Building a Career That Builds Things

A field guide to advanced manufacturing careers in the United States — for parents, career changers, and the coaches who serve them.

• · Ten career families, with honest tradeoffs and paychecks.
• · The archetypes framework: hands-on doer, systems thinker, quality guardian, and more.
• · Scripts for talking to employers, counselors, and skeptical family.
• · The one-page career plan template used in the free Navigator.