• favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
    68·
    6 months ago

    These images aren’t relatable at all. What man sits on the porch of a log cabin in a suit surrounded by his pricey luggage without roller wheels on it.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
    24·
    6 months ago

    Sometimes I think I should have stayed in the trades. Then I remember having to tear hundreds of HVAC smoke dampers out of a new building and replace them with fire and smoke dampers because the boss decided he was just going to whatever instead of what the blueprints called for.

    Then I’m good for a while.

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      HVAC

      I remember when I just graduated from college

      STEM degrees.

      Looking in the newspaper of my major US city.
      All the ads were for HVAC techs. Nobody was looking for Comp Sci or Chem Engineering.
      Almost switched to HVAC.

      Glad I held out for an actual debugging software job

      Pity young people today. Don’t be programmers; there’s no future in it.

      • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        Tbf, those types of jobs have a higher degree of turnover and thus need slots backfilled more frequently. Trades jobs can be pretty fuckin miserable, especially ones that are incredibly physically demanding as you age.

        • EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world
          7·
          6 months ago

          I got laid off from my software job then took a physical labor job to make ends meet. I got promoted to management and used my software skills to automate most of my job. This is my recommended career path.

          • echindod@programming.dev
            1·
            6 months ago

            Software skills plus domain knowledge is a good combination, and I think it will remain viable in the future. But who the fuck knows?

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    18·
    6 months ago

    He got in during the nineties and his stock options vested. Now he spends his time restoring vintage Ferraris.

  • SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 months ago

    Jesus, what IT dept. are you working at, and how do I get there;) around here, the most attractive specimens are those under 35 BMI and practice personal grooming.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      15·
      6 months ago

      Go away. He’s plenty masculine. He’s a man, and represents men well. Stand-up guy.

      • 1984@lemmy.today
        116·
        6 months ago

        Haha I dont agree but thats ok :) I would send ryan gosling to pick flowers rather than build a house, if you know what I mean… :)

        He is very feminine.

          • 1984@lemmy.today
            111·
            6 months ago

            You being unable to handle a single persons opinion about this without getting angry… You care sooo much about what I think, someone completely insignificant.

            Just relax a bit. My opinion wont change yours.

            Being this emotional over an opinion someone else has isnt even normal. How are you going to handle a real problem when you get this emotional over a Lemmy comment?

              • 1984@lemmy.today
                16·
                6 months ago

                Its lazy bigotry to think ryan gosling is feminine?

                So everyone has to think ryan is masculine man? That doesnt make any sense.

            • Victor@lemmy.world
              2·
              6 months ago

              Man, your kind was very common on Reddit back in the day. Not a lot of your kind followed to Lemmy so it’s been a while since I’ve bumped into such a specimen. Glad it’s very few these days at least.

        • Victor@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          He is very feminine.

          Disagree completely. But the fact that you need to talk about how much masculinity he has speaks volumes to how fragile yours is. You have exposed yourself.