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Programming and blue collar work are two different types of work, requiring different skill-sets that not everyone has. Ask your average construction worker to
by briga 7y ago
Programming and blue collar work are two different types of work, requiring different skill-sets that not everyone has. Ask your average construction worker to write a web app and no doubt they would find it very difficult. Ask your average programmer to build a house and they would also find it challenging.
Both types of work can be exhausting, it's just that one is mentally exhausting and the other is physically exhausting.
- to1y 7y agoDifference is you can learn everything you need to build a house in a week. You'll make a couple mistakes, you might be off by a little bit, but it really is a lot simpler than the layman thinks. Personally I have found repetitive, physically straining work to be extremely mentally exhausting but in a worse way; There are next to no challenging problems but you are forced to keep your mind on the task with all sorts of pains and aches. At the end of the day though it's a lot easier to walk away from your work, and you know you've always got a job.