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[Mike20132]

 

[DDubs]

Love me a good jingle

Ya i do some side stuff here n there.View attachment 1729886

Drain, Drain, Pinky rang

 

[Mike20132]

 

[DDubs]

My friend has his master plumber license, but the only thing he does is ream out mainlines with his 1" diameter sewer auger. Him and his son were doing it for $150 last time I called him for my neighbor in October. It usually takes 1/2 hour, and he gives a 3 month guarantee. His wife is home answering the phone and scheduling 8 or 10 jobs a day. He doesn't usually have to go in the house, just runs the auger down the sewer vent in front of the house, back toward the house and then out toward the street, until the water in the basement starts draining out. Not a bad living.

Yup, same thing but $350. In and out of my driveway in 2 hours. He ended up pulling the basement toilet and chasing the line to the street. 30 day guarantee. He could probably get 2-4 jobs done in a day.

 

[Mike20132]

 

[Mike20132]

Christ, I miss Chris Cornell.....

 

[Mike20132]

 

[Mike20132]

Feeling pretty spent these days...

Sorry I have not been here more often.... working on that

 

[VitaMan]

Dude I know you’re working on getting your shit back together and feeling good. You’ll get there. Not a bad idea. Hot water tanks can be easy money too.

Gonna chime in here because I'm a career counselor. Most trades are always in demand.

I'm going to compare 2 trajectories from a purely economic point of view:

University: 4 years for an entry wage. 6 years for a better one. The next 10 years you pay off student loans.

Trade school: 2 years, then you work as an apprentice. You are making money while you learn. School is paid for soon. After apprenticeship you make much more money. After red seal you can make excellent money all around the world.

So
4 years to make an entry-level wage and massive debt
or
4 years to excellent wagesn (typicaly much higher than 6 years of university)
And 2 of those years you earn entry level wages. Small debt is quickly paid.

Of course not everyone can do trades. They are physically demanding and require specific kinds of smarts. And people might have deep curiosities or like me a calling. It's not always about money.

I can't tell you how many people I've met who studied for a prestigious career that they end up hating. They (or their family) want to be a lawyer or engineer or doctor. (Dammit Mom, I always wanted to " × " )

Maybe retirement will be hard. I just put myself at work.

Class dimissed

 

[Drownomatic]

Spartan used to be better than Rigid if you got a big snake.