Submitted 6 months ago by SSUPII@sopuli.xyz to [deleted]
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As a current tradesman who is regularly burned, electrocuted, and cut on the job while rolling around in filthy crawl spaces, dragging 100 lb of gear up a ladder onto scorching rooftops, or freezing inside walk in deep freezers… working in IT was way worse.
I would sooner stick my tongue in a 480V panel than have to go back to answering “printer don’t work” tickets.
God you make me so happy to have my work from home IT desk job. The secret is to get the hell out of help desk and into something more specialized/higher level. Glad you made peace with your circumstances though
I was actually tier 3 support. I just also happened to be the sole support for one specific area which meant even low level tickets from there got automatically directed to me.
Earlier hyperbole aside, I honestly fuckin love my job now. If I didn’t rely on having an income, I would still be doing this for free. But working a desk job drove me nuts. I’m sure it’s great for a lot of people but I just can’t do it.
imma be honest. welding (in a shop) aint that hard. i have to weld here and there as part of my job, and it is pretty fucking easy after a 1 week long schooling
I might be a magnet for anomalies but every welder I know is either a woman or non-binary and gay as hell.
The only welder I know is a cishet guy but super woke. That said his union is very not
The trades can attract fairly diverse people because you don’t have to fit into an office. Generally you’re just given your work and you’re expected to do it. Welders especially can easily be specialized enough that they can’t really be micromanaged.
I can make the connections for computer science, but how the hell does welding attract da queerness? (And how the hell did my phone autocomplete that sentence?)
My somewhat unfounded opinion is that living as part of a marginalized group, subject to different rules (legal or social,) makes one question rhe validity of all rules. Marginalized and intersectional people wouldn’t be as interested in convention in the first place.
Add to that, a push to get women into more trade positions where the gender divide is greater, with assistance that recognizes the increased difficulty for women to get into those positions.
I swear to god this is so true! There are two welder “foremen” at my job. One recently came out as a trans woman, the other one has hoop earrings and acrylic nails.
Hell yeah
Fuck that. An ex of mine (we’re still friends) is a welder, non-binary, and doesn’t put up with homophobic shit.
But have they tried gender studies? They might learn just how good they have it being a welder.
I feel like they might be an outlier.
A good chunk of welders that I know are very gender nonconforming.
FWIW, they also do some modeling work on the side while also being polyamorous, are fully open about it at work, and have never had a problem with cat calls or anything like that.
jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
And here I am. Not quite a welder, but a trans machinist. It’s getting impossible to keep up the work, though.