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Hey, while working in mining as a labourer or other hands-on-tools job may be physically taxing and miserable in some sense (hence the large paycheque), it's en
by girvo 11y ago
Hey, while working in mining as a labourer or other hands-on-tools job may be physically taxing and miserable in some sense (hence the large paycheque), it's enjoyable in its own right. My father works as a civil engineer out in mining towns here in Australia, both for the money and because he loves his job as much as I do mine. It's not all ruthless money-grabbing :)
- kedean 11y agoOf course, but most people out there got into it because of the money or because there's nothing else for them. It's not a job where a new entrant to the workforce will think "yeah I think I'll do that for a living". Same with waste management jobs, etc. More standard vocational jobs like electricians would be separate, as its more 'desirable' and 'cool' from a young age, at least among some. I'd also argue that a civil engineer is an entirely different beast from the actual laborers, who I was referring to. My understanding of a CE in that scenario is more of a planning and overseeing role (correct me if I'm wrong about that).
- girvo 11y ago> I'd also argue that a civil engineer is an entirely different beast from the actual laborers, who I was referring to. My understanding of a CE in that scenario is more of a planning and overseeing role (correct me if I'm wrong about that). You'd ordinarily be right, but as an interesting quirk of how things are run out where my Father is he's down in the trenches with the rest of them :)