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That paper that you're citing is from 2022; hardly what I'd call historic. And is 2 in real dollars? Because it doesn't look like it and I wonder if it would be
by hotpotamus 3y ago
That paper that you're citing is from 2022; hardly what I'd call historic. And is 2 in real dollars? Because it doesn't look like it and I wonder if it would be just a flat line if it was.
I'll say that I've worked along side my cousin's baby-daddy (I think in future I'll just call him "T" as that's less unwieldy), and he's a fine painter, but ultimately there just isn't that much to the job. I remember the first time I used a paint sprayer on a new construction job myself; basically you just need to learn where the trigger is and in a minute you can paint a wall that would take an hour with a roller.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> paper that you're citing is from 2022 It’s looking at 2015 to 2019 data. I’m comparing that period to the post-2021 one. > is 2 in real dollars? No, nominal. They’re up in real terms, but I don’t have non-proprietary data for that.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI'll just say that my on-the-ground experience (limited such as it is to the markets/trades that my friends and family work in) doesn't express that construction is all of a sudden a good job. I could perhaps be convinced that it has upgraded from a shit job to merely a crap one, perhaps because so many people have escaped it that they have to at least pay slightly better these days. If I had any kids, I'd still be inclined give them the same advice that my blue-collar parents gave me - go to school to do just about anything else.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoTo be clear, I’m not saying it’s a good job. (Or a bad one.) I’m saying it’s better than it was before.