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I'm a 24-year-old data center engineer making six figures. There are pros and cons, but my career has advanced faster than I thought. - Business Insider

·Oct 8, 2026
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Joseph LeGare works at a data center site in Maryland.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joseph LeGare, a 24-year-old project engineer based in Frederick County, Maryland. He works at Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a hyperscale data center developer, which introduced Business Insider to LeGare. It has been edited for length and clarity. It has been edited for length and clarity. I studied philosophy for two years at The Catholic University of America before dropping out and working as an assistant superintendent at a construction company. After about a year, I moved into residential and did administrative work, including daily reports, county inspection scheduling, quality verification, and weekly safety meetings with foremen. I even worked as a materials management specialist at a residential home manufacturer. At the same time, I was taking night classes in construction management at Frederick Community College. I assumed I'd go into residential construction, but my classes made me realize I really wanted to pursue commercial construction. I wanted to get out of office work and back into the field.

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