ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area We are so lucky to be electricians

If you're going to work building trades, no
question electric is the way to go.I do only resi.; mininum of heavy lifting, good combo of mental/physical work,mostly inside, some w/ heat or cooling, and if you're careful,
safer than roofing,framing,siding; plumbing,
wet and/or smelly; elec. the perfect solo gig.My first choice was men's magazine mogul,but Hef beat me to it.

I work with a guy at the FD who did auto body work as a side gig - he's good at it too. Then his buddy with a big construction outfit got him gig as a union concrete laborer for the Millenuium Park construction gig in Chicago. Great money, but yeesh!

He'd come in for shift after working 2 long days back to back and look like death warmed over- and not by much.

He's getting his shoulders worked on now, so he's on medical leave. 40 was a little old to shovel concrete for a living IMHO...