Hey all! JP here!
I've been active on here on and off through the past 2 years. It's been some time since I've posted a update and shared where I'm at in my journey. If you want to find out more feel free to look up my posting history but I'll make my story short here as well so you'll get where I'm at.
One of the biggest things that I usually open with and identify myself as is I'm a Deaf man, deaf ever since birth. Had doctors tell my really young parents I will never amount to anything let alone capable of reading at a 2nd grade level. My parents being my biggest heroes took this predicament to the next level and raised me, a stubborn, competitive and driven deaf kid to the man that graduated High School with a near 4.0 GPA, only to almost flunk out of college to having a child IN college and barely graduate with a BS in chemistry.
Now after my son was born, a switch of accountability went off, I started my career in manufacturing. Worked at Eastman Kodak as a full time student, graduated and went to work at a manufacturing 'start-up' this was my eye opening experience to entrepreneurship and knew there was more to being successful instead of climbing the corporate ladder. I did tons of things all the while working because I've grown my family to 3 children and still with the same wonderful patient woman that had my son. I've even taught as a teacher, graduated with an MBA (online), and ran a electroplating lab.
Now about my new job and how does it relate to the fast lane forum. My career has been in chemistry which led to the electroplating job I've held for almost 4 years. During this time I ran a online web development business after being inspired by @Fox way back in 2017 if i recall, didn't bother looking back at my older posts. Now I've been contacted by a recruiter to grab run a electroplating department about a hour from my current job.
The one thing I've learned about this forum is to work hard everyday and be patient over a long period of time with bigger goals in mind. This job bumped my pay by 40%, but that's not why I grabbed this job. This job will offer me commission-based bonuses based on productivity performance, but that's not why I grabbed this job.
The reason why I grabbed this job is because I will be managing a department of 11 - 15 people that depend on my leadership, in a industry (electroplating) that is losing experience and knowledge rapidly due to many of the leading mens of this industry keeping their 'trade-secrets' as job security. As a young man (30) I see myself either running a plant or opening up my own electroplating production facility, this experience will minimize risk for me and my future investors.
I'm diving deep into manufacturing standards, Lean Manufacturing, Team Leadership, and many more. This is a 10-20 year plan to guarantee myself a space on the fast-lane. The truth is the faster i work day to day, the faster ill move in the long term.
I've been active on here on and off through the past 2 years. It's been some time since I've posted a update and shared where I'm at in my journey. If you want to find out more feel free to look up my posting history but I'll make my story short here as well so you'll get where I'm at.
One of the biggest things that I usually open with and identify myself as is I'm a Deaf man, deaf ever since birth. Had doctors tell my really young parents I will never amount to anything let alone capable of reading at a 2nd grade level. My parents being my biggest heroes took this predicament to the next level and raised me, a stubborn, competitive and driven deaf kid to the man that graduated High School with a near 4.0 GPA, only to almost flunk out of college to having a child IN college and barely graduate with a BS in chemistry.
Now after my son was born, a switch of accountability went off, I started my career in manufacturing. Worked at Eastman Kodak as a full time student, graduated and went to work at a manufacturing 'start-up' this was my eye opening experience to entrepreneurship and knew there was more to being successful instead of climbing the corporate ladder. I did tons of things all the while working because I've grown my family to 3 children and still with the same wonderful patient woman that had my son. I've even taught as a teacher, graduated with an MBA (online), and ran a electroplating lab.
Now about my new job and how does it relate to the fast lane forum. My career has been in chemistry which led to the electroplating job I've held for almost 4 years. During this time I ran a online web development business after being inspired by @Fox way back in 2017 if i recall, didn't bother looking back at my older posts. Now I've been contacted by a recruiter to grab run a electroplating department about a hour from my current job.
The one thing I've learned about this forum is to work hard everyday and be patient over a long period of time with bigger goals in mind. This job bumped my pay by 40%, but that's not why I grabbed this job. This job will offer me commission-based bonuses based on productivity performance, but that's not why I grabbed this job.
The reason why I grabbed this job is because I will be managing a department of 11 - 15 people that depend on my leadership, in a industry (electroplating) that is losing experience and knowledge rapidly due to many of the leading mens of this industry keeping their 'trade-secrets' as job security. As a young man (30) I see myself either running a plant or opening up my own electroplating production facility, this experience will minimize risk for me and my future investors.
I'm diving deep into manufacturing standards, Lean Manufacturing, Team Leadership, and many more. This is a 10-20 year plan to guarantee myself a space on the fast-lane. The truth is the faster i work day to day, the faster ill move in the long term.
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