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283: Jack Nix—You Can't Lead from a Pickup Truck

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

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You're Doing That, Jack. It's Not Even in This Language, Jack

I had no intentions of going into construction. Matter of fact, I really didn't know what I wanted to do going out of high school. My dad was an iron worker and he had his business, but I knew how hard that was. And the next thing you know, I'm out there working. In high school, I took drafting and architecture. So I had two years of drafting classes and one year of architecture. It's like another alphabet is dragged in with new shapes I've never seen before. You guys huddle around the soul horses, look at it, nod, make sounds, and then poof. There's a bridge. "It's not even in this language

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