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karl wrote:.. For the record most construction jobs are skilled labor (drywall, roofing, electrical work, etc.).

I will agree that the lead person for a construction craft (plumber, HVAC, electrician, framer, trim carpenter, cabinet maker, roofer, painter, etc.)is a skilled tradesman but the fact of the matter is that most of the help are people with 0-6 months experience doing that sort of work or are career laborers who will never become skilled.

So I will disagree with the "most" adjective.

Like Yankee Girl, I'm an engineer (in my case, electrical) by training, but went over to the dark side into management. After more than a year of having two jobs (they couldn't find anyone to do what I was doing before I went into management) I had enough and decided to "retire" as soon as I turned 55. Basically, I had planned for my future without them but they had failed to plan for the future without me. So now I'm a consultant working an average of 4 days per week.