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>>16280530
Look on the bright side.

Every single day you can declare that you will be "laying some pipe tonight."

the only person who cares about your body is you, and jobs like this leave marks

You can fit this pipe in yo mouth I you know what I mean

>>16280530
My father in law is a boilermaker, not too dissimilar from what you do. He's set to retire next April with a union retirement of 3200 per month til he dies, which may be soon because that job wore him out...be prepared to invite alcohol into your every day life. Trades are a bad meme.

You'll get used to it. Make a career out of it while you're young, but have an exit plan. Do some extra training, or study something to compliment it, doesn't matter if it takes you years to complete, just do it. Then move into the office/ supervisory/ planning/ project role as you hit mid 30s-40s. Then spend the remainder of your wage cuckery missing being on the tools.

>>16280530
You'll probably adapt. It's important to learn the difference between an injury, and the kind of exhaustion/wear that creates adaption, and makes you stronger.

For the details, check out /fit/, or anybody who does weight training, or running. They can tell the difference between an injury and the ordinary discomfort that comes from training.

>>16280561
Sitting at a desk for 40 years also affects your body. Often worse than manual labor. The ideal job would involve moderate exercise. Hard labor and desk jobs are both sub-ideal.

>>16280577
>Drinking
That's the stuff that wears you out. Hard labor doesn't wear people out, unless it causes injuries that you don't recover from. and they stick with you the rest of your life.

>>16280577
Damn, did he throw out his back? Everyone seems to be relatively careful about not physically straining themselves but even then it just seems like "walk here, pick up X, do Y", then "climb here, do Z" and repetitions of that sort is wearing me out. Doesn't seem like much but I'm decently athletic. Still trying to figure the longevity thing out.

Sage advice would be do you love pipe fitting? Its your life dude dont chase money in your career as tiu can make it in investments or a business venture. First you need to find work you are interested in.

>>16280635
Have you ever done any hard labour? You sound like someone who never lifted a heavy thing in his life. Jobs like this mess you up after a few years, sometimes it takes 2 years and you have an injury you can do nothing to fix. You only get one body man.

>>16280635
>Sitting at a desk for 40 years also affects your body. Often worse than manual labor.
cope

>>16280577

>>16280530
im in a similar situation, i plan to pursue my trade for a couple years to have some solid skills and get some money and then try to get out and make some money using the capital i made, while having some skills to fall back on if i fail.

Red seal pressure welder and Fitter. 32 and wrists are destroyed. I'm getting out asap.

>>16280530
lmao, there are no demands to pipefitting other than walking and tightening bolts.

>>16280530
based.
I'm a sprinkler fitter apprentice but I was in shape when I started so I never really noticed. are you in a union?

imagine having to do physical work while the only thing chad does is go to client dinners and sign papers kek

How do you get this job as a college drop out with no life direction srs.

>>16280717
I worked hard labor for several years.

>You sound like someone who never lifted a heavy thing in his life.
I've deadlifted 455 pounds, faggot. Which isn't spectacular, but it's almost definitely more than you've ever lifted.

And hard labor doesn't necessarily mess you up. As I said, you have to tell the difference between an injury, and the discomfort that comes from training. If you can tell the difference between those, you can understand if the stuff you do on the job is likely to injure you.

>>16280733
>I don't like reality
I mean, go get a desk job if you don't think it carries any risk. I don't care.

>>16281304
>you can make money without any work
Maybe if your parents were rich, pass the money down to you, and you don't manage to fuck up the family fortune. Otherwise, probably not.

>>16281351
An apprenticeship? Go apply for it.

>>16280577
My uncle was a Boilermaker too, he was lucky enough to do his back in the early 80s and get a payout big enough to become a landlord and is now a multi millionaire

It will only get worse

Bro, if your body is already fucked up you are going to be crippled by 40

>>16281102
good plan. i did this, not a tradenigger any longer but have no regrets.

>>16280530
Just got done leave my electrical apprenticeship after about 1 year. My body definitely didn't get used to the work, I only got more miserable and my body hurt all the time. I was getting paid 26/hr due to scale but I prefer having quit and having all this time to myself honestly. A good job that really made me realize how much I value certain things in my life.

Get good boots/shoes, OP. It makes far more difference than you realise.

>>16280635
>They can tell the difference between an injury and the ordinary discomfort that comes from training.

Lol at diagnosing health problems over the internet.