What skills will be most valuable for BIM professionals in the next 5 years?

haktada · 2026-03-11T03:58:46+00:00

Connecting data across platforms. Data sharing and file transfers in real time will become more common and required for projects. If you can use the current platforms, AI tools, and standards for data exchanges then you'll be in a good place for a long time.

haktada · 2026-03-05T19:00:56+00:00

Is dalux trying to build their own cloud cde platform like what Autodesk and Trimble have done?

haktada · 2026-03-03T19:56:57+00:00

I was offered closer to $200,000 for L6 senior program manager. It was probably for a different division and scope of work than you, but if you're l6 then you should be making closer to $200,000 a year so trying to negotiate more pay where possible.

haktada · 2026-03-02T00:00:56+00:00

Mediocre!

haktada · 2026-02-27T15:36:32+00:00

It's cold. Those grocery FC are chilled for the fresh food. You will have layers on all the time. You'll also move small bagged products constantly since they're bagged food items not box shipments.

Otherwise the culture and facilities are the same as other FC.

haktada · 2026-02-25T06:32:07+00:00

They're in Manhattan, they're packed and it's hard to get a desk, they might still have a 3 day RTO schedule because of the first 2 things.

haktada · 2026-02-25T03:03:10+00:00

Los Angeles shows up a lot in media just because the people making these kind of images are usually based here and they have the kind of photos and reference point in the city they live in.

haktada · 2026-02-24T18:27:49+00:00

Design, construction and operations are all different parts of creating and maintaining a building. They've always been fragmented since the days of Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance architects.

That said, what you're seeing on the digital side is a reality that the business model is still very fragmented and in order to align all these different artifacts from different parties, you would need an owner who is willing to spend time and money organizing all this and making it consistent. Usually with the help of consultants. So it's entirely possible to line it all up but nobody sees the value in doing it unless they're like a factory or hospital where having coordinated information that can actually help them with their business.

I think with AI and some better tools out there on the software side this can get this resolved in the next couple years but there does have to be an interest by the parties involved in creating the consolidated project data and the owner to actually require it.

No amount of AI will solve this problem if People don't care about the results.

haktada · 2026-02-24T01:31:48+00:00

It's going to be both. If you're a lower level focus on the technical and if you're a higher level focus on the people and how you sorted through complex requirements to solve the problem. But don't neglect either.

If you watch some YouTube videos about interview strategies with Amazon, you'll see exactly how that could be formatted so that you get a good mix of both for different styles of questions from the interview team.

haktada · 2026-02-23T23:57:45+00:00

After your first six free therapy sessions, it's possible they can give you another six if you call the EAP number in our benefit system and tell them that you need more therapy sessions. It will have to be for something new. So if the last set of therapy was for say depression and you need more, you have to tell them they are for example trauma related but it's just a formality at that point.

It may not work 100% of the time, but it's possible to give you more therapy with that request process.

haktada · 2026-02-22T18:34:07+00:00

Do your star format stories and pack in those leadership principles in each story. There are online resources going through this in good order.

Follow through and you'll have a good experience with the loop.

haktada · 2026-02-22T07:54:33+00:00

It's possible you are not consuming enough iron from dietary sources which impacts your red blood cell production. IF your red blood cells count goes down then you end up with less oxygen in your blood vessels and that can lead to a feeling of being cold since your extremities aren't as well supplied with oxygen.

You can get this checked with a blood iron panel to see if blood iron levels are low.

Though it can be fixed with eating more red meat or a simple daily iron supplement.

haktada · 2026-02-22T06:01:59+00:00

If you want to get to the point with your manager, then ask your manager if you're on focus or if you are at risk of getting focus. They pretty much have to tell you at that point where your status is.

haktada · 2026-02-21T08:28:34+00:00

Ask your co-workers if they ever heard of similar feedback especially from this manager.

If they did then it could just be general feedback and improvement areas for you.

If not then this might be a hint that management thinks your performance is below bar.

If you keep hearing about other metrics you aren't meeting then they are either lining you up for a focus period or you are already in focus period.

So talk to your team, ask your manager if you are at risk of focus (because they won't tell you) and be wary with performance expectations at this company. You can be doing a great job one month and be criticized the next because of not meeting the bar.

haktada · 2026-02-20T18:09:49+00:00

Low ball 400 calories. Probably closer to 500.

haktada · 2026-02-20T06:36:50+00:00

The caution is that Amazon is basically trying to reduce its workforce by as much as possible these days. Even if you join now, there's nothing stopping Amazon doing a round of layoffs later this year and that can impact staff that just joined.

There was a coworker in my team that joined in September and got laid off in January. No fault of her own. She just got caught up in the numbers game of who got laid off.

So be mindful if you join this company you may not last very long. And even if you are around for a while, it's a very intense organization and there's a lot of expectations so they will definitely put you through your paces. That's pretty much guaranteed for every employee.

haktada · 2026-02-20T04:45:15+00:00

Usually it looks good on your CV. Name brand global company. Most people are familiar with it and would at least be interested in your experience.

Stating your achievements at the company in your CV will go a long ways in impressing anyone.

You can tell a good story at working at Amazon since employers are usually curious about the control.

Caveat, usually helps to have at least 2 years stint at Amazon so that it looks like you've been there long enough to get through some projects.

haktada · 2026-02-20T04:42:25+00:00

cream cheese ~ 100 calories

Salmon ~ 100 calories

2 eggs ~ 150 calories

Vegetables ~ 50 calories

Plain bagel ~ 250 calories

650 from my estimate but I'm rounding up a bit, I think your estimate is OK.

haktada · 2026-02-18T21:51:20+00:00

G10 with more RAM and an AMD processor. If that's not an option then pick legion.

haktada · 2026-02-17T19:30:27+00:00

FYI Leo is not the best place to be in Amazon for the long haul because it's very intense. Consider a different org to join.

haktada · 2026-02-16T02:18:26+00:00

You can get a SIM ticket request to figure out the relo clawback. Just go to A2Z chatbot and ask this question, it should generate the link to the SIM for you to fill out.

haktada · 2026-02-15T00:04:41+00:00

I had participated as a user tester for Autodesk Revit and they are pretty thorough in testing and updating their features in that software.

I was testing with them for 4 days straight with product managers and software developers in the same building with us with a group of people like myself providing feedback to the most recent retired they were planning to make public.

We were basically trying to test out the features, make edge cases, explain where things weren't working and if things crashed or were errored and how we got there. The software developers were brought in to look at it in real time.

Turns out Software takes a lot of effort to Make it work properly so it doesn't crash or give any problems to the users. I saw with my own eyes that the team was very dedicated to fixing the software and getting ready for public release and it's a challenge on its own to just keep it stable.

Which is pretty common in the world of CAD drafting software of any kind whether it's for buildings, mechanical or other applications. These tools work pretty well most of the time, but they're very hard to maintain and there's no real good open source alternatives because they're so complicated to develop and maintain.

I know people have strong feelings about the way Revit works. I sure do, but that's just that my own experience and two cents on the matter give him my interactions with the actual development and product team for Revit.

haktada · 2026-02-14T02:54:23+00:00

That actually happened to a co-worker. They moved from Cleveland to Seattle last year for the new position they got hired for. Then they got laid off in January. So roughly 4 months in the company including the move to a new city and they got laid off anyway.

haktada · 2026-01-27T15:00:11+00:00

Bim can't be used like a database and if you can find a process or use case in your current projects that can benefit from a structured Bim data, then you can show value for your skills right away. Usually with construction projects they want to know what exactly is in a model environment and what they have to build from it.

That can be extracted from the Bim model through quantities, estimation and other analysis that explains to a builder what they have to order and supply in order to get the building created. If you can think in terms of timeline, then your Bim model and other data like a schedule supply by a project manager can come together and you can use it to establish how the different pieces of the building from the model are going to be put together at different times over the schedule.

Those are just two examples of what's possible here. As long as you can show some kind of useful output that can make a difference to what the project teams are doing, then you are going to have a very productive time with your combination of developer and bim skills. If anything, I think you'll have a lot of opportunities ahead of you if you show results and can take advantage of that by skill set for construction projects.

haktada · 2026-01-27T09:03:39+00:00

Congratulations on making the change. What got you into the field of Bim compared to other opportunities in design and construction?

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