I listen to a home show program on my drive into work on weekends. The host made a comment last Sunday that the average age of a certified electrician is 55 years old right now and every year the average goes up almost exactly a year.
No one is learning these trades. I find that really interesting.
Problem is Trade and Apprenticeship for these jobs are out there, it's that people think it's not something to achieve or even be considered beneath them
You know what makes money, Plumbers!
Holy shit do they make a killing, speaking out of my ass here even if half of them rip you off, the work they do on a daily basis and get paid for it, they make bank
I've hired the same Plumbing company for 15+ years
They've have young guys come and go, they start learning, but it's not lucrative right of the bat or sounds "glamorous"
I even ask the boss, who's become a real friend, he's like most guys join, learn on the job 6-12 months, think they know all, leave, become their own boss, fail hard, don't want to come back
While he has his 2 of his fucking sons learning the ins and outs of the business and 15 years later all 3 are making good money
Hell the boss has a right hand man supervisor who's been with him for over 30+ years, retired last year, made so much money, living the retirement life down in Florida with grandkids
This like the shit you see in movies or dreams of retirement
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Also can you believe FUCKING FARMERS are giving land, 401K, Benefits for harvesting crops to people
I think 60 minutes did a report in Strawberries and the farms that grow them in California
It was crazy stats of how like most farming jobs are out there, yes hard back breaking work, labor intensive, but those rewards are amazing to get at