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Thinking about leaving my accounting job for a trade skill after 12 years

I have been a CPA in Chicago for over a decade and the desk work is wearing me down. Last month I walked past a welding shop near my apartment and watched a guy fix a gate in about 20 minutes. I started looking into local community college programs and found a 6 month evening course in plumbing for $3,200. Has anyone here made a jump from a white collar job into something like electrical or plumbing work and felt it was worth the pay cut at first?

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clairec787d ago

Did you check the job placement rate for that plumbing course? I read most trades are hurting for workers bad.

jamie7127d ago

Job markets are fine and those placement rates are usually inflated anyway.