That's pretty unusual to graduate college at 18, and then to start as a construction worker with a college degree. But my anecdote would be my uncle who started

That's pretty unusual to graduate college at 18, and then to start as a construction worker with a college degree. But my anecdote would be my uncle who started as a diesel mechanic from a young age. He worked hard all his life but never made a lot of money and then died of cancer at 60.