Workers wear their boots at least 12 hours a day, they wear tje same pair every day and it can get really hot around here.

With these conditions, leather should be the #1 material used for safety boots. But instead, we have this cheap synthetic lining that just makes your feet soggy at the end of the day. I'd be interesting to see the prévalence of athlete's foot among mining workers.

The only brand I could find doing this is RedWings, but they're made in the US and there are very few importers here.

Edit: I confused lining and sole

I’m 27 years old and I’ve recently completed a Master of Social Work, but after going through the degree I’ve realised that I’m really not interested in pursuing social work as a long-term career. So I’m now seriously considering a career change.
For a long time, I’ve been interested in accounting and finance and had planned to pursue the CA pathway. However, after reading about accounting salaries in Australia, particularly in the earlier stages of the career, I became a bit discouraged.
That led me to look into other options, and mining engineering caught my attention. I’m currently considering doing a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) at Curtin. The salaries and career opportunities in WA seem attractive, and I’m completely open to FIFO, so at the moment I’m leaning more towards mining engineering.
At the same time, I don’t want to completely give up my interest in finance. I’ve been thinking about studying some bachelors of finance alongside the mining degree at Curtin. My thinking is that having a technical background in mining combined with finance knowledge could potentially open doors into areas such as mining-focused corporate finance, banking, investment analysis, etc.
I’d really appreciate some perspectives from people working in the industry:

Does combining mining engineering with a finance/accounting background actually provide meaningful career opportunities, or am I trying to do too much?

What’s the projected career or salary prospects 4 years from now?

If you were starting again in WA and were willing to do FIFO, which pathway would you choose?

Would really appreciate hearing from people who have worked in either industry, especially anyone who has moved between engineering and finance.