• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    do you know any mechanics?

    every mechanic I have met hates their life, unless they work for like a really high end place. and those jobs are far and few.

    i had family in auto work, electricians, and line workers. they all basically said ‘go to college working in the trades is fucking shit.’

    working in an office is a lot easier on your body and doesn’t leave you with medical problems. my electrician uncle lost one leg in his 50s and then other in his 60s. the mechanics i knew all worked for their dads and were townies we never left where they grew up, etc.

    they made decent money, sure, but i would never ever want to trade live with them. i’m in my 40s and healthier than I was in my 20s. money isn’t everything.