Years ago a trade was respected for many ways. Not only for the fact that it was a skilled job but more so that it was a hard earned respected profession.
Long story short and a few years down the line the Plastering trade has become a less respected and well, common job. Skills that were only kept among plasterers are now shared amonst millions via a well known forum. The little tricks of the trade that would keep a small family plastering firm ahead of the rest are now common knowledge.
Is the fact that all of the trade secrets are now well...not really that secret.. a bad thing and has it left us all wide open to a free market were the chancers/immigrants and wannabe's are on a, enthusiasm based, level playing field.
Are we hanging ourselves by sharing so much information on the forum?!