Have you considered a trade for work, here are a few reason why you should.

Each year, construction companies look for more and more people with skills in carpentry, electrician, painter, masonry, every trade and each year there are less people with these skills. While IT is marketable, the number of IT students continues to grow, more and more people are getting into IT, and these trade jobs can in some areas of the country pay you more than your average IT job.

There is something about having built something with your hands, but it takes training and the right tools, no not the Craftsman tools in your dad's mechanic set but the skills and know-how to do it. Considering a trade for a future job is a path that should be looking at.

http://www.careerealism.com/work-trade-reasons/