The entire time I was in school my family asked about my choice in the heating and cooling industry
When I was growing up I knew one thing for sure. I never wanted to be the sort of person who reported to a cubicle all day for the rest of my life. I definitely appreciate the idea of staring at a screen for the next 50 years. In my mind, it was best to find some kind of active work that would actually engage me from dawn until dusk. Unfortunately, this is not what happened. Rather than becoming a creative professional I fell into the trap of working for corporations. I stared at computer screens every day and felt my eyes burn. That’s when I decided that I made a huge mistake and needed to go back to school. The most logical solution was to attend a local trade school so I could enter a professional career that included working with my hands. The next thing I knew, I was graduating from my heating and cooling certification program. It only took me 18 months to become a licensed HVAC worker and to find a professional job at a local air quality control dealership. The entire time I was in school my family asked about my choice in the heating and cooling industry. They couldn’t understand why I would give up a lucrative position in a major corporation to repair air conditioning units and forced air furnaces everyday. No matter how often I try to tell people about my preference for driving around the city, fixing heating and cooling equipment, and meeting with the central HVAC owners… People can’t seem to understand my desire to work with my hands beyond my keyboard.