Learning Computers
the Hard Way
Interview with Ward Smyth
"In 1987, any small building
company, even just getting started,
can afford and probably should buy
a small computer."
Ward Smyth, of Salmon Creek Builders, in Salisbury, Conn., is a
custom builder and remodeler. He works largely in the second-home
market in northwestern Conn. His 1986 volume was about $1.15
million, which he hopes to double in 1987. Smyth's involvement with
computers started in the pre-PC days of 1979 with a $32,000 monster
that "sat in the corner and hummed." We interviewed Smyth in early
April.
NEB: How'd you get started in
construction?
Smyth: I've always been in the building
business-mostly on the management
side. I started in high