If I had it all to do over again, would I still pick a trade? No, I wouldn't.
Invariably, we pick our occupation based on availability of a future mostly based on where we live. We grow up influenced by the environment directly around us and personal circumstances.
Some of us are fortunate enough to have a solid family unit to enable us to pick beyond what we see. Others not so much. As well times have changed. You cant do today what I did.
I moved out of my parents house at the age of 17. I worked 3 jobs trying to put myself through high school. When I eventually dropped out, I got a trade. Today's requirements make a high school diploma a requirement for trade work. It wasn't always so. Im not stupid, my circumstances meant a white collar job would be extremely difficult.
Trade work involves being on the front line when an economic recession hits. There's always insurance for health and dental. Emergency services are always available.
There is no such thing as job security. I have been with my employer 10 years. Among recent lay offs were a 20 year man and a 10 year man.
Physical labor can be intensive. Its ok when you are young, but the body inevitably gets older and starts to give out because of it. You wouldn't in all likelihood have developed arthritis or numerous other diseases from exposure to exotic chemicals, or metals or insulation or any of the other hundreds of materials that can cause career ended illnesses, but when it happens, WCB calls it degenerative. Your likelihood to encounter WCB increases and you find out how little anyone has your back when you get injured. And don't ever hurt your back. WCB pays on charts, not pain. They cant measure pain. You could be a liar.
No...If I had it all to do over again, I would not pick trade work. There's no appreciation or respect for its nature or its toll on the body.
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