There's a lot of things about working a trade that I like. Failed out of college multiple times. It's funny when I was mowing lawns or working in a kitchen they said I had hustle; in school they said I had ADD. There's a brutal reality to working a trade though, you're breaking your body for money. I've seen some really nasty injuries. My father in law fell off a roof and was damn lucky to live with all the bones he broke. Way he put it to me was "I don't care if they make money, I don't care what they study, I want my kids to never know what the inside of a construction site shitter smells like"
IMO if you can get by working with your brain do it
Never understood why guys brought those huge toolboxes to work when you don't really need all that stuff. I'm now realizing it's because you can steal way more shit on your way out