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From what I've seen the money in the trades is mostly from being the guy who gets the jobs and takes the money, not from being the guy actually doing the work.
by yupitsme123 1y ago
From what I've seen the money in the trades is mostly from being the guy who gets the jobs and takes the money, not from being the guy actually doing the work.
- __turbobrew__ 1y agoYes this is the way: you go into the trades, become a journeyman to learn the ropes, open your own shop, maybe eventually hire a few others, and then comfortably retire. All the people I know in trades who made good money went this way. There is a huge differential in trades between the cost of work being billed out and how much the worker is paid, and that surplus goes into the business owner's pocket. If you do good work as an independent you will always be busy.
- AngryData 1y agoThis is it for I think the majority of trade jobs. A few trades in some positions make good money doing the actual trade, but for most of the industry you don't make great money until/unless you can move into a managerial roll where you are setting up jobs as the business owner or manager. And unfortunately a lot of people never get to that point because there aren't enough of those positions for everyone and a good chunk just get used up as meat for the grinder. Many trades are also huge boom/bust industries and the first guys to feel the bust are the guys doing the ground work.