text: He did. It's most likely he spent most of his adult life as a craftsman,  tradesman, a builder  Notice in Saint Matthew's Gospel when He begins to preach...they identify him as "the son of the carpenter" (builder, perhaps a stone mason).   Odds are that was his trade too, consistent with their culture.
  
  Other references that Jesus Himself used...."cornerstone"
  
  It's fallacious to try to concoct a story that he was some sort of rabbi.
  
  We must use all our capacities/capabilities to come to know Jesus.  We can use our reason and our imagination to think about Jesus in His "hidden Gospel"...the many years that were not recorded in the formal Gospels.
  
  How must a perfect man, perfect God worked?  
  How did He serve his clients?
  Isn't it most likely that He worked well - doesn't that stand to reason?
  Did He pray while He worked?  Most likely...He prayed on His way to the Cross.
  Did He make fine products?
  Did He anticipate needs?
  How did He handle work demands?
  Did He work cheerfully?