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You thrive on creating tangible results. Your hands-on approach turns ideas into reality through systematic, thoughtful construction.
Your Ikigai flows from creating lasting impact through systematic, thoughtful construction of something meaningful. You feel most fulfilled when building something — whether that's a system, a business, a family, or a legacy. Your satisfaction comes from steady progress toward a long-term vision.
How your day shapes itself when your Ikigai is the lens.
Mornings start with a plan. Coffee in one hand, calendar or notebook in the other — you scan today's commitments and feel the small satisfaction of an organized day taking shape. You're not afraid of long lists; they steady you.
By mid-morning, you're deep in execution — laying the framework for a project, coding a system, drafting the spec, pricing out the materials. You don't need the work to be glamorous; you need it to be real. Where others see scope creep, you see milestones to break down.
Afternoons are for verifiable progress: that bug fixed, that proposal sent, that meeting with the contractor who actually showed up. You leave a paper trail because future-you and future-team will need it. By
evening, you can point at something that exists because of you today — a finished page, a working pipeline, a structure that's stronger than it was at sunrise. You sleep best after a productive day, not a busy one. Weekends are for the projects nobody pays you for: a renovation, a side business, a garden that wasn't there last summer.
How this type leans across the four Ikigai pillars.
Your passion runs steady, not loud — you fall for the work itself, the satisfaction of getting something right.
You care about leaving something lasting, but you'd rather build the thing than evangelize about it.
Execution is your edge. Where others have ideas, you have completed projects.
You're good at making things people pay for — Builders convert effort into income more reliably than most types.
What this means: Your highest pillar is Vocation (90), with Passion (65) as your softer spot. The gap is moderate — most careers will work, but the strongest matches play to Vocation as the lead.
Ranked by Ikigai pillar alignment. Each shows match score, salary, growth outlook, and required skills.
SOC 13-1082 · Project Management Specialists
Median wage
$98,580
$54,820–$159,140
10-yr growth
+7%
Faster than average
"Your systematic mind and execution focus = the discipline most projects desperately need."
Source: BLS OEWS May 2023; EP 2023–2033
SOC 17-1011 · Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)
Median wage
$93,310
$54,890–$144,470
10-yr growth
+5%
Faster than average
"Tangible structure you can point at decades later — the deepest version of building."
Source: BLS OEWS May 2023; EP 2023–2033
SOC 17-2051 · Civil Engineers
Median wage
$95,890
$61,420–$144,560
10-yr growth
+6%
Faster than average
"Infrastructure work compounds across generations — your patience pays in monuments."
Source: BLS OEWS May 2023; EP 2023–2033
SOC 11-1021 · General and Operations Managers
Median wage
$103,650
$48,420–$208,000
10-yr growth
+6%
Faster than average
"Your love of systems plus people management — where Builders climb fastest."
Source: BLS OEWS May 2023; EP 2023–2033
SOC 17-2199 · Engineers, All Other
Median wage
$103,890
$60,860–$175,840
10-yr growth
+8%
Faster than average
"Turns ideas into shippable things — your specialty translated to modern industry."
Source: BLS OEWS May 2023; EP 2023–2033
Salary ranges are typical US figures. Growth outlook reflects 10-year projections from BLS-style data.
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