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What is he good at, what does he suck at? Is he good with his hands, i.e. can he build or fix things? Does he LIKE working with his hands? If he is a complete klutz with tools, then perhaps he should avoid HVAC field.
Does he have the 'mindset' to trouble shoot complex problems, when you only have some symptoms as clues as to what may be wrong. If he can't, he should avoid the IT world, although he will need some of those skills in HVAC.
Today, we do what we have to do, but choose a field that he would be totally miserable at would be foolish.
He has done alot of both.I think he was happiest working the crew line in the artillery and programming computers, the combination of which was pretty much all his senior year of high school and the first year after were all about. He is worried at this point about providing at least half of our income and getting the training to do so before the kids are into their teens or out of the house. He loves computers, but also loves working with his hands. Anything problem solving related really.
He says he can see himself doing either for the long term, but wonders if either is going to be compatible with the final years of his employability, ie crawling in/on/under houses in his sixties, when he has a family history of arthritis particularly in the knee joints, or the mental faculties for continuing focus on a computer screen for hours on end in the same life-span timeframe.
He says he can see himself doing either for the long term, but wonders if either is going to be compatible with the final years of his employability, ie crawling in/on/under houses in his sixties, when he has a family history of arthritis particularly in the knee joints, or the mental faculties for continuing focus on a computer screen for hours on end in the same life-span timeframe.
If he plays his cards right with an HVAC job, by that point in his life he'll be a crew chief or manager and be able to send the young guys crwling into the small spaces.
It is ALWAYS better to choose the vocation that you love, and by learning that vocation well, the jobs -- and money, will come. It is why we have our unique combination of talents and skills. However, one must think about what one likes/loves doing, and then look at the job market to see which jobs enable one to do those things.
No one can answer that question for another. It is only our own hearts we know.
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