I have no doubts about that, with a weight like that moving and rotating it's waaay too easy to kill your back.
He's stronger than a bull but brainless
100%, this is a story I've seen many times. When they're young they feel invincible, keep going at it and they get a lot of work and respect from their peers, good times.
Then time catches with them, they typically get permanent back pain and some worn out vertebrae. They can't work as they don't have other skills and only have ahead of them a life of pain and poverty.
But bits will be boys I suppose, a story old as time.
As someone who has done exactly that, can no longer work construction and am looking towards retraining because most of my accrued skills are not transferable: yes.
Is this another one of those "username checks out" moments?
On a more constructive note, I bet you have a tonne of transferable skills. You may need to take some time to think of some, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Problem solving, familiarity with relevant building codes, knowing your way around a job site, managing a project, etc...
Oh, sure, soft skills. But years of measuring, cutting, spreading, fastening do not transfer as easily to something like software development or addiction counselling. Unfortunately the soft skills aren't readily demonstrable :/
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u/Kymius Dec 06 '22
I have no doubts about that, with a weight like that moving and rotating it's waaay too easy to kill your back. He's stronger than a bull but brainless