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I remember an electrician lecturing me about how a desk job is not real work. I have nothing but respect for blue collar jobs. But fuck that particular guy. If he knew how intensely boring, complicated, and time sensitive some knowledge work is, he'd STFU. I never hired him again, found a much better electrician.
I see you've met my father.
(He's not an electrician, just blue collar with that opinion)
I was a welder who was promoted up to quality manager, and I can tell you that while my current role is nowhere near as physically demanding, it is absolutely harder.
Perhaps it's my ADHD, perhaps it's because I've never really been trained for office work, but the thing I struggle with most is prioritising tasks, making sure I'm doing enough of all the things required of me. I never had to do that before. My foreman would assign me tasks, I'd do the tasks. Easy. Also, my current role intersects heavily with health and safety legislation, so I've had to study for (and pass) a NEBOSH qualification. I never failed a welding test, but I had to resit the NEBOSH.
I do desk work for a company that mostly does manufacturing, and I've had a few of the workshop guys come into the office, take one look at my screen, and tell me they'd never be able to do my job. I usually tell them I probably couldn't do their job either so we're even
Who does he think designs all the shit that he works on?