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[AMA] I am a professional construction carpenter. Feel free to ask me anything. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been working in construction for the past 11 years at this point with a few years before that in a part time role. I'm more than happy to lend whatever knowledge or insights I may have about work, life, or whatever.

I will be checking in sporadically to see if there are questions.

EDITED WELL AFTER QUESTIONS STOPPED: I'm still active-ish on Lemmy, so if you happen to find this and have a question, I will likely still get back to you.

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[+] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Always wanted the freedom to work outside, particularly out of an office. I'm the type of person who gets mentally bored from going to the same place day in and day out and doing similar tasks. I'd have been burned out in less than a year of dealing with the same people and the same problems. Once that happens my enjoyment for everything drops through the floor and I just become really unpleasant to the point that I'd likely lose the job.

Added bonus for doing a physical job is that I NEVER have a problem getting to sleep. I've had the same routine long enough at this point that I don't even have an alarm set up for waking up, just one for when I'm supposed to hit the road.

The main issue at the moment is that the work is incredibly hard on the body. My knees are starting to feel rough, I've stressed a back muscle to the point of pain a few times this year, and I have developed the dreaded 'dad bod' from the muscles I do work. I had planned to transition into a supervisor role over the next 5 years, but that opportunity just floated away with the rest of the company. However, I am only about a year away from getting a bachelors degree and am likely going to go finish that up for engineering so that I can eventually shift out of the field if I'm unable to get into a supervisor role before my body REALLY starts getting upset at me.