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by et-al 1433 days ago
> I'm hoping there might be a trade where I could leverage some existing skills, but I find that unlikely.

Plumbing. But you still gotta deal with shit all day. ;)

It's easy to think the grass is greener elsewhere, and I'm also guilty of it. E.g. I hear of traveling nurses making bank and sometimes wish I went that route.

However, don't let a toxic work environment ruin your taste of the industry. For me, there's great pleasure in building things with a tight feedback loop, and I skeptical that more manual jobs would offer that with comparable pay and benefits.