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Can you really? A sibling lives near an old industrial center; he drives truck for Sysco. We occasionally discuss different careers. Tool & die makers near h
by x0x0 7y ago
Can you really?
A sibling lives near an old industrial center; he drives truck for Sysco. We occasionally discuss different careers. Tool & die makers near him don't make more than truck drivers.
I'm sure there are some examples -- if you can do eg old-style timber framing for people who can afford 10-inch old growth timber and want 30+ foot ceilings, there will always be a handful of well-paying gigs.
But how common are these jobs for people at the, say, 70th percentile of skill rather than 95th?
- turk73 7y agoThey're not. My dad was a pipe fitter at nuke plants and power plants and didn't make very good money. He did a lot of side work doing carpentry and later machine shop work. There was always a broken bulldozer blade or other heavy equipment sitting on our property that he was repairing for someone. He did a lot of side jobs to survive. Also, the people he had to work with were just lovely folks. Lots of biker types and alcoholics. Extremely miserable personalities to have to deal with. He is a very angry, broken man in his old age. A truly miserable but very hard/tough man.