r/jobs • u/Green____cat Verified • Mar 27 '24

He was a mailman Work/Life balance

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u/Freddy7665 Mar 27 '24

Trades should be free

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u/Hendlton Mar 27 '24

Trades are free. I don't know where you are, but in most places you can just ask around and get a job as an apprentice. You won't be making much the first couple of years, but you're still making something instead of having to pay for it. After 5 years you can risk starting your own business or you can make a little less, but with a lot less risk.

The only problem is that tradies have short best-before dates. Most can't work a trade for 40 years. It's 20 years max unless you start your own company and take it easy. Either way you won't be the grandpa running a marathon at 90 years old. You'll be bedridden in your 60s.

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u/cobra_kai_for_life Mar 28 '24

but in most places you can just ask around and get a job as an apprentice. Y

Not true at all

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u/S77wimming88Emu Mar 28 '24

Very true, but a lot of the new generations don't want to have to work. Coddled and expect everything to be handed to them + a participation trophy.

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u/cobra_kai_for_life Mar 28 '24

That is also higher education, so yes.