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ScipioAfricanus1911 on scored.co
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I agree but will say it's a shame because if you work for the right general contractor (IE a White man that doesn't hire truckloads of beaners) it can be a great way to get somewhat proficient at a lot of different trades and figure out what you prefer, or can at least tolerate doing every day for decades.
I started working summers as a teen for a general contractor back in the early aughts, and returned to the same company a few years later when I figured out the office world was not my cup of tea. I had the opportunity to learn a lot because I prefer to know what the fuck I'm doing in anything I engage in, and want to do it well.
You are right about the majority of GCs these days though. There are a lot of mother fuckers running around calling themselves that who shouldn't even be referring to themselves as a handyman. To say nothing of the extremely common practice of hiring hordes of home depot parking lot dwellers for 8 hours of work (supposedly) before they disappear into the mist, or being stuck with the backhoe guy who is on day five of his meth bender and just got the call that his wife left him and took his stash. But I digress.
I love woodworking and there is a visceral appeal to turning piles of lumber into a home. But unless I move up to Pennsylvania & become a part of an Amish community, which I genuinely would be game for if not for the fact I would always be considered an outsider (and rightfully so) it is doubtful it will ever again be my primary way of earning a living. For exactly the reasons you stated.
I started working summers as a teen for a general contractor back in the early aughts, and returned to the same company a few years later when I figured out the office world was not my cup of tea. I had the opportunity to learn a lot because I prefer to know what the fuck I'm doing in anything I engage in, and want to do it well.
You are right about the majority of GCs these days though. There are a lot of mother fuckers running around calling themselves that who shouldn't even be referring to themselves as a handyman. To say nothing of the extremely common practice of hiring hordes of home depot parking lot dwellers for 8 hours of work (supposedly) before they disappear into the mist, or being stuck with the backhoe guy who is on day five of his meth bender and just got the call that his wife left him and took his stash. But I digress.
I love woodworking and there is a visceral appeal to turning piles of lumber into a home. But unless I move up to Pennsylvania & become a part of an Amish community, which I genuinely would be game for if not for the fact I would always be considered an outsider (and rightfully so) it is doubtful it will ever again be my primary way of earning a living. For exactly the reasons you stated.