Built with the framing showing
I’m Brian. I write software full time, and ten months ago I started a construction company. These are my notes from both sides, written while I’m still figuring it out.
Contents
- Guide 1: 5 Prompts Every Business Owner Should KnowCopy-and-paste AI prompts for sorting job photos, a daily team brief, client FAQs and a landing page audit, plus a setup that does your bookkeeping every morning.
- Guide 2: Choosing software for a small service businessWhat to look for, what to skip, and the questions to ask before you pay for another subscription.
- Guide 3: Four engineering habits that work on a job siteChecklists, postmortems, written handoffs, and small batches, translated from software to the field.
- Not sewn in yetThe next guide goes in with the next reel.
The world is bigger than tech
I’m a full-time software engineer. Ten months ago I also started a construction company.
I jumped straight into an industry that couldn’t be more different from mine, and it opened up my perspective. Turns out the world is a lot more than tech. (Shocking, I know.)
Now I’m doing both: bringing what I know from software into the hands-on work of running a traditional service business. There’s a lot to teach and even more to learn, so I’m writing it down here as I go.
- Software engineer
- Full time
- Construction company
- Ten months in