On being a tradesman/welder

Sometimes, I feel as though I am looked down upon by people my age because of what I do. "You have a degree, yet you still work with your hands and get dirty everyday?!" True, most of the guys I work with are old enough to be my dad. I know that God has given me an awesome ability that I praise Him for everyday. I also know that Jesus, the Man who saved me, was not afraid to get His hands dirty, calloused, pierced.
Paul said it best...as usual....1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NIV); "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."