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It'll ruin your body, but millwrights, engineers are things.
Like most of the working class, they don't have a fucking choice.
I know.
All I know is my coworker had to find a different plumber because the last one showed up in a corvette. And I'm pretty sure my uncle put a general contractors kids through college, and a trip to Hawaii.
I don't understand, why did the corvette made him find a new plumber? Are these "fancy" cars and they felt they must be overcharging if they can afford it?
If a plumber shows up to your house driving a sports car, you can't afford them.
Pictured is a hvac / refrigeration mechanic it’s not a bad gig speaking from 10 years personal experience.
What isn’t obvious when choosing a skilled trade is you’re still trading your time for a wage unless you go out on your own and leverage your skills to offer your own services and then you actually have to wear 5 hats lol but if the stress doesn’t kill you it’s a good life 😅
I went to college and university. I tell my grandkids to be a plumber or electrician if you want a better quality of life.
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