Top five problems killing Trades. Number one licenses. Getting a license means you work for some jerk for 2 to 4 years making peanuts so that you can finally take a test to get a license so you can go into business for yourself, however multiple people have beat you to the punch. Number two wages. Wages to learn a trade are pathetic depending where in the country you live. Most of the time learning the trade is for kids not people looking into for a career change. Most of the time the pay again is peanuts for the first few years. Number three unions. Trade unions were once a way to help kids who couldn't put together a sandwich to later become masters in the trade. However unions now seem more about having lavish buildings and hand picking candidates as favors to union members. Don't forget that your union card isn't worth shit in the south. Number four old farts that won't share their experiences or tricks to the trade. All the time I hear. "I'm gonna retire and take the secrets with me." Or "If I show them my tricks I'll be layed off" or the best one. "No one showed me how to do it I had to figure it out!" Number five trade school. Go to Trade school and learn jack shit and mostly read books or write about the trade. You'll begin to wonder if you study so much to use your hands without using your hand because all the projects are on paper you begin to think. "I guess they are training me to be an engineer." So to be honest the reason people hate the trades is for the following reasons. How do I know because I worked hard to be an electrician and now want to be and electrical engineer.
