex Melendez joins the guys
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
Alex Melendez is a 25-year-old breaking into the construction business in LA. He's 4 years in, hungry to learn and working towards becoming a licensed carpenter. Alex talks about what lead him to the construction industry.
Where to find our Guest:
Alex Melendez @am_builder on Instagram
Where to find our hosts:
Nick Schiffer @nsbuilders on Instagram and YouTube
Tyler Grace @TRGHomeconcepts on Instagram
John Hourihan @heresjohnnyh & @vintagebuilders on Instagram
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Music:
"Dessert" by Nate Gusakov
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| 0:00.0 | It's Modern Craftsman Monday and we have Alex Melendez on the podcast this week. |
| 0:15.0 | 25, 25 year old trying to get into the construction business. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah, and he's doing it and he's making he's making some strides. I definitely call him a punk |
| 0:25.7 | And one part of that part it was legit. It was necessary. I think it was needed. I think he I mean he's walking around with his you know shoulders or his chest puff but I like it he's aggressive and he I've been doing that my whole life |
| 0:38.8 | Well you walk in the every time he comes in the podcast for me, he's just, |
| 0:42.6 | what's up? |
| 0:43.2 | No. |
| 0:44.2 | So he's four years in and he's getting his license. |
| 0:48.7 | He is. |
| 0:49.3 | And we're gonna, this is gonna be a recurring podcast where we have them on. |
| 0:53.0 | Why do you guys let us know? |
| 0:55.0 | You guys want us to reach out to them? |
| 0:56.0 | How often? |
| 0:57.0 | Every four months, every quarter, six months. |
| 0:59.0 | What is it? |
| 1:00.0 | But I think having his story, we all think this is having his story told and what he's we ask some specific |
| 1:06.0 | questions like what's he struggling with now what growth is he having you know |
| 1:09.6 | what's he love about the industry and we want to kind of capture that, you know, clients, |
| 1:14.1 | and how that's going to evolve as his career evolves and we're going to capture that in a |
| 1:19.8 | little series. Enjoy. |
| 1:26.8 | So we met you out at the International Builders Show. |
| 1:29.8 | And I specifically remember you walking up to us and you telling us, |
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