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Really needs to be a business certificate that dovetails with a trade - so you can manage your business while you work your trade. Your body can wear out prett
by lucidguppy 10y ago
Really needs to be a business certificate that dovetails with a trade - so you can manage your business while you work your trade. Your body can wear out pretty fast with hard labor so you need to start your own business at some point.
- epalmer 10y agoThis is a great idea. I don't think community colleges can do this, at least today. Having a focused night time set of classes in practical methods of running a business would be required. Edit: typo
- jschwartzi 10y agoMost skilled trades are not hard labor. If you're a plumber, you might only bust rocks or dig ditches 10% of the time. And it also depends on what you specialize in. The guy that replaces your toilet and your busted water lines might know how to build a septic system, but he probably hasn't done it in a while. Honestly I'd be really tempted to get out of software and go into a trade. It'd be a lot less work.
- random_upvoter 10y agoI think you're underestimating what it means to perform a physically demanding job. It's not like that weekend you spent painting your appartment. It is something you do five days a week, for weeks and months on end. In my late thirties I was sick of being a software developer and I did a two year stint of being an electrician for a big construction company. It was a wonderful experience and I learned a ton of stuff about a ton of stuff, but in the end I was very happy to go back to a heated room where I can work sitting in an ergonomic chair while sipping a cup of coffee. Honestly, if your body was not trained to do this from your late teens or early twenties you will likely not last.