Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by mlhpdx on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @10:38AM
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> The dream is that your kids make a steady income at something they can enjoy or at least tolerate while not risking their physical health.
Yep. The thing is, white collar (desk) jobs are bad for your health; physical and mental. I love my job but it comes at a price, too.
If you’re looking for steady work plumbing is where it’s at. Are we at 5000 years of continuous demand, and where skills are transferable across decades (maybe centuries)?
Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by renewiltord on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @11:44AM
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I think people like to make all these claims but any blue collar worker would love a desk job. It’s easy and to stop paying the physical price you just stand up every hour and walk to the water cooler and then come back to a well-adjusted desk.
Ironworking and carpentry are actually hard on one’s body. You only need one fuck-up. And that’s nothing like being a roughneck.
These are not the RSI kind of injuries. These are the They Sent Me Home For a Year injuries.
Moto X champion is a high-prestige position and I still don’t want my kids to do it. That’s not stigma. That’s called being aware of the risks.
When you’re off due to injury (like one of my friends who worked on T1 at SFO who hurt his back on the next job) it’s not great. And it takes a toll on you. That’s not stigma. That’s real. There’s no stigma. There’s just awareness of risk.
The dream is that your kids make a steady income at something they can enjoy or at least tolerate while not risking their physical health.