Construction
The people that enjoy building and tinkering are more frequently doing this digitally. That is a big gap that isn't going to be filled as time goes on. "They don't make them like they used to" rings true.
Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development in and for several industries for 20+ years.
It’s highly complex but the user group is an overlooked and diverse set of people that have to put up with less than crappy solutions for getting their jobs done - for the chaos that is construction.
So many opportunities and space for innovation that is not another food delivery service for meteopolitan areas but meaningful tools for people in dire need.
Love it and encourage everyone to have a look.
Doing construction work, or software development for construction companies?
Latham identified industry inefficiencies, condemning existing industry practices as 'adversarial', 'ineffective', 'fragmented', 'incapable of delivering for its clients' and 'lacking respect for its employees'.
From 1994, almost two decades later and not much has changed.
And yes - not much to almost nothing has changed.
Two off-hand that I can think of are "cast and move" bridges and hollowcore.
Construction moves very slowly because of the permitting process and the equipment investments. You also have to deal with the realities - if you build a standard house via the methods everyone around you uses, you'll have no problem finding people to perform maintenance on it. If you build it differently, people may not know how to deal with it, even if the method is technically better.
Many "US builders" are stealing techniques from Europe and vice versa.