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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by sgt101 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @02:54PM (#16934512)
>High paying trade jobs that have the highest risk of injury and death.

I'm curious as to what 30 years of sitting, programming, drinking cool-aid will do to health vs 30 years of lugging steel... Trawler fishing, I agree - v.dangerous, not good for you!

>Automated construction will start in the next 10 years.

Possibly, maybe - but more likely 20 or more; and emphasis start.

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by timbuckley on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:46PM (#16935000)
> I'm curious as to what 30 years of sitting, programming, drinking cool-aid will do to health vs 30 years of lugging steel... Trawler fishing, I agree - v.dangerous, not good for you!

In those 30 years, you will likely accumulate injuries that make it harder to keep doing the work. My father is a general contractor, and though he does the work far less often than those who work for him, he has accumulated a number of minor injuries that stay with him.

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by sgt101 on Friday April 27, 2018 @09:03AM (#16940470)
Sorry to hear about your dad's injuries.
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