heretica
Meteorite
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2017
- Location
- Oberharz / Germany
i am an engineer, responsible for a part of an wide area network of telecommunication and data lines and a little "server farm".
VitaObscura said:Aidler said:Also look into boilermaker. Big money there.
The Local has that as well. In so far, I have five years of Apprenticeship/night courses ahead of me, which isn't that bad considering I get to sleep in my own bed and won't get shipped out to some BS place to do some BS AIT for 36 weeks.
Aidler said:Meh. There are pros and cons to each. A lot of people dont ever make it through the apprenticeship because the work can be so unsteady that ya cant support yourself on it. They look for other jobs that pay less but are steady and get comfortable.
Me? Joining the Navy was probably the best thing I did. Sure I lost a lot of time with my family. But it supported us well through some very hard economic times and now if I wanted to continue in that line work I could write my own ticket. But instead I moved to a job I really love that pays very well.
VitaObscura said:Aidler said:Meh. There are pros and cons to each. A lot of people dont ever make it through the apprenticeship because the work can be so unsteady that ya cant support yourself on it. They look for other jobs that pay less but are steady and get comfortable.
Me? Joining the Navy was probably the best thing I did. Sure I lost a lot of time with my family. But it supported us well through some very hard economic times and now if I wanted to continue in that line work I could write my own ticket. But instead I moved to a job I really love that pays very well.
Yeah, I hear that.
I'm just tired of doing the armed security work, sure the work is steady and I can get away with murder, but I'm really tired of always carrying a sidearm at work, wearing a vest and being nice to people who really should be dragged out back and thrown into a dumpster with the other 1,095 week abortion dodgers.
Then again the Army did give me some awesome coping abilities.
As it stands, HVAC seems like something I'll enjoy and my background in the Army is pretty much letting me get in at a decent wage where I'll be able to afford my own house in five or so years, sooner if I do OT and watch my spending, since I already did my "buy all the things" with my first sign on bonus in 2000.
Batchick said:I work in retail. It's awful but it pays the bills. I'm working on going back to school but I need to clean my credit up before I can worry about all of that. Plus I'm working on getting a car. Once I do those two things, I should be able to go back to school. I'm torn between what I'd like to study and what I probably should study.
Sleepingskill said:Fashion designer https://imgur.com/a/3OTqY