Sir, your arrogance is stunning.
I’m not in the trades, but I work with tradesmen nearly every day. There is honor is skilled labor. Great honor and great pay in many cases
No accountant has ever looked at a balance sheet and told his son proudly, “I did that.”
Many a stonemason or glazer has gazed up at a shining tower and said “Son, I built that.”
If you want second class caste citizenship, no clout with the ladies on free drink night and a lifetime of working out doors then by all means go into the “trades”.
Yet without the accountants and the accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll folks, who would be keeping an eye on the company’s profitability, ensuring that the company survives and is able to keep people working, the payable folks who get the bills paid on time so that suppliers will continue to deliver the construction materials that the construction workers need to do their jobs, the receivable folks who ensure that work is billed and collected on time and oversee cash flow and the payroll folks who make sure that people are paid properly and on time, that their taxes are correctly withheld and reported on their W2’s.
Sure looking at a completed construction project and saying “I built that” may not be as sexy as looking at balance sheets and spreadsheets, etc., but without them, you’d be screwed.
And FWIW, I’ve been pretty damned proud of the accuracy of my balance sheets and income statements, etc. even if some of the trades people may not see the value in it.
Sir, your arrogance is stunning.
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Not really. More a reply to those here always pushing blue-collar work/ “the trades” as an end-all solution to the US problems.
It’s not for everyone. Don’t make it into a solution for everyone. It definitely has a place in society, an important place, but not the only place.
Like I said, not every boy or man wants to grow up and turn a wrench or do manual labor.