If you could do it all over again, would you have gone to a trade school?
If you could do it all over again, would you have gone to a trade school?
I enjoyed college and was fortunate enough to enjoy a good white collar career. But if I could do it all over again, I would have learned how to become a licensed electrician, plumber, etc.
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No but I definitely enjoy learning those trades now as a homeowner, but every time I do a major project on my house I’m reminded why I don’t want a job like that. I’m sore for days and usually have a new cut or something on my hands.
Good answer. For me I try to do stuff around the house and I usually make it worse costing me more money in the end when a professional comes to fix it.
I once had a sparky tell me;
There's one price for me to do a job.
There's a worse price for me to fix the last guys job.
And the worst price is if you touched the damn thing.
I treat it like any other technology issue and google the “right” way to do things, not just what some streamer does. I think it’s generally resulted in good quality work, but at a massive cost in time.
Actually, now that I’m finally getting a little ahead financially, I find myself unwilling to spend that time. Recently I’m more likely to pay someone to get the job done fast and right, with no hassle on my part. I have no idea how most people can afford that though