[cbxyp]

Pretty simple explanation right here: https://i.redd.it/7h1mwj3gcjd61.png I do my software engineering work in the middle of the night, while I'd happily work during the day for labor. Why not? Hard work keeps the body young. 2000 hours and licensing barriers is why not. There's no entry level apprenticeships available. There is no on the job training available. Even if someone is an autodidact the shortage is a given when the hiring requires unnecessary experience.

[shagymoe]

You clearly haven't worked a labor job. "Keeps the body young"? No, it generally destroys the body. Also, there's a reason the phrase "regulations are written in blood" gets repeated. Spoiler: It's because people have been injured and died doing things they didn't know were bad. In this guy's case, does he know under which conditions the giant hole he just dug with his shovel will cave in and bury him alive? Likely not. The same applies to "licensing barriers".

This plague of people who think they're smarter than everyone else, especially those who came before them, and know about everything is insufferable.