Trades are always hiring. My phone says I walk like 5 miles a day just working in our factory. I use my brain, body, problem-solving skills, and have real conversations with my coworkers daily about how to go about the work and solve problems, or just pass the time when we're not as busy. I learn new things constantly and enjoy working with my hands and making my work look beautiful, which can be surprisingly deep in the field of industrial electrical work.

Just know that if anyone's interested in this kinda thing, make sure you have some thick skin and maybe leave a terminally online brain at home

[–] TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which trade are you in?

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm gonna guess industrial electrical work

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. Specifically industrial control and automation, which is apples to oranges to commercial and industrial building power distribution for example.

I worked for GE as a grunt first building inverters for solar fields and power plants. Then I did field service for them in the American southwest when they shut down the factory and sent all the work to GE Germany and Japan.

Then when all of the re-work we were doing was done, I passed on traveling indefinitely and came back home to Pittsburgh. I got hired opening a new factory for a company that makes machinery used for plastics recycling and worked there for close to a decade as their only electrical technician. That shop holds a deep place in my heart for the connections and friendships I made there. But I saw us getting slow as fuck and everyone quitting and decided to switch jobs this year for a better paycheck and closer commute. Now I work solely in testing and do a bit of design work and drafting.