Scott Brown here the I heard recently that a good way of looking at whether or not you want
to get into a career it's by talking to someone who has that career and asking them what is it
that you don't like about what you do so I guess the theory is if you can handle the the worst of
a job then maybe you can handle the job now I can only explain it from a carpenter's perspective so
that's what we're doing on the sip server positive number one variety there's plenty of variety in
carpentry you know this time last year I was extending a house reframing the roof and you
know doing a lot of crazy work and now here I am doing a litter box just went from strength
to strength maybe this time next year I'll be making a popsicle stick all jokes aside variety
is a good thing to have in any career and you'll find plenty of that in carpentry because there's
so many avenues you can take as a carpenter now most of you guys would see the next one
is probably a positive but it can be a negative too many tools as a carpenter you need far too
many tools so just for this litter box alone this one right here obviously I need all that material
but you need finishing gun you need a hammer you need a drill a decent drops or a vacuum to collect
all the dust a table saw sander drill bits so you need all those things just for a little
litter box like this overall all the work we do we need you know a whole van full of tools I need
the storage container as well it's a lot of gear and it's a lot of money to spend to get that gift
to be honest with you is pretty hard to say that tools are a bad thing but it's the things that
come with having too many tools you know worrying about them getting stolen and happy to pay for
insurance and all those kind of things even even picking them up at the end of the day can be a
bit of a bit of a hassle now I don't want to dwell on the negatives but this is a pros and cons video
so another con as far as possibly responsibility I was warned about this before building my old
man's a builder and when I was asking him about workings ability he said the thing to know about
it is you have to be there before everybody else you have to be on the job after it's finished and
you kind of are responsible very really so the plumber makes a mistake it kind of comes back
to you whether you're profiting of the plumber or electrician or the subcontractor or not you
still get bumped with that responsibility that could be a good and a bad thing really because
you're overseeing the whole job you have the advantage of being able to profit from the whole
job that it's the last once the latches on this one that won't happen it's glue this thing alone
another positive a big positive work satisfaction it can be hard but even after a long hard day's
work a lot of the time you have something satisfying to look back on so I decided to
ask the same question of people on Instagram so I asked you guys on Instagram what you like
most and what you like least about being a carpenter I'll put the answers at the end
but for now one of the things I like most about having this container here instead
it's around the corner from my apartment so let's go back there on the grab for lunch
so one of the another positive thing about building is skills I think it's very important
for any person to vishton yourself and you do that by adding skills adding different things
you can do so you have multiple options work as a carpenter forever the knowledge and skill that
you gain after doing it for a few years will help you in so many other jobs so maybe you
want to be an architect or or a project manager or something like that understanding the way a
building goes together and the problem-solving skills that you pick up along the way will help
you heaps only my lunch now all right what's my least favorite thing about being a about being a
builder / carpenter / saying I absolutely do not like about being a cop there there are a lot of
hazards a lot of tools allowed so you've got to have hearing protection this is a perfect example
of tools right there there's a lot of hazardous dust in New Zealand there's a lot of asbestos
it was used throughout the building industry so we come across that even just plaster board
and concrete board and all these things can shave years off your life if you don't deal
with them right this guy's so now so that's the thing I like the least being exposed to those
well I have you I'm recording a video about the best and worst things about
being a carpenter this is this is my job this is my job yes so what's the
best thing about being a carpenter dad you're a carpenter for longer than I
was what about the worst thing thanks for your contribution I appreciate it