>>...fer instance: "Here's what 10$ an hour looks like! Had to put in my 2 weeks."
And pretty much every reply is "I make way more than that, what are you thinking??"
I'd imagine the guy either doesn't know how to show up consistently and on-time, or has such a severe lack of social skills that he can't properly interview for a job. If you can weld like that and can't find a job making more than $10/hr you are doing something SERIOUSLY wrong.
IIRC just this week the US Census released a median household income of $56,000k. Even traditionally poor-performing demographics are well above $40,000/year at median.
Most of my neighbors are "blue collar" entrepreneurs who started in trade jobs and eventually founded their own construction, electrical, or plumbing contracting companies. Most of them make way more money than software developers. Well into the six-figure scale.
My parents retired from teaching making roughly that both with masters degree plus max credits. Either that's a good wage or we grossly underpay our "overpaid" teachers.
And pretty much every reply is "I make way more than that, what are you thinking??"
I'd imagine the guy either doesn't know how to show up consistently and on-time, or has such a severe lack of social skills that he can't properly interview for a job. If you can weld like that and can't find a job making more than $10/hr you are doing something SERIOUSLY wrong.