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Originally Posted by MrFlorida
You need to get a degree so you can pay the craftsman to do the work for you....( I'll bet he makes as much as you do )
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I worked construction (building custom homes) for three summers while in HS and College...
Even though I loved the work, learned a ton and it got me into the best shape of my (young) life, I quickly realized that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.
It convinced ME that I wanted to go to college and then to grad school.
I can do a lot of my own "home projects". I tiled the floor and tub surround and installed all of the fixtures for the bathroom and built out a cedar closet in the basement of my first home. I can do basic carpentry, drywall and plumbing (not a big fan of electricity, but I will change out fixtures and ceiling fans), run cable, install crown and baseboard molding, paint, change out door locks, etc...
I still do the little things myself, like change out my irrigation system and install my alarm system. But at this stage of my life, I prefer to fix most things with a checkbook...