Massive Career Changes - Blue Collar to White ECP 119

[@terrysullivan1992]

I'll be turning 80 this September and have made so many major changes in my life it seems normal. I can say with some certainty that had I been exposed to some things when I was 20 to 40 that my life might have been very different and more linier. Here I am at this advanced age having founded and running a studio arts complex in North San Diego , CA. Love your channel guys. This is just the sort of exposure I referred to.

[@terrysullivan1992]

BTW, I love your videos about Ken Jordan. So much respect for this man and his mastery and dogged persistence.

[@samuelwilliams3044]

Looking forward to this. I didn’t grow up near any tradesmen but my dad was handy - knew about cars and carpentry. Out of college with a degree in economics I wanted to try working with my hands. Eight years in carpentry and being a hazmat driver I’m done. Want to find a white collar job. I had this fantasy that as a blue collar carpenter I’d be able to live a simpler life while doing something cool and practical. Didn’t quite pan out the way I envisioned and I didn’t plan for the daily beating my body would take.

[@janderson8401]

My dad had 3 careers within the same company over the span of 43 years. He started as an apprentice machinist just before WWII. when he returned he found out the apprenticeship program had changed, and he would be stuck operating just one type of machine for the rest of his time there as a machinist. This resulted in him telling his boss he was going to quit. The powers that were didn’t want to lose him so the sent him night classes at Bridgeport Engineering Institute and moved him to the methods department. He was happy with that job for quite a while, then someone decided to promote him to assistant production superintendent and he was told you will take this promotion or you will be looking for a new job. My father in law had a similar story. He had been an apprentice electrician before WWII and after the war he heard that a company that had a reputation for filling job opening from within would be looking for electricians in the near future so he took a job there sweeping the shop floor. He got the electrician job and eventually became one of the electrical department foremen. He too went to night school and was able to shift to the engineering department. He was then shifted back to managing people working in the production area.

[@charlesbentley2934]

You brought out several ideas to think about. Keep doing this quality work. I do like the interviews when we can hear them!)

[@dannywilsher4165]

If you didn't write over the audio, it is still on your computer. They make a software that will help you retrieve it. I don't remember what I used last time I did it but it did an excellent job of retrieving some stuff that I had deleted. Keep up the good work!

[@ryandurant2788]

I can’t wait to Listen, I’m kind of going through a similar transition. I’m going from in the field full time to become a project manager/estimator. Would love to hear from someone who’s done a similar transition

[@nonyobussiness3440]

What about white collar to blue collar