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by toomuchtodo 1155 days ago
Electrician. The world is going to spend the next several decades electrifying everything. Can’t outsource it, easy on the body vs other trades, good unions.
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Interestingly my immigrant welder/mason grandfather (RIP) told me the same about 20 years ago.

He was dropping me off at a mechanic shop for an automotive Boy Scout merit badge and I think he thought I was interested in becoming a mechanic. He told me before dropping me off that if I wanted a trade electrician was the highest paying and easiest on the body.

Trades are definitely in demand and will continue to be