@evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 2 years ago'Time to ditch our obsession with degrees': Here's what tradies earnwww.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square20arrow-up165
arrow-up165external-link'Time to ditch our obsession with degrees': Here's what tradies earnwww.stuff.co.nz@evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 2 years agomessage-square20
minus-squareAWildMimicAppearslinkfedilink15•2 years agoTradies also tend to wreck their bodies early, reducing their lifetime income, so i don’t think comparing hourly wages is the really important part when deciding on career choices
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink14•2 years agoThis varies hugely between trades though, and the sedentary lifestyle of some office workers isn’t great either. Skilled and qualified tradies aren’t typically thrashing their bodies the way a site labourer will.
Tradies also tend to wreck their bodies early, reducing their lifetime income, so i don’t think comparing hourly wages is the really important part when deciding on career choices
This varies hugely between trades though, and the sedentary lifestyle of some office workers isn’t great either.
Skilled and qualified tradies aren’t typically thrashing their bodies the way a site labourer will.