Literally what is the point of going into the trades rather than just getting a degree to go into a normal office job

[Hess]

You're gonna be doing back breaking labor eating like shit with 10x more working hours to the point you have no life outside of it until you end up obese at like 30

 

[tallcel]

Because they’re jobs that will always have good demand, especially since artificial intelligence has already started to claim some jobs. They will always be needed

 

[Hess]

Because they’re jobs that will always have good demand, especially since artificial intelligence has already started to claim some jobs. They will always be needed

I don't disagree that they are needed and provide value to society, but they are objectively terrible to work in and not something most should aspire to

 

[tallcel]

I don't disagree that they are needed and provide value to society, but they are objectively terrible to work in and not something most should aspire to

I’m working as an electrician at the moment and it’s not even that bad. I’d much rather this than working in an office all day long. But that’s just my opinion I guess

 

[Hess]

I’m working as an electrician at the moment and it’s not even that bad. I’d much rather this than working in an office all day long. But that’s just my opinion I guess

I'm not sure abt electricians but from my experience plumbers and construction workers (ones that I have interacted with) tend to just have rly shitty jobs with shit overtime, bit of an hyperbole on all trades though I suppose, and the advantage to working in an office is more so that the work is just easy albeit just mind numbing with fairly normal hours (all work is mind numbing though)

 

[tallcel]

I'm not sure abt electricians but from my experience plumbers and construction workers (ones that I have interacted with) tend to just have rly shitty jobs with shit overtime, bit of an hyperbole on all trades though I suppose, and the advantage to working in an office is more so that the work is just easy albeit just mind numbing with fairly normal hours (all work is mind numbing though)

Yeah being an electrician isn’t necessarily hard labour it’s just fiddling with shit really. But I wouldn’t wanna do any of the other trades since they’re just really hard work. I just prefer practical work to the office type tho you know

 

[petsmart]

so you can flex making $60k a year with overtime and flex your $50k financed truck

 

[Hess]

Yeah being an electrician isn’t necessarily hard labour it’s just fiddling with shit really. But I wouldn’t wanna do any of the other trades since they’re just really hard work. I just prefer practical work to the office type tho you know

We all have our different tastes I suppose, there is fufillment to be found in doing good work but a lot of people (esp me) would rather just get a relatively decent job with not that much work so as to fund our life styles and get on with life