In April 2026 I relocated from Houston to Kennesaw, GA to start as a Lead Structural Engineer at ESI Inc. of Tennessee.
I also run six AI-powered businesses under Load Bearing Empire.
Here is how both things exist at the same time.
The Day Job
ESI does industrial structural work. My current project is the Georgia-Pacific Savannah River Mill Sludge Dryer Island in Rincon, GA. I coordinate steel and concrete packages against a Navisworks composite model, flag coordination failures, and produce verification reports.
This is real engineering. Equipment weighs thousands of pounds. Foundations either work or they do not. There is no soft landing when a dryer island connection fails.
The Empire
Load Bearing Empire is six companies:
- Load Bearing Capital — real estate acquisitions
- Load Bearing Demo — structural demolition and inspections
- Load Bearing Detailing — structural steel detailing
- Quiet Hours Valet — valet services
- Luchin Credit Repair — FCRA dispute automation
- Petroleum Noir — oil and gas royalty acquisitions
All six run on a self-hosted AI stack I built on a single VPS in Dallas.
How They Coexist
The engineering job funds the empire build. The empire builds the exit.
I work late nights. My AI systems run 24/7 without me. VAPI agents answer phones. Automation scrapes leads. Content queues and posts while I am reviewing drawings.
I do not have time to manage six companies manually. So I do not. The stack manages them.
The Philosophy
Infrastructure ownership over SaaS subscriptions.
Every tool I would pay for monthly, I build and host instead. Then I own the stack forever.
That is the Load Bearing model. Build the thing. Own the thing. Then monetize the thing.
If you are an engineer reading this and you feel like your career is the only asset you have — start building.
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