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What is the professional, well-paying equivalent to a factory worker?

Asked by wallabies (1081points) April 1st, 2012

I know your mind is screaming WTF?!, but hear me out. When I think about jobs that I’d actually enjoy doing, I can honestly say I would probably enjoy being a hotel room cleaner, the person that puts stuff in boxes to prepare online orders, or someone on an assembly line. I like being active. Nothing makes me more miserable than being forced to sit in front a computer for 10 hours a day. I am great with my hands. Mastering the use of tools comes naturally, I have great coordination, and am extremely quick. I would be a blue-collar ninja. The thing is, I am well educated and enjoy fine things that only lots of money can buy. I don’t want to live on a blue collar salary. Are there any jobs that pay well that share analogous qualities to such blue collar work? The only thing I can imagine as having such parallels is starting your own business where you have to do everything yourself at first. Another approach to this is – are there any well paying, reasonably attainable (i.e. besides professional athlete, famous actor, etc) jobs where you don’t sit at a desk all day?

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