• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Did you know that aircraft mechanics were considered unskilled labor until the job was “reclassified” during the Cold War due to the demand for laborers?

    From a cultural sense, both farmers and bricklayers are absolutely considered unskilled by the general public. The average person makes no difference between the generic construction labor usually done by illegal immigrants (in the US) and a bricklayer.

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      5 days ago

      In college I finally understood the quadratic equation. We had to use it to calculate the optimal amount of fertilizer to spread per acre.

      The masonry field is skilled in design, engineering, etc. Bricklayers, not so much.