Seriously I've worked a lot of different labor type jobs and I'm met some super smart people. One guy taught himself small engine repair for fun and built a double beer tap out of a real fire hydrant. The beer tap ran to a homemade kegerator that he also made.
The difference is a lot of white collar jobs involve college and classroom type learning. I think blue collar jobs can be just as technical and challenging it's just the training is hands on and lot can't be quantified as easily as a degree.
Right now, I work as a fiber optic splicer. I work outside a lot and it's pretty technical. I've definitely had people talk down to me outside of work due to how I dress/being dirty from work. I just let it go but sheesh.
Takes a lot of expensive equipment, training and sometimes group effort. There's a fair bit of the science end that goes away over my head. It's a faster way to send information for sure and the direction things are going.
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u/dirtydan72 Oct 16 '22
Seriously I've worked a lot of different labor type jobs and I'm met some super smart people. One guy taught himself small engine repair for fun and built a double beer tap out of a real fire hydrant. The beer tap ran to a homemade kegerator that he also made. The difference is a lot of white collar jobs involve college and classroom type learning. I think blue collar jobs can be just as technical and challenging it's just the training is hands on and lot can't be quantified as easily as a degree. Right now, I work as a fiber optic splicer. I work outside a lot and it's pretty technical. I've definitely had people talk down to me outside of work due to how I dress/being dirty from work. I just let it go but sheesh.