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Anonymous09/29/25, 02:30No.2947685
Would you recommend construction as a career? Most of the people i talk to irl say its not worth it
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Anon09/29/25, 02:32No.2947686
Do you value not being worn out and crippled?
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Anon09/29/25, 02:57No.2947694
You can make great money in construction and the skills are needed world wide if you ever wanted to change country. But you have to narrow it down OP which industry are you interested in?
>t. qualified carpenter, who changed to a construction profession which required a degree
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Anon09/29/25, 06:08No.2947724
No. You should maybe listen to those people.
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Anon09/29/25, 07:04No.2947730
It pays. Would you rather work at dunkin donuts?
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Anon09/29/25, 08:01No.2947740
Most people in real life says that construction isn't worth it. Should I listen to them? Nah let's ask some strangers on Mongolian bricks laying forum.
Jokes aside construction isn't easy, a lot of time you will bust your mutts from physical labor, unloading or moving materials. There are a lot of dangerous materials, breathing in cement, dust, drywall, saw dust you name it will fuck up your lungs in the long term. When doing construction you will have to work during day, so during summer you will risk heat stroke, if you do roofing you risk falling down, if you do concreting say goodbye to resting since you have to work hard and fast. So all in all construction will fuck up your body, you might make some money since there are less and less people willing to do it. If this is worth it in you mind go for it.
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Anon09/29/25, 12:16No.2947759
Just retired after 45 yrs of construction.
I like hard dirty work. The cold, heat sun didn’t bother me I liked being outside. I did it all from concrete to roofs. Here’s what sucked. In the beginning you bust your ass for a greedy dickhead.
Eventually if you’re good you go on your own.
Now you work for numerous greedy dickheads ( homeowners) the job is never good enough, fast enough or cheap enough. Dealing with some entitled cunt know it all. I sold most of my tools to ensure I never do this shit again
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Anon09/30/25, 03:41No.2947896
Yes if you are driven and intelligent. If you have low motivation you'll just end up as a forever laborer making shit money and busting your ass every day well into your 60s. If you're driven and intelligent you can figure out how to make money without using your body. You'll still have to put some time in doing physical work though, everyone does.
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Anon09/30/25, 05:02No.2947908
Scabs just get a shitty construction management degree or skip over all the labor years by kissing ass, nepotism, or rolling the dice on themselves with some capital and an LLC.I fucking do not see how anyone actually constructing moves up if they're not in a licensed trade or union.It doesn't matter how much work you complete, if it's all perfect, if you train other people, if you learn every facet of the business, the product, and amounts of all the surrounding trades.You have to read the tea leaves of the company you're in. Where are you going to be in 10 years looking at the other 10 year guys? Does the management like you?
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Anon09/30/25, 19:54No.2948016
If you aren't going to college for some sort of degree that guarantees good pay, then you should 100% do skilled labor. Its literally the only way to have good pay (enough to buy a home), health/dental and pension/retirement savings. Youre going to be very sad if you dont have any of those things by the time your 40.If you're not going to higher education its dumb not to. Even if you were going to school you should be working a manual/skilled labor job to earn some more money than working at a Walgreens or something. Don't be a pussy.I work in Maritime trade. I work on tugboats specifically which is really the best maritime job you can get. Ships are actually retarded. Some people get their licenses to go work on luxury yachts in fort Lauderdale FL. That can be a fun job for a young person but youre essentially a servant to ultra wealthy yacht owners.A lot of guy guys go to maritime academy and fast tracked to wheel house or engineer positions. in my line of work its still possible move up without a college degree but rather through license upgrades. Those people are referred to as hawespipers. The academies just gives a big headstart to young people. Its good to go to maritime academy if you can and if you want to make money.
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Anon09/30/25, 20:16No.2948019
I work in a lab on large water cooled chillers. I noticed that all the pipefitter contractors look the same
Long face and a goatee
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Anon10/10/25, 14:25No.2950012
Been doing construction work since 2011.
Not really worth it if youre a foreman especially for a shitty company or a company with a cheap/mr.scrooge type owner.
Get into a specialized trade and not general construction.
If youre just doing grunt work and are okay with beating up your body then its not bad, if youre a foreman for a shit company then expect literally every problem that management has to be thrown at you and be blamed for it.
The extra 1-2 dollars isnt worth it to be constantly inheriting everyones problems because the Kiss-asses will make it your problem.
Expect to never have time off and get griefed by everyone in management (if you work for a shit company).Im not a foreman for a shit company anymore, i quit and went to a different company and just do grunt work now. Its honestly much more relaxing not having pajeet management or cheap company owners blowing up my phone for problems they caused. No one in management ever communicates with each other despite literally being 30ft away from each other. Be prepared for telephone-tag if youre a foreman.
Overall construction work isnt bad though, you learn alot and you can take material home sometimes, plus good coworkers are usually the reason you stay longer. Pay can be good or close to foreman wages if you stick with it.
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Anon10/12/25, 03:02No.2950334
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Anon10/13/25, 04:24No.2950487
by the time ur old enough to retire you will have to because of the toll it takes on your body
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Anon10/13/25, 04:38No.2950488
Fuck no.
I did when I was young and my joints are now fucked.
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Anon10/13/25, 17:11No.2950574
most people get into the construction trades because tradie relative or because there is no other option
learning to build and repair things with your hands is great and the physical labor feels good, but i don't recommend it as a way to make a living
zoomers have been pushing the trades meme for a while since the coding is dead meme
but the reality is that if you don't work for the government, are self-employed, or own a company, pretty much sucks
high mortality rates
the pay is bad
long-unpayed commute
compete vs immigrants
it's full of druggies and pariahs
unions are a mafia
scrooge mcduck phenotype is more common than you imagine and there's tremendous nepotism
even mostly successful self made tradies are just boomers who have taken advantage of immigrants low wages for decadesif you don't/can't want to go to collage
then learn electronics, fix phones, computers, install cameras, cable, antennas or something like that