[nippoo]

I'm glad you love your career! I found myself getting increasingly unfit, sad, daylight-deprived and in need of doing something - anything! - else that involved me moving my body. (Bandaids like a standing desk or regular breaks or gym work or a SAD lamp couldn't really detract from the fact I was spending 8 hours a day (the brightest daylight hours too!), in the prime of my life, cooped up at a desk. After a career in live sound, I now design and install high-end A/V hardware and I love it.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I didn't read anyone saying they loved their career, actually, just that it wasn't bad and the money was really hard to give up.

[itake]

my understanding of most blue collar jobs is the first 5-15 years are great, but as your body starts to break down, you physically can't do it any more.

[pragmatic]

Define “great”.

You’re way underpaid as you’re apprenticing.

Money in trades comes from owning the business not running the trencher, pulling wires etc.

[jf22]

But then you're sitting behind the desk again...

[dakiol]

My first 3-4 years were meh in terms of income, but great in terms of fun (could hack long hours, and I got excited for every little thing). My next 5 years were great in terms of income, and meh in terms of fun (I just wanted to get paid and leave at 5pm). Nowadays, the money is still good so it’s hard to give up, I don’t like software engineering (doing software with a team, with deadlines, with oncall, with managers, etc) anymore. I still love doing side projects.

[shrimp_emoji]

What this person fails to mention is the reason they like brightness so much is because they're a plant.