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That's a good pile of lumber there.
Kinda got that Johnny Cash feeling goin on.
"In a Sunday mornin hallway......I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned......"
The Shop
Home by noon with 500 in pocket most days but 3 times that when I wanted to do multiple trips a day. The problem is that there is a phone book of captains out there so a lot of competition. My location and some good luck helped quite a bit and I was doing great on the tournament trails so I had a bit of advertisement. I borrowed a boat my first year out of high school and put an ad in the local tourist guide and made around 50k my first year and then just snowballed into too much clientele. Never once had a bad trip. It was a great experience. Retired after 22 years after the sun had its way with me and been extra lucky in my real estate investments. Now i fish for fun.
The major tow companies do have good pay and benefits.
The majority of my work, was done with a screwdriver a crescent wrench , and my laptop.
Pit Row
I feel like I got it pretty good out of a utility ops center. I can put my 40 in and go home, or I can keep my name on a call out list and take calls at night that come in. The OT isn't mandatory so when I've had enough, or I have something I want to do, I can get out of there. Most of the guys I work with, probably think I have no home life because I opt to work most everything I can but most of those guys have been making good money for as long as they can remember. I've worked some pretty crappy jobs for pretty crappy pay and this job is still fun to me and the pay is more than I viewed myself ever making. I'm not going to get rich by any means but I'm able to afford moto, and affording that is a feat in itself.
Ive read through a lot of the stuff in here. There's some good, and bad, advice in here.
If the OP, or anyone, is truly interested in working in the electrical industry (including instrumentation/controls) find your local IBEW office and ask about enrolling in either the inside wireman or lineman apprenticeship program. Both are PAID on the job training and zero cost to you education and schooling. The programs are usually 4-5 years long but while your in school and working your making a decent wage that goes up every 6 months, plus benefits.
Dont go to a trade school. Dont get sucked into these vocational training centers like UTI/MMI/whatever. They are snakes in the grass and you dont get licensed.
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