Learn ̷T̷o̷ ̷C̷o̷d̷e̷ Construction

[Jack_Horner]

Over on The Org, there was a running bit, that a dude kept telling people to learn how to install rain gutters for a living.

Seemed like a joke, but he turned out to be right.

Basically, the Internet has been telling people to "learn to code" for the last five years at least. At this point it's a meme: Did you just lose your job at WalMart? Learn to code.

But something funny happened along the way. Basically, companies overhired like crazy during the pandemic. For instance, I have two full time jobs at the same time, and at one point I had four. Because they were handing out jobs like candy for a while there, job openings for software developers have now fallen by over sixteen percent. That doesn't sound like a lot, but it's also combined with thousands of layoffs. So you have newly laid off people fighting for roles with people who just graduated college. Your basic shit show. Things haven't been like this since the Dot Com Bubble popped.

At the same time, something else happened: basically, there are barely any homes for sale. What happened was that interest rates crashed during the pandemic, almost everyone refinanced their mortgage down to three percent, and now they have "golden handcuffs." There are millions of people who can't afford to move and are stuck in their homes, because if they were to do that, their new mortgage payment would be twice as high. Mortgage rates are 7.5% today, they were 2.5-3.0% just two years ago.

This has created a crazy demand for construction workers. If homeowners won't move, homebuilders will just build new homes. And they are.

Bottom line: it's arguably easier to get a job swinging a hammer today, than it is to get a job doing software development.

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[Treat Yourself]

I heard construction is pretty cool. You can shit in a bucket in your truck, knock off early whenever you want, and spend all your money betting on horses.

 

[Meownaw]

WWAWD Org being down?

 

[Lucky Buddha Beer]

Yes, there are lots of backbreaking skin cancer producing construction "help wanted" no experience needed jobs but I'm not a slave nigger thank you.

 

[aRTie02150]

I don't want to work anymore.

 

[Jack_Horner]

WWAWD Org being down?

Weekly occurrence

 

[LockedHDD__Pot]

it's a good bit, but I don't know what to think... you may as well tell me.

I used to code some funnies at school by editing autoexec . bat to change teachers' names to a rhyming funny on the network login... I'll also adapt an imperial to a metric, plumbing-stylee. But carry-on...

 

[TheRevAlJolson]

The trades are great. Almost no women, no cunty men, no HR language police - just real ass dudes. I'm in a trade, but still work in an office, still regular M-F hours, I can come into work in shorts and a t-shirt, tell off color jokes, have a beer at my desk, smoke a cigar at lunch... It's fucking great. Fuck that corporate America bullshit, construction is where it's at.

 

[chocolatehellhole]

The trades are great. Almost no women, no cunty men, no HR language police - just real ass dudes. I'm in a trade, but still work in an office, still regular M-F hours, I can come into work in shorts and a t-shirt, tell off color jokes, have a beer at my desk, smoke a cigar at lunch... It's fucking great. Fuck that corporate America bullshit, construction is where it's at.

Enjoy your crippling back pain at 50

 

[BakersfieldChimp]

Oh fuck, he's Hornerposting ova here now?

 

[Meownaw]

Oh fuck, he's Hornerposting ova here now?

Once Valuum joins it's over.

 

[guest]

I wasnt created to "work with my hands" (arthritis prone) but if you want a construction job hack that is easy on your body...Become a contractor and learn how to install Aluminum siding and eavestroughs/gutters. Its basically an art project masquerading as construction. The most "sophisticated" equipment you'll need (besides ladders and the standard tool set) is a siding saw table:

If you work with vinyl or stone, youd need a saw but aluminum is literally like paper, you just need a special kind of plier and it feels like craft. Remember to measure twice and cut once funsters.

 

[BakersfieldChimp]

Once Valuum joins it's over.

Hey let's all upvote every post of this druggie faggot fucking trannies and fat bitches.

Faggots, all of them.

 

[TheNanaDook]

Software development is flooded with useless pajeets and women and niggers who took 2 week bootcamps and think they build financial apps now. In my experience, it's easier than ever to get hired if you have even a few years of experience, let alone 15. If you came out of a bootcamp thinking you were going to get $300k right off the bat, yeah you're having a bad time. And you should, you lazy worthless sack of shit (not you OP).

 

[Meownaw]

Hey let's all upvote every post of this druggie faggot fucking trannies and fat bitches.

Faggots, all of them.

For every 500 shitty threads there are 3 good ones that get buried in obscurity.

 

[Dog Eater]

I wasnt created to "work with my hands" (arthritis prone) but if you want a construction job hack that is easy on your body...Become a contractor and learn how to install Aluminum siding and eavestroughs/gutters. Its basically an art project masquerading as construction. The most "sophisticated" equipment you'll need (besides ladders and the standard tool set) is a siding saw table:

If you work with vinyl or stone, youd need a saw but aluminum is literally like paper, you just need a special kind of plier and it feels like craft. Remember to measure twice and cut once funsters.

Oh veyy my rheumatismmm

 

[Butterknife]

WWAWD Org being down?

The jannies will hash it all out via Discord.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

For every 500 shitty threads there are 3 good ones that get buried in obscurity.

It used to be a way better ratio but the userbase slowly seemed to dwindle.

 

[Riccardo Bosi]

Some construction jobs rule, or you learn to put up with it over time and it becomes tolerable.

Painting is a good one if you don't want to work too hard physically. It's kinda dull for me and I get sick of it quickly though. At least you can listen to podcasts all day long if you're alone.

Roofing pays very well if you're good with heights (I'm not).

Carpentry these days is basically for retarded people unless you're a master carpenter or some sort of specialist.

Concreting is hard but it pays well and some phases of it are fun, i.e. destroying old slabs with a jackhammer, sealing driveways if they're exposed aggregate, etc. Carrying mesh and the pours itself suck though.

Brickies get paid too well nowadays with some guys getting paid up to $3 a brick. It's fucking bricklaying.

I wanna get a Bobcat to do earthmoving because some guys charge a minimum of $500 just to get the fucking machine there (which is bullshit) but all my money's tied up. It would be the choice job for someone once they're 50 because there's barely any physicality involved but it earns a great living.

Plumbing is a handy trade but it's so cut-and-dry that there's no artistry to it. But they don't work terribly hard unless they have to dig a trench. A lot of them are like, "ah, I need to go to the plumbing store to pick up a piece I need" and they're gone for two hours, drinking coffee and reading the paper in the plumbers' lounge.

Being an electrician might be okay but I hate the idea that you could die in an instant.

I could never work an office job. You can't say cunt, you can't smoke or drink while you're working, and you can't not show up because it's raining. You get the worst traffic and you need to iron your clothes. You have to shower in the morning. You don't get paid to keep fit. I wear Skechers and don't get haircuts. The only shit part of the day is getting up at like 6 or whatever.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Some construction jobs rule, or you learn to put up with it over time and it becomes tolerable.

Painting is a good one if you don't want to work too hard physically. It's kinda dull for me and I get sick of it quickly though. At least you can listen to podcasts all day long if you're alone.

Roofing pays very well if you're good with heights (I'm not).

Carpentry these days is basically for retarded people unless you're a master carpenter or some sort of specialist.

Concreting is hard but it pays well and some phases of it are fun, i.e. destroying old slabs with a jackhammer, sealing driveways if they're exposed aggregate, etc. Carrying mesh and the pours itself suck though.

Brickies get paid too well nowadays with some guys getting paid up to $3 a brick. It's fucking bricklaying.

I wanna get a Bobcat to do earthmoving because some guys charge a minimum of $500 just to get the fucking machine there (which is bullshit) but all my money's tied up. It would be the choice job for someone once they're 50 because there's barely any physicality involved but it earns a great living.

Plumbing is a handy trade but it's so cut-and-dry that there's no artistry to it. But they don't work terribly hard unless they have to dig a trench. A lot of them are like, "ah, I need to go to the plumbing store to pick up a piece I need" and they're gone for two hours, drinking coffee and reading the paper in the plumbers' lounge.

Being an electrician might be okay but I hate the idea that you could die in an instant.

I could never work an office job. You can't say cunt, you can't smoke or drink while you're working, and you can't not show up because it's raining. You get the worst traffic and you need to iron your clothes. You have to shower in the morning. You don't get paid to keep fit. I wear Skechers and don't get haircuts. The only shit part of the day is getting up at like 6 or whatever.

Roofing and concrete fucking suck dick and don’t really pay that well around me. Looked into it for a goof but I’ve done them enough as a favor to relatives to know that it would be awful every day. I’m always impressed when pro painters don’t need to tape off a room.

Edit: this faggot wears Skechers.