Name: 你這個年紀還能學木工嗎？ (Are you too old to become a carpenter?)
Uploaded: 2025-12-09T23:22:14.000Z
Duration: 10 min 13 s

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In today's video, I want to answer a question that I frequently get asked in my comment section and in my Discord channel.

在今天的影片裡，我想回答一個在我的留言區和 Discord 頻道裡經常被問到的問題。

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If you are a older person, let's say around 40 years old, is there a place for you in the union or in the trades, period?

如果你是一個年紀比較大的人，假設大約 40 歲，在工會或工匠行業裡還有你的位置嗎？

First off, the answer is not going to be black and white.

What you're willing to do, how hard you're willing to work, and

你願意做什麼，你願意多努力工作，以及

are you able to handle the daily grind of being in the trades, which are fairly difficult.

你能不能應付工匠行業的日常辛勞，這些都相當困難。

And now understand you're not going to have the same physical prowess as a younger person.

現在要明白的是，你不會有年輕人那樣的體能。

But one thing you do have that is invaluable is maturity and experience.

但你擁有的無價之寶是成熟度和經驗。

You know, the physical demands of this job are significant, right?

你知道，這份工作的體力要求很高，對吧？

You have to be out in the mud, in the rain, in the snow.

你得要在泥巴裡、雨中、雪裡工作。

But here's where older people have an edge.

但這就是年長者擁有優勢的地方。

They've held other jobs, they've had other, you know, challenges.

他們做過其他工作，他們經歷過其他的挑戰。

They know how to work with coworkers more often.

他們更常知道如何與同事合作。

Because you've had that experience, you have something you can fall back on.

因為你有了這些經驗，你就有可以依靠的東西。

That's something a lot of younger people might be their first job.

這可能是很多年輕人第一份工作會遇到的情況。

They don't know it, interact with the boss.

They understand what hierarchy is like, where, you know, you have a chain of command.

他們瞭解層級制度是什麼樣子，你知道，有指揮鏈。

Even if you haven't been in this field per se, you're going to have a lot more experience to kind of fall back on.

即使你沒有親身從事這個行業，你也會有更多經驗可以依靠。

So that's where you're really going to shine as an older person, because you understand what it means to actually work.

這就是你作為一個長輩真正能發光發熱的地方，因為你明白「工作」的真正意義。

And so that's one of the benefits of being an older person, is you know how to show up.

這也是年長者的一項好處，你知道如何準時出現。

You mostly have a family, so you're going to be a lot more hungry than a lot younger guys.

你大多有家庭，所以你會比很多年輕人更有衝勁。

So first off, the concept of showing up every single day regardless of the conditions is very difficult for young people.

首先，無論條件如何，每天都要出現這個概念，對年輕人來說非常困難。

It seems like it's a muscle you have to develop over time.

這似乎是一種需要時間培養的肌肉。

A lot of times we understand, like, you know, when I first started, you know, at 14 and 15, working a job, I didn't take it seriously.

很多時候我們明白，像是，你知道，我剛開始的時候，你知道，十四五歲打工，我沒有認真看待。

So a lot of younger people now are getting into trades as their first job.

所以現在很多年輕人會選擇工匠行業當第一份工作。

So they have to go through those, you know, getting fired, getting laid off because of things they've done.

所以他們必須經歷那些，你知道，被開除、被解僱，因為他們做過的事。

So as an older person, you understand what it means to be reliable.

所以作為一個長輩，你明白可靠的意義。

A lot of Times on construction crews, you're not going to have like a big corporation like Walmart where if you call in, it's not going to affect the crew.

在營造團隊裡，你不會像沃爾瑪那樣的大公司，如果你打電話請假，不會影響到團隊。

Most jobs I work, we have between four and like 12 guys.

我工作的大多數團隊，大概有四到十二個人。

And so if one person doesn't show up, it's really going to hurt us.

所以如果一個人沒出現，會非常影響我們。

So in fact, younger people tend to be absentee to their job about 20% more often than an older person.

事實上，年輕人缺勤的機率比長輩高出約 20%。

That just shows that like the, the commitment to the job is going to be a lot higher for older persons.

這就顯示了，長輩對工作的投入會高得多。

Again, you have those responsibilities if people depending on you.

再者，當有人依賴你時，你就會有這些責任。

So something that you learn and develop over time.

所以這是你會隨著時間學習和培養的。

One of the things that I've noticed is the people who are coming in that are older also are people who have jobs where maybe they didn't get the best benefits, they didn't get the best retirement.

我注意到的一件事是，那些年紀較長進來的人，他們的工作可能沒有最好的福利，也沒有最好的終身俸。

So they've seen the flip side of what bad work looks like.

所以他們看過了糟糕工作的反面。

A lot of times they're looking at their retirement, they're thinking, what am I going to do now?

很多時候他們在看著自己的退休生活，想著「我現在要做什麼？」

I'm getting older, I don't have what I think I need to actually be successful later on in my life.

我年紀越來越大了，我沒有我覺得我人生後期需要成功的一切。

There's going to be a certain level of urgency that an older person, you're not going to see the younger person.

年長者會有一種緊迫感，這是年輕人看不到的。

Now, in fact, if a younger person has the same urgency as an older person, then that's a hard dynamic to beat.

事實上，如果一個年輕人有和長輩一樣的緊迫感，那將是很難擊敗的局面。

But for the, for the most part, you know, youth is wasted on the young.

不過，大部分時間，你知道，年輕人總把青春浪費了。

And so you're going to see a lot of times people coming in from like the banking industry, the tech industry, people who have college degrees, people have student loan debts, people that actually need the job or are going to be a lot more responsible people who actually gone through things.

所以你會看到很多人來自銀行業、科技業，有大學學歷、有學貸，他們真的需要這份工作，或者會更負責任，因為他們經歷過一些事情。

I've seen retired nurses, I've seen people who done like activist work, volunteer work, people who have been social workers.

我看過退休的護士，看過做過社運、志工工作的人，看過社工。

I've seen all walks of life switch to the trades at an older age and be successful.

我看過各行各業的人，在年長的時候轉職到工匠行業並獲得成功。

Don't expect because you're older that you know and you're not as fast as everybody else, that you immediately get fired.

不要因為你年紀大了、沒有別人快，就覺得你會馬上被開除。

It all depends on, like, what your work ethic is, how, how willing are you to learn, how willing are you to like, learn new techniques?

這完全取決於你的職業道德，你有多願意學習，你有多願意學習新技術？

A lot of times what's going to separate you is your ability to learn new techniques, learn new technology.

很多時候，讓你脫穎而出的是你學習新技術、學習新科技的能力。

A lot of times when it comes to reading blueprints, blue beams, that's how you're going to use your technical skills to outpace young apprentices.

很多時候，在閱讀藍圖、建築圖時，你會運用你的專業技能來超越年輕的學徒。

People who are, who feel like I'm just going to clock in, do my job and that's it.

那些覺得「我只要打卡上班、做好我的工作就好」的人。

他們可以這樣做是因為他們年輕。

But as an older person you have to kind of go above and beyond to keep your spots.

但作為一個年長者，你必須加倍努力才能保住你的職位。

Again, if a company's going to invest in you, you have to have, you know, a return on that investment.

再說一次，如果公司要投資你，你必須有所回報。

So that's why if you're older person, you definitely want to take as many classes as possible.

所以，如果你是年長者，你絕對要盡可能多上課。

You want to be as active as you can in your union because again, it's going to be very important to you because you're going to be retiring sooner.

你要盡可能活躍於你的工會，因為這對你來說非常重要，因為你很快就要退休了。

So make sure that's in the forefront of your mind.

所以請確保這點在你腦海中佔據首位。

Now I know one of the biggest fears I hear from a lot of people commenting on my channel is if I'm an older person, are they going to expect me to be able to be as productive as a younger person?

現在我知道很多人在我 留言區 評論時最大的擔憂之一是，如果我是一個年長者，他們會期望我像年輕人一樣有生產力嗎？

Are they going to send me out and do the same job like high production concrete?

他們會派我去從事同樣的高產量混凝土工作嗎？

And for the most part, from what I've seen is when you're an older person on a job site, they're not going to put you in a place where you're set up for failure, right?

根據我所見，大部分情況是，當你在工地是年長者時，他們不會把你放在一個讓你失敗的職位上，對吧？

You're not expected to carry, you know, 12 two by fours on your back carrying a lot of panels then a pretty position to win because again if you get injured, that's going to cost a job money, right?

你不會被期望扛著，你知道，12根兩乘四的木材在背上，扛著很多面板，這是一個很不錯的位置，因為如果你受傷了，那會讓公司損失金錢，對吧？

So want to put you in position where you can be, be successful, where you're going to be doing like finish work, doors and hardware, trim things that I think take a little more critical skills that you have to kind of think out the process.

所以會讓你處在一個能成功的位置，做一些像是裝修、門窗五金、飾條等需要更多關鍵技巧、需要你思考流程的工作。

That's where I've seen a lot of older people, they really are successful.

這也是我看到很多長者非常成功的地方。

And so that's where I've seen for myself and my experience is the company that works for, if you're older, they're going to put you in position to win.

這也是我親身經歷，我工作的公司，如果你是長者，他們會讓你處在一個能贏的位置。

Now if you're an older person but you're viral and you want to be in the front lines, they'll do that if you really want that, right?

現在，如果你是長者但非常有活力，想在前線工作，他們也會讓你做，只要你真的想要，對吧？

If you want to do, you know, framing things that are labor intensive but aren't going to kill you, a lot of times you have your apprentices care material for you, you'll do the layout, you'll work together, you're really going to ever be working by yourself.

如果你想做，你知道，那些費力但不會讓你精疲力盡的結構工作，很多時候你的學徒會幫你搬材料，你負責放樣，你們會一起工作，你不太會是自己一個人做。

Your lack of being, you know, really strong isn't going to matter as much as older person.

你不太強壯這件事，作為長者來說，不會那麼重要。

It always depends on what you're willing to do and how much you want to risk your body at this point.

這總是取決於你願意做什麼，以及你願意在這個階段冒多大的風險去傷害你的身體。

Another thing that I noticed that it seems like older people are a lot safer because, because again, they don't have, you know, that bounce back that an 18 year old has.

我注意到的另一件事是，長者似乎安全得多，因為，再次強調，他們沒有，你知道，一個18歲年輕人那樣的恢復力。

If you fall off a ladder, it could be a lot more catastrophic.

如果你從梯子上摔下來，後果可能會嚴重得多。

So it seems like older people are a lot more dependable.

所以看起來長者似乎可靠多了。

A lot of younger people that are in the trades, a lot of that's because of, for lack of a better term, nepotism.

許多在工匠行業的年輕人，說得不好聽一點，很多是靠關係。

You know, they have a family member that's in the trades that's they found out about it.

你知道，他們有家人在工匠行業，所以才得知這個訊息。

The trades are kind of like something that's kind of kept secret.

工匠行業有點像是被保守的祕密。

People who really know about that are young usually have family members that are already in it.

真正瞭解這行的人，通常都有家人已經在這個行業裡了。

So they tend to think they know everything.

所以他們傾向於認為自己什麼都知道。

They, they've been around, you know, nail guns their whole life, they've been around ladders their whole life.

你知道，他們從小就接觸釘槍，一輩子都在接觸梯子。

So they don't take it as seriously until something happens.

所以除非發生什麼事，否則他們不會太當真。

So a lot of times if you're an older person who's unfamiliar, you're going to be a lot more apprehensive, you're going to think a lot more, you're going to ask a lot more questions.

所以很多時候，如果你是個不熟悉的長者，你會更謹慎，你會想得更多，你會問更多問題。

And I would much rather have an apprentice who is willing to ask questions and somebody who is like young but also thinks they know everything.

我寧願找個願意問問題的學徒，而不是那種年輕卻自以為什麼都懂的人。

That's really difficult too, especially with somebody who is a younger person that you know is an apprentice.

這也很難，尤其是對年輕學徒來說。

They tend to want to be really gung ho and just do things and not really listen to the whole entire system.

他們傾向於想衝勁十足地做事，而不去真正聽從整個體系。

Again, like I said before, older people understand hierarchy.

就像我說的，長者比較懂階級制度。

Younger people tend to want to buck the system and they want to do things their own way when they don't really know the full scope.

年輕人傾向於挑戰體制，想用自己的方式做事，卻不真正瞭解全貌。

And that's something that life has to humble out of you.

這就是人生必須讓你學到的功課。

So that's why as an older person, you've seen that before.

所以，作為長者，你以前也經歷過。

You've been that person that's full of piss and vinegar that wants to do things their own way and had life humble them.

你也曾經是那個充滿幹勁、想用自己的方式做事，結果被人生磨練過的人。

So I, a lot of times younger guys, they have to fall off ladders, you know, get caught not wearing their safety equipment properly, you know, get fired, get laid off because they're not listening properly.

所以，很多時候，年輕人必須從梯子上摔下來，你知道，被抓到沒 properly 戴安全裝備，你知道，被開除、被解僱，因為他們沒有 properly 聽。

So these things have to happen for them, for them to actually, you know, understand what's going on.

所以這些事情必須發生在他們身上，讓他們真正瞭解情況。

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