Becoming a general contractor

[Alex Silang]

So I was the typical middle class kid funneled into college to get a white collar office job. 

How does one career change to be a GC? I mean there's a test you can take, but I've read that covers the business fundamentals and not the actual work.

I've never really tried being "handy" so I think I'll start taking classes at home depot and take it from there?
What skillset is required?