lot of folk simply wont eat sh/t , but thats what you must do when you are new ,no matter what trade you are in . id guess that the apprenticeship in window cleaning is the first 2 yrs,if you can hack 2 winters then you are in .
bloke i know started up this summer as a garden makeover guy after quittin his electrician job + company van after a midlife crisis - got the tranny pickup and tools galore
but wont go out and find work- i rang him with a small job in a nearby town,not a lot of gold i admit but itd cover his diesel and hed end up with 20 quid praps 40 ,but he says no way,he wouldnt even ring the lady up - i predict he will sell the tranny before long