Yes. It would have made me useful generally, not just to my employer, and pretty much guarantees work wherever in the world you go. I could even be self-employed if I wished. Little chance of that with my skillset
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No, I work a high paying desk job and super lucky I do because of a back injury I would not be able to do most trades for any extended amount of time.
I'd do electrician, if I could go back:
good working-conditions, if you're consistently careful, you won't get flung from the top of a ladder by a jolt, nice technical work.
( spoken with different tradespeople while working with 'em on different construction sites,
hence knowing-about the electricians being flung from ladders: he said it's common-enough to affect their statistical life-span )
Yes. As somebody in their mid thirties, blessed by corporate America, I'd give it all up for a simpler life in a heartbeat. the rat race is exhausting and corporate America doesn't care about me. I'll never produce something that brings me value as a human being. I'll probably die knowing some stakeholders are pretty happy...
I have a friend who had to move back to Japan due to family health issues, but ended up taking over a family tea farm. he is just living a simple, hard working life and is able to provide for himself and his family. if this opportunity came knocking, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
I could just take the major risk and leave it all behind, but the capitalist world has made instability so damn terrifying that I'm petrified of doing something that can possibly lead to further instability. all those in college now, don't let your peers going on nice vacations or buying nice things make you think that's what happiness is. it's not. find something and someone you love and it'll all be easy going from there. if it's corporate America, more power to ya, but think about it first.
No but I definitely enjoy learning those trades now as a homeowner, but every time I do a major project on my house I’m reminded why I don’t want a job like that. I’m sore for days and usually have a new cut or something on my hands.