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It's just an effect of the market right? Why become an electrician when you can become a programmer (with no license requirements whatsoever) and make double.

• mdgrech23 4y ago
  100% this. I've been getting into home improvement and I was wondering what it would be like to do that for a living. Took a look at the wages and noped the f out of that.
  • poisonarena 4y ago
    "100% this"
  • eldavido 4y ago
    I've noticed this with a lot of professions. Comp is back-loaded. They start much lower than software, but the good ones make it up in the end by being owners and having a crew of 10-20 work for them, and earning margin on their labor. Regulation and professionalization (e.g. you need to be licensed) seem to encourage this. Software, assuming one doesn't go into management, seem to have a more linear comp structure. You start much higher, but it doesn't ramp as dramatically as most trade/licensed professions as you go up. Probably because there's less regulation/capture so even entry-level people keep more of what they produce, vs the almost-feudal nature of many trades/professions. Just what I've seen, anyway.
    • lotsofpulp 4y ago
      > the good ones make it up in the end by being owners and having a crew of 10-20 work for them, and earning margin on their labor. Regulation and professionalization (e.g. you need to be licensed) seem to encourage this. Good luck with this strategy after decades of declining and still to decline fertility rates.