How has society not figured out white collar careers aren't always worth it? I sat in a cubicle for a couple of years before I bailed and started building homes . . . and on the jobsite we talk *all the time* about the exact stuff you're saying here, Charlie. Something about using your hands to make a living---be it swinging a hammer or waiting tables---seems to have been written off by so many, maybe because in this post-industrial society that kind of thing is seen as "regressive" or whatever. Yet I have friends working in offices who have told me, "Marty, sometimes I wish I could just build things for a living like you do." And I'm always like, "well, we could use the help." Because so few people want to be in the trades anymore. I mean, I get it, I was pushed to get a business degree and it wasn't the most pleasant conversation telling my parents I'm going to study anthropology instead, but I'd rather be here than stuck in some soul-sucking middle management job for the next thirty years. If that's your passion, I'd say more power to you, but there's a lot more life available out there when you say, f*ck it, and do whatever you want. Though I believe I'm preaching to the choir here. Great stuff, Charlie.
I often think that I wouldn't want my daughter to work in tech or only with computers. Working with your hands, food or creating tangible things, is totally under-rated and something that needs more and more coverage.
So thanks Charlie.
I also would add that Hospo fosters Interpersonal and Social skills, which again, get's forgotten as a real plus to a career in the sector.
How has society not figured out white collar careers aren't always worth it? I sat in a cubicle for a couple of years before I bailed and started building homes . . . and on the jobsite we talk *all the time* about the exact stuff you're saying here, Charlie. Something about using your hands to make a living---be it swinging a hammer or waiting tables---seems to have been written off by so many, maybe because in this post-industrial society that kind of thing is seen as "regressive" or whatever. Yet I have friends working in offices who have told me, "Marty, sometimes I wish I could just build things for a living like you do." And I'm always like, "well, we could use the help." Because so few people want to be in the trades anymore. I mean, I get it, I was pushed to get a business degree and it wasn't the most pleasant conversation telling my parents I'm going to study anthropology instead, but I'd rather be here than stuck in some soul-sucking middle management job for the next thirty years. If that's your passion, I'd say more power to you, but there's a lot more life available out there when you say, f*ck it, and do whatever you want. Though I believe I'm preaching to the choir here. Great stuff, Charlie.
I often think that I wouldn't want my daughter to work in tech or only with computers. Working with your hands, food or creating tangible things, is totally under-rated and something that needs more and more coverage.
So thanks Charlie.
I also would add that Hospo fosters Interpersonal and Social skills, which again, get's forgotten as a real plus to a career in the sector.
Totally agreed!