Well that's why I put it in quotation marks, to indicate that the description was a bit sarcastic. He worked as a welder for a good ten years (17-27) before go

Well that's why I put it in quotation marks, to indicate that the description was a bit sarcastic. He worked as a welder for a good ten years (17-27) before going to college to get a degree in construction management. My main point is that people in the "trades" are often just as intellectual and capable as anyone else might be.