Posted on 06/03/2022 8:41:18 PM PDT by max americana
From the Handyman channel on youtube. 2 years old but a good one. First 5 minutes, he "installs" a smoke detector and makes $125. Hard work right? ;)
2nd "work" he has to swipe a sink garbage disposal. According to a handyman dude I know of, Handyman is correct..there mostly is a rat or disgusting underneath there LOL
I have mentioned this before. It is very difficult to find a skilled craftsman these days. George W. Bush is responsible for much of this. His ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act destroyed trades education in public schools. NCLB tested for math and English, but NOT for the trades.
And woe to the districts whose schools scored low on the NCLB tests! So as a matter of self-preservation, most school districts eliminated their trades programs. The trades students were shoved into advanced math and English classes - classes they neither wanted nor needed.
The urban high school where I taught had a superb carpentry program. It was probably the best one in the state. It’s gone now, thanks to George W. Bush.
Sounds like his primary job is sales and marketing. His handyman services just happen to be what he is selling and marketing.
Wood shop 1st hour, my mother still has the cherry coffee table I made her. I’m 70+. Learning about the trades is a very valuable knowledge set. Even if you never work any as your primary job. I feel sorry for the younger set. Ignorance is not bliss.
The high school my kids went to still has trades…automotive,carpentry,and culinary arts. Maybe others.
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I agree.
You want to make money today? Forget college and become a handyman. They can easily make over $100/hr if they’re half way competent, dependable and conscientious.
Unfortunately, many turn out to be flakes. That’s why being dependable is so important and gives you a big leg up.
Mike Rowe is doing his best to point American youth in the right direction. I hope everyone supports him.
Never saw a guy turn on his base like W
It’s kind of a side point, but my late father was a skilled carpenter. And he was very good at plumbing and electrical work as well. And oh, did he hate the term “handyman”. To him it was an insult, sort of like calling a skilled emergency room physician a “first aid guy”.
If the women don’t find you handsome, they might as well find you handy! (Or something like that).
My wife says she lucked out - I’m handy AND handsome! She keeps telling me to become a “handyman”. Lots of older folks do need help with stuff and I could do it I suppose. I don’t mind helping out here and there - but as a job? Maybe some day. The trouble is, doing stuff around the house or working on my own cars or whatever, I probably spend just as much time on the internet learning about it as I actually do DOING it. I don’t mind when its for myself - but I wouldn’t want to be learning on somebody else’s project.
Yup, many are unreliable. Even if competent. If they had someone also competent, doing logistics and office stuff for them, it could help SOME of them to be better.
Depending where you are licensing can be expensive or hard to acquire. Also different areas have different things unlicensed people can do vs licensed folks. It can vary a lot depending where you live.
Today my ex told me she’s having a bathroom remodeling job done. Today a workman was stumped about something and said he needed to check on something. She walked out to his truck to ask him something and he was looking at a YouTube video on the topic.
Obama also tried to wreck trade schools with his 'Gainful Employment' regs, which were deliberately designed to get rid of for-profit vo-techs and trade schools with impossible-to-meet standards. For example, 70% of students in every graduating cohort (divided by training type) must be employed in their trade within 90 days of graduation. If, say, 2 students in a subclass of 5 graduating in metal fabrication aren't gainfully employed in metal fabrication the whole school fails and could get shut down.
Fortunately GE was stopped in court. Obama tried to resurrect GE in 2015 but Trump killed it. A few months ago Biden resurrected GE to try to nuke the trade schools once again.
My husband was never more excited to buy me a Christmas gift than when I told him I wanted a table saw for woodworking.
He also got me wood files, a sander, a chisel, and wood screws. My first few creations were rudimentary, but my bookcase turned out beautifully. At that point, I had a solid understanding of measuring, fitting pieces together to hide tap nails and wood screws, and the multiple steps necessary to get a high sheen on the stain.
When we moved, it was too big for the new house. I put it out and within the hour, a pickup truck came by, the man asked if I was getting rid of it, I told him I was, and his wife jumped with delight. They were back in 10 minutes with a blanket in the bed and straps to hold it down.
Made me happy to make them happy.
Dad was never happy when he found me sitting on my butt. So I learned to sweat copper, lay brick, pour concrete, do concrete flat work, drive a tractor and truck, tune a 350 ci Chevy, and think for myself. I built the house, along with dad, my mom and wife, I live in today. Congrats on your project. Now the brakes are off. Murphys beds, stilts, cabinets, the sky and your imagination are the limits. Grandad told me, if you learn something it’s yours, it’s in your mind and you own it. No one can get it from you unless you decide to teach them. I was blessed with teachers in my life. I hope you continue to learn and remember to teach. Regards.
The profitable days are awesome, but rarely a representation of the year. Something every entrepreneur & self-employed individual knows well.
On the other hand, I ran into a refrigerator repair man in the 1990s who said he was still working because he could not even find someone to teach to take over his business. He had been looking for 10 years.
I think the push to college started before Bush. High schools were rated by how many were accepted into college.
Then we hd the whole give-away of our manufacturing...
Makes me ill when I think about it.
Sounds like an honest man. Probably a wise one too, not afraid to seek knowledge!
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