What do you do for a living?

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BichirKing said:
Thanks for your service and glad you made it through!
I too survived cancer twice and 4 surgeries but unfortunately I still get to work! I'm in industrial hydraulic sales and services at a small family run company.
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Glad to meet a fellow survivor!
I had two surgeries a round of Cemo, and two of Radiation therapy.
There in lies the issue. My body didn't take to the treatment well at all. I have lost two inches in height due to the disk in my back are about 2/3 thier normal size. I got maybe a year or two left before they have to start replacing hips and knees. And more than likely have to have the section of my spine from my ribs to pelvis permanently fused together.
 
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Nilsafeller said:
Cribbing 12 years... ended at well over 100 k a year .. carpentry 4 years now.. make maybe at best 50 k a year.... but that's all with whine and where we work...safety has become such a big deal... I understand some of it... but most is to ONLY protect the big money makers and massive contractors and not the actual workers and it slows down production on a huge scale... carpentry at one point may have been admirable... it is now one of the lowest paid trades
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I hear you. I started doing concrete forming then did survey and then superintendent. You are probably only going to make a decent wage doing commercial construction in larger city. Just a note to younger folks though, the industry (commercial construction) has a growing shortage of superintendents. The best come from the trades. Is there all kinds of reg.s and stuff you have to deal with? Yes. But if you stick with it and learn your stuff you can make a decent wage. Otherwise go to school and become a broker or financial manager.
 
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LBDave said:
I hear you. I started doing concrete forming then did survey and then superintendent. You are probably only going to make a decent wage doing commercial construction in larger city. Just a note to younger folks though, the industry (commercial construction) has a growing shortage of superintendents. The best come from the trades. Is there all kinds of reg.s and stuff you have to deal with? Yes. But if you stick with it and learn your stuff you can make a decent wage. Otherwise go to school and become a broker or financial manager.
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Supers and foreman's nowadays are usually idiots tbh... I dont quit know how some of them are even in construction... they literally relly on the trades to know everything for them... valor of generals only know how to pick up a phone and call trades and not anything else... so yes to learn your stuff and become a good super is much needed now whether there is a shortage or not... I wouldnt be good at it... I'm more of a worker... I loved cribbing for what it was... it's too bad it takes such a toll on the body
 
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Nilsafeller said:
You went 8 years without a job? Where did you live? Lol sorry I'm confused... if you wanna make good money without education... framing... cribbing... roofing is prob where it's at... be ready for work in free,ing cold... burning hot summers... and a really messed up body over the years haha
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before my second career I was a roofer for 26 years, was good money, raised my first family, I loved it till I got so old and a few injuries. took a few years off to raise second family till kids old enof to get them selves to school. then went to work for the casino. roofing is not an older persons profession.
 
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pops said:
before my second career I was a roofer for 26 years, was good money, raised my first family, I loved it till I got so old and a few injuries. took a few years off to raise second family till kids old enof to get them selves to school. then went to work for the casino. roofing is not an older persons profession.
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Never said it was...
 
Firefighter in Jersey. Any other Jersey folks ?
 
never said you did. Just stating a fact, nothing more. : )
 
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