I'd like to see more brilliant minds from tech explore other industries, especially the trades. It is incredibly difficult to find competent and trustworthy tradespeople at a reasonable price today. There is so much that a former SWE could bring to the table that doesn't necessarily mean being the tradesperson themselves (though that would be great). The trades desperately need manpower on all fronts.
The trades are underpaid. If you have other options why would you tear your body up so people can get services "at a resonable price"? Think about how people in the trades feel seeing people who work from home make multiples of their pay.
I'm not sure what you're advocating for here. There are many brilliant people doing trades work. Just as there are many brilliant people teaching, or digging ditches, or tending bar, or working as security guards, or...
Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.
> I'd like to see more brilliant minds from tech explore other industries, especially the trades. It is incredibly difficult to find competent and trustworthy tradespeople at a reasonable price today.
Ok so your pitch is that other people (not you) should go into "the trades" and charge less than the people who are there now?
Wanna give us an example of what a "trade" is, what you're being charged for it, and how much you'd like to pay?
Sounds great if there’s some way to raise compensation for tradespeople to the level it should be at, considering how critical they are to modern society.
