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Originally Posted by Jayems
Framing and carpentry are different. My buddy's a carpenter, and always lements that he picked a trade that makes the least amount of money. But he loves his job, and is really good at it. He did a tonne of work in the Deerfoot Casino, and is now working for some guy out in Springbank, and their working on a multi-million dollar house putting in all sorts of neat woodwork.
I'd think, personally, you really need to look at the culture your going into. Depending on how he/she was raised, entering into the trades may be a huge shock by the way people talk to each other, their attitudes, and racism. This isn't about my friend i'm talking about, but I dabbled into some trades trying to figure out what the hell i wanted to do, and was shocked at the level of racism in the trade i was in. It takes a certian breed, but if you can do it and enjoy it, by all means, great times.
Just a few things to think about.
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you get that in most places that don't have to worry about adhering to office workplace etiquette. when i worked at FedEx Ground in the terminal (loading/unloading trailers, vans, etc) you would have probably been shocked by the language. and it wasn't just a bunch of white guys either, it was quite a divserse workplace all being equally abrasive (i lost count on how many times i was called cracker or corn-fed). but that wasn't even the worst part, customers were specifically prohibited from entering the terminal because of the vulgarities we'd be screaming at each other from across the warehouse. and all that made for a very fun workplace when everyone had that mentality, that's still my favorite job i've ever had
of course i'm not the type of person to be easily offended (you need to get really personal for me to react) so that atmopshere may not be for everyone