trademaxxing

[Skry]

anyone else trying to trademaxx? im 23 and I never went to uni/college, I coded various things and made decent money straight out of HS until end of 2021. It was never a real career for me and i hate that i ever accepted being a nerd that sits at computer 10 hours a day (even if its what im naturally good at)

Now I'm enrolling in a school to learn welding. Anyone have advice? I really have no idea where I am going anymore. But I do have good savings and no debt. I figure this is a humbling job but at least it's real work and doesn't get fully automated, and even if it does, can just go back to trade school and learn something else (experience carries over, connections carry over)

I don't want to have anything to do with tech anymore. I don't want to compete with third worlders and have nightmares about AI. Funny I used to fearmonger about AI replacing everything back early as 2014, but I never actually came up with a real solution for myself or anyone else. but i cringe whenever i hear someone whos dissatisfied with their job saying "im trying to learn coding on the side". u are not going to make it. only field I think is worth pursuing is medical stuff and I am not starting that hypercompetitive route now

anyone in trades know if welding is even remotely worth it give me some hope or rope

 

[thereallegend]

Don’t get welder’s lung

 

[JohnDoe]

lose/lose situation, will end up with bad back, aching joints and chronic pain at 40.

 

[Skry]

lose/lose situation, will end up with bad back, aching joints and chronic pain at 40.

Are u speaking from experience

 

[JohnDoe]

Are u speaking from experience

NO because i'm too smart to ruin my body for peanuts, i can attest to the accuracy of my statement though, it's very true and happens to most if not all tradies. If you're intent on going the tradie route, try electrician maybe?

 

[House Lannister]

Bro can make good money off coding and wants to do welding bro what

 

[Koroshiya]

lose/lose situation, will end up with bad back, aching joints and chronic pain at 40.

this is overblown because a lot of trade workers are unintelligent and can't take care of their body well and don't practice any proper technique.

also it's easy to avoid, after you have enough years of experience you can just change to something in the same field that's less physically intensive (like an estimator)