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I've been working for one of those big banks for the last 7 years and am tired of having my soul sucked out of me by sitting at a desk all day reviewing corporate documents. Anyone have any advice for what would be a good hands-on career to move into? Locally (Philly area) there are schools that offer training in various fields like welding, CNC milling, production engineering for power plants/chemical plants, etc.

I'm pretty much open to anything that will pay well, can be trained for in 1-2 years and will result in some kind of tangible result for my work everyday. Not sure if that's a total pipe-dream, but I gotta try something else.

Are you the main characte rfrom Office Space?

Welding appears to be in demand right now.

Truck driver?

Nah, that'd be more sitting on my butt every day.

Electrician or HVAC is always in demand.

Go into IT

Welding. Also advance welding to work in nuke plants. Always wear a respiratory