Mike Rowe on the Value of Skilled Manual Work

TED · Talk · 20 min · 2009 · YouTube title: Learning from dirty jobs | Mike Rowe

Why it's here

It comes up in threads on career choice, trades, handiness and the 'follow your passion' advice.

What it covers

Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, shares stories from messy real-world jobs in this TED talk. He argues that hard work has been unjustly degraded in society.