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Tech people always say this but forget that being a plumber means being on their knees wading thru poop water and likely being unable to work when you reach a c
by peruvian 4y ago
Tech people always say this but forget that being a plumber means being on their knees wading thru poop water and likely being unable to work when you reach a certain, fairly young age.
I get it, trades are important, but let's not glamorize them.
- jonatron 4y agoNot all countries have toilets that block as easily as American / Canadian toilets. So wading through dirty water is less likely in the UK for example.
- aksss 4y agoWell, being an outhouse carpenter sucks too!
- eddsh1994 4y agoI have done far worse than wade through poop water on my knees when I worked as a teenager on a paintball site / as a rifleman in the army! But to each their own :)
- brianwawok 4y agoWading through poorly made npm packages with no docs is not that far from literal poop water. Maybe harder to wash off in a shower.
- dinkumthinkum 4y agoNothing against them but I think glamorizing trades seems like a kind of virtue signal.
- eddsh1994 4y agoI have no issue glamorizing potentially six figure salaries that are useful to society! Personally I view software as a trade with a bubble salary range atm, but think it’ll pivot towards a trade over the next decade or two.
- com2kid 4y ago> Tech people always say this but forget that being a plumber means being on their knees wading thru poop water and likely being unable to work when you reach a certain, fairly young age. Depends on the type of plumber. Plumbers doing boiler installs or hydronic heating systems aren't dealing with toilets at all, they are doing applied engineering and math however.