Re:“Eat, sleep, code, repeat” is such bullshit
by krisroadruck on Saturday May 21, 2016 @03:05PM
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That's all well and good but we were talking about ditch digging not being a skilled laborer. Of course a plumber or electrician can make good money, especially if they own their own business and manage it well. That is a far cry from operating a shovel though isn't it? You'll also notice I mentioned 6 figures specifically, and while I do know ONE plumber who makes that much, it is because he has a rather large multi-employee business and is more of a manager at this point than a plumber. The benefits I was talking about was the ability to sort of mindlessly put your muscles to work. You can do that with a shovel. Mindlessly working with electricity, water mains, or finishing touches on someones house is likely to at best get you fired and at worst get you injured fairly severely.
Me too.
Even at its worst, the flexibility of a programming job outweighs everything else. I'd still rather set my own 60 hour schedule than have a set-in-stone 40 hour one.
> Sadly one of those rewards is not a decent living.
You must not know any plumbers, garbage haulers, streets employees, masons, finish carpenters, or electricians.
I have friends and family in each of those categories, and they all do well. They live better than every single one of my friends who graduated college with non-engineering degrees.
You can make a decent living with manual labor if you choose wisely, and most of that work will never disappear - people will always have toilets, for example.