IDK about this take in the context of the workplace. My experience has been that non-engineering office workers work the same amount of hours or even more for almost half the salary we get... in the same expensive cities.
I'll still take software engineering over being a lawyer (3 grueling years of $40k/yr tuition and 12+ hour days) or doctor (a decade of expensive school) even if they make more money.
Trades are cool and underrated... but they also ruin your body and also aren't as high paying as people think (at the beginning it might be close to minimum wage).
I'll still take software engineering over being a lawyer (3 grueling years of $40k/yr tuition and 12+ hour days) or doctor (a decade of expensive school) even if they make more money.
Trades are cool and underrated... but they also ruin your body and also aren't as high paying as people think (at the beginning it might be close to minimum wage).