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S1E81: She became a plumber, he chose the woodworking life. What drew them to blue-collared work?
When it comes to charting their career paths, it’s likely most young Singaporeans would opt for white-collared jobs.
Hands-on skilled trades? Not so much.
Yet, The Straits Times reported in January that a growing number of younger people are choosing to go into traditional skilled trades such as plumbing and landscaping.
In this episode of The Usual Place, I speak with two millennials who have chosen not to follow the conventional script and have built businesses with their own hands.
Ms Geraldine Goh, 31, is a licensed plumber, who started her own business Agraffe in 2017 after a stint…
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