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/k/annabis bro here
>Private Security Contractor
>Based on client and contract. Currently $18/hr, stateside cannabis grow site and dispensary security as well as transport.
>Growing industry where I get to meet alot of cool people. Different clients and sites keep things decently interesting. Cant complain much since the leadership and scheduling is great. If your not prior LEO or mil it is probably a good idea to take as many outside certifications as you can, as well as state and local licensing if it applies to companies in your area.
How long until this thread goes to shit?
It took 10-12 posts last time. Stop bragging about your job.
>>28233821
The idea for the thread is okay, but OP is a faggot and needs to chill about it
>>28233818
>Only $18/hr
Elohel
Examples of firms that provide cannabis security in Colorado:
http://www.bluelineprotectiongroup.com/
http://ironprotectiongroupsecurity.com/
http://cannaguardsecurity.com/
http://www.cpsguard.com/
http://www.security-mpsi.com/
Unless your working within the city limits of places like Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs ect, you most of the time do not need to hold a guard card. Whatever company you apply for will inform you whether or no you need one for the sites you work. I work almost exclusively grows located in rural areas of Pueblo County, no licensing needed but I still got myself licensed in Colorado Springs in case work pops up there. Examples of guard card applications:
https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-business-licensing-center/business-licenses/merchant-guard-individual.html
https://coloradosprings.gov/business/doing-business/business-licenses/security-licensing
>>28233821
>Bragging about an $18hr job when there were plenty of people last thread making $100k+
This is a thread about people jobs, am I not supposed to talk about my job? There were many people last thread showing interest in the industry. How about instead of whining about what I'm doing you post about your job and see if others are interested?
Waiting patiently for based Washington State Patrol, EPU. guy to return. How the hell does he make that much in that line of work yearly?
Almost forgot, the main card you will need to work in the industry in any way is a Marijuana Enforcement Division Support Badge
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/enforcement/marijuanaenforcement
http://www.hailmaryjane.com/how-to-get-a-colorado-support-employee-medical-marijuana-badge/
You cant legally work in any aspect of the industry without one.
>>28233818
>>28233865
>>28233914
You're coming off as a pretty smug faggot dude.
>>28233818
i take it military experience has to be some type of combat role, right?
>>28233939
How have any of my posts come off as smug? I even stated in the last thread this is a temporary gig till I move into law enforcement. Wtf happened to /k/ where people start crying about others actually doing /k/ shit instead of contributing? I'm still not seeing you post your job info.
>>28233943
No not necessarily, the firm I work for only hires vets but only maybe 60% have any combat experience. What alot of the companies I listed go for is someone with an honorable discharge who has a MED badge and can pass a background check. The guy I work with alot was in the navy, something with comms. The firm does its own company range days though and we usually have the prior sf/marsoc guys lead classes.
>>28233845
your telling me, that's why this is only a temp job till I can go to the sheriffs academy in the spring
>>28233818
Chunky enough for LE why they making ya wait?
>>28233998
Waiting for one of the other fatties enrolled in the class to drop dead and open a slot for me probably, shouldn't take long
You've made the same thread like 4 times. Your job is not that cool.
Britbong machinist here.
Working for my family business, classic car restoration firm.
About £10 per hour, but will be running it after parents retirement.
We have a medium sized machine shop for manufacturing parts that aren't available any more
We have:
1 small manual lathe
1 mid size manual lathe with an 8ft bed
1 mid size manual Miller (1150x550 bed)
1 matrix Churchill cnc lathe
1 small cnc Miller (800x425)
1 cnc bridge miller (2200x1600)
A 60 ton Cnc press break
100 ton cnc press break
Cylindrical grinder
Surface grinder (500x250)
600 ton double action press for outer body panels and chassis rails
No official qualifications for the machines just self taught experience for about 17 years
Fuck civilian jobs and fuck working for Uncle Sam more than I want to. JCET's, deployments, schools, other long periods of training related orders. Spend my free time going inna woods fishing, hunting, hiking, and shooting. /k/est job on the globe.
>>28233818
>Master plumber / business owner.
> 94 k a yr.
> love my job.
Business would be better if I had more ppl working for me. Right now it is just me and my apprentice.
Only reason why my job is /k/ related, is cause I carry and make my apprentice carry as well. Out of the 22 yrs of doing this job (only 39 atm) had to draw my gun on two ppl so far.
>>28233818
>join a cartel
>only make 18/hr
>>28234058
You probably have to use a shoulder holster, huh? Since your pants never stay up to do iwb I mean.
>>28234052
Eventually going to take advantage of my college benefits and get a degree in something. Just not sure what. Maybe get into wildlife management or something. Anything to keep me outside.
>>28234040
Sounds pretty interesting actually, I dont have any clue about machine work though. How expensive do you think all the equipment in your shop runs? Do you have to do like farmer and pay off the equipment over many years? How has business been and do you see your shop staying open long after you take over?
Pilot (in training, contract w/Airline pending)
Looking at $30k-ish starting, with an almost predetermined promotion and raise system
Even though I won't pay off my loans for another 10+ years, I wouldn't give it up for anything else.
>>28234058
Tell us your draw stories Mr Mario.
>>28234058
How long does it take to be considered a Master plumber? What qualifies you to have that status? Is it learning about different pipe systems for different size buildings or something? Still I honestly wouldn't have imagined a plumber drawing on someone, many cops go their careers without doing that lol.
>>28233818
I get paid more to take out the trash then you get to be a rent a cop for a pot farm.
I mean I only get 20 a hour and have to be up a 3 in the morning,but at lest I am fag playing with a AR on a pot farm.
>>28234065
My pants stay up just fine. The only fat plumber is one who doesn't do his job. I'm always crawling through small lil areas under your house, can't do that if I'm fat.
>>28234059
$18hr to fight ISIS, I dont know that a stretch even for /k/
>>28234086
..........as you all can tell I never completed high school
>>28234086
Garbage men make bank I would take that over this anyday. Again, this is a temp job that just seemed interesting to me. The amount of work I do is fine by me for a resume filler.
>but at lest I am fag playing with a AR on a pot farm
No one was calling you a fag why would you admit to that?
>>28234073
Good for you if you enjoy flying but I'm always seeing stuff on youtube about how terrible the pay for pilots is. Saw one a year ago with pilots from United that had to work at McDonalds on their off day to make ends meet.
>>28234066
Sounds like that might be the job field for you if you enjoy all those things
/K/ontractor here again. Currently working for DynCorp, but have worked with TC and Xe/Academi in the past; however I prefer to work as an independent contractor for the most part.
>Do everything from PSD, Security planning & consulting, training, etc.
>Pay heavily based off of contract and client like OP said, generally get paid by month. Generally between 20-50k a month depending on what I'm doing.
>Dying industry for good jobs and positions. Hard to get into it now if you aren't well connected. There are a lot of jobs, but fewer and fewer good ones that are worth doing.
Feel free to ask questions, keep in mind I'm currently still in Afghanistan and on an Afghan timezone.
>>28234111
It is rather terrible working as a Flight Instructor to get to the Airlines, and then it's usually a pay reduction until you get moved up in the ranks.
Thankfully, I already have a contract waiting that'd put me ahead of everyone else while I fly to build my time.
Oh, and it's /k/ related because pilots can carry a firearm if they go through a certain program.
>>28234084
>>28234084
Here its just waiting time and test passing.
Spend a few yrs as an apprentice. Learning plumbing code for the state. Go take a test and pass it, become a journey man plumber. After more time and more studying, you go take more tests and go up to master plumber. I didn't get that rank for eleven yrs.
>>28234076
First time was in Cali about 17 yrs ago. Some one try to steal my work truck at knife point. Seeing as I was on the other side of the cab, I had time to draw my revolver at the time, scare him off.
2nd time was about four yrs ago. Went and did an estimate. He liked it and told me yeah, scheduled a start date. Once we actually got into it, we found a lot of problems. He got pissed and told me no deal, when I told him I can't do the job if that is the case. He told me I'm not going any where until I do the job, do it for the original price. Well when my apprentice try to leave right after he said that. As he try to walk by the customer. Guy grabbed him slammed him onto the ground. So I pulled my side arm out for more fear of my apprentice life. Got the fuck out and called the police.
I work at GardaWorld cas logistics.
It's a profession money service that specializes in customer disservice, unfair employee treatment, poor benefits, and an advanced specialty in poor truck maintenance.
I make 14.75 an hr and I can't wait to move and go back to school to become a professional land surveyor.
I manufacture and sell plastic firearms parts for magazine capacity limitation. Although it sounds bad at first, we help people behind enemy lines get mags and firearms they wouldn't be able to get otherwise, and the capacity limitation is completely removable, replaceable, and reversible without damage to the mag.
>>28234126
Nice there was a bunch of people asking questions once you left so stick around. I wish I would have taken a job DynCorp offered me in 2011 for static site work but I passed it up to go back to school like a chump. Like you said it's just to competitive for people with no contacts to break into for the most part now.
>>28234070
We buy the machines used from auction and reconciliation them ourselves.
Next addition on the way is a Bridgeport 800
As for cost, are you asking on running costs or purchase prices for the machines?
Future prospects? Amazing the 600 ton press has a casting bathe that allows us to use original pannels from cars to reverse manufacture.
We're on with numerous lines now, products that are off the market so we become the only supply.
2cv body pannels, series 1 land rover bodies, mk1 escort outer bodywork etc.
Copyright and patent laws mean that here in the Britbongistan car manufacturers must keep part stock for 10 years and this machine is perfect for low volume (sub 300) part runs of shallow body panels that are smaller than 1.8x 1.3m
>>28234129
Well thats good news youll already have a leg up
>pilots can carry a firearm if they go through a certain program
Explain
>>28234169
Yeah, I saw a lot of people asked questions but the thread was already archived. That's why I said to keep in mind I'm on a different time zone. It's around 20:00 here, I'll probably be checking in for another few hours before going to sleep.
>>28234173
>are you asking on running costs or purchase prices for the machines?
Both I guess
Sounds great happy for your future prospects, really sounds like you know your shit and have a passion for the family business which seems like a rarity these days
>>28234195
Really the machines vary wildly all of them run on 3 phase and we've got a 500 amp line running into the site for most and a diesel generator for running the press, the new Bridgeport is around 11k, surface grinder was only a few hundred and is great for engine and wheel shim grinding.
The press is insured for around £800k we bought it at scrap value and have reconned it over the last 4 years.
When you've been around machines this long you kinda have to get interested, currently on with building a sttering box as I tap this in on the phone
>>28233818
Fuck you're fat. Seriously, stop fucking eating so much. Maybe walk some more tubby. I'm worried about your poor overworked heart being able to take the exertion of you jerking off about your lame ass job so often.
Mcdonalds workers here
7 25ph
K related as i carry to and from work.
Thats bout it.
>>28234234
The press in question
Why do we have to have this thread everyday? Jobs are not weapons.
>>28234275
But they are, if you look from a larger scale. Employing the services of armed individuals and putting them to task is the equivalent of using a weapon.
>>28234266
Does mcdonalds have a no carry policy for its employees?
Almost-former Movie/TV armorer.
>California can suck a fat one.
>LA can choke on a colostomy bag.
>Guns r cuul
Seriously, though, I started working more with local PDs arming SWAT scenario training and using my DOJ permits to pretend to be a gunsmith. Best decisions ever.
>>28234275
Not only what >>28234297 said I'm just curious how everyone funds their firearm collections. Some posters here have very nice/expensive collections and I'm interested in what they do.
>>28234385
Is that an AOW?
>>28234385
So do they use specially modified firearms or just regular guns using blanks? and what they hell is that a picture of?
>>28234040
What kind of cars do you restore? The only classic bong cars I know of are MG's
>>28234148
My buddy got into land survey and says he loves it but never told me anything about it. What exactly would you do and work for?
>>28234145
Ah ok, so wow it really does take alot of time to move up and attain that title than. I dont know why but when you said draw on someone I imagined you railing some guys wife over the kitchen sink when he came home and tried to bludgeon you with your own wrench lmao.
>>28234190
Where are you staying at now, made it down to KAF lately?
>>28234407
Movies: semi and full retard guns have to be blank-adapted. I try to make the process as reversible as possible, while still looking camera ready.
SWAT: some departments have their own simunitions kit and I just make the bad guys loud and scary, and some departments want to play with the pulse rifle from Aliens.
>>28234404
It's a britbong target pistol. It's supposed to dampen recoil and diminish muzzle travel.
>>28233818
Right now I'm a first term Construction and Maintenance Electrical Apprentice, making $15 an hour (I'm also in the IBEW, so that's before benefits and the pension plan are factored in), once I get my journeyman's licence that will be around $45 an hour. It's a pretty good job; decent hours, the work is interesting, the overtime situation on my current site is awesome. The highest level of education I completed is a 2 year college diploma, so I'm very fortunate to have a job where I'll make enough money to support a family and have decent hours as well; jobs like this are disappearing.
>>28234471
What made you choose to get into that field? Also any funs you plan to purchase with future funds?
>>28234488
I enjoy the balance between manual labor and problem solving. It's great to plan something out and then go about building it while solving any issues that may come up.
I live in Canada, so right now I'm thinking of buying a magwell adapter for my SKS that would legally let me load 10 round 7.62x39 XCR pistol magazines. The last round bolt hold open still works, you can still load with stripper clips, and the adapter also makes the magazines detachable, so that's a bonus. On the other hand, the damn things cost $200, and it's hard justify spending that on an SKS.
I'm also thinking of buying an O/U shotgun for the occasional round of trap. I think a Stoeger Condor Competition is probably my best bet; I'm not planning on shooting trap that often so I don't need one of the B-grade shotguns.
>>28234419
Austin Healeys mainly, also do subbed out work for a company that does E type Jags.
Owner of the place has a big collection of deactivated guns from Enfields to PIATs. Has a few DUKW and BRDM s too
>>28233939
He's not being smug you stupid faggot, he's posting useful fucking information for people who are interested in the field.
>>28234629
Will u restore my /k/ar?
Can I into private security that pays really well with a Bachelors in Emergency Management, and a Peace Officer certification?
If so, where? I'm in Texas if that matters. I'd like to stay here. But eventually moving to Oregon, or somewhere with lots of trees would be nice.
You're doing gods work OP. I'd love to do that for a living.
OP isn't being a smug fag, he's just being informative. Don't get butthurt because your part time work as a barista only allows you to own a hipoint
>>28234126
How many little boys do you hire to dance for you? How does it feel to be even worse than Hillary as you and your company defraud the US and her tax payers from millions of dollars?
>>28234812
No /K/ontractor bro, but a different one.
It can be much cheaper to hire contractors that deploy military assets.
You are ignorant of the economics behind it.
Either that or nice b8.
>>28234701
>>28234791
Exactly
>>28234783
Definitely within reach, just check out some of the links to firms I posted and shoot out a resume, you never know what could happen.
>>28234750
Did you post in the other thread this seems so framiliar? Anyway, the very high end sector, doing things like PSD for big name firms is extremly competitive and already flooded with guys that have either extensive military backgrounds (group guys, ect) or have hade 10+ years to get contracting experience and make contacts. Its not impossible to break in but I honestly wouldnt bet on it. Now getting a job at a place like allied barton in security isnt that hard at all but it doesnt pay anything close to private contracting for a big firm. The private sector for the cannabis industry is definitely growing though.
>>28234733
Ausfailia is that you?
>>28234812
so much edge
>>28234791
Do you recall him getting BTFO by another security guy last thread? I sure do
>>28234845
I did post in the other thread. But I only got a couple replies, and I know /k/ has a ton of people with different experiences. So, thought I'd ask again.
But yeah. I see the FBI would hire me, and so would Border Patrol. But you know. Dat PSC money.
>>28234836
Contractors have literally misbilled over thousands of hours. Dyncorp in particular is a serious offender of not only our financial sensibilities, but our do not fuck little boys sensibilities. Not only that, but the track record of misbehaving PMCs with no one to answer to in Iraq was simply awful. Combine that with the fact that the second in command of the Bush administration literally sat on the board of the company he awarded billions in contracts to, you might be able to understand why we don't like PMCs.
>>28234877
was 'that other security guy' the international representative of security guards everywhere? It's fucking mind boggling that two people may have different opinions, isn't it?
AWS D17.1 TIG Welder at Northrup Grumman
$70,000/yr
I'm liking it. I would like to be at a NASA/Space-X/Blue Origin contractor sometime soon though.
A lot of people had questions about welding in the last thread. I'll be here if you nigs need anything answered.
>>28234877
>BTFO by another security guy last thread
Lmao, yah, a random person who didn't even post his job regurgitating the same info I said and anyone can find with one google search while back peddling when I called him out on his non sense. Sure got me there.
>>28233845
>Only $18/hr
>Only
That's double what I get paid right now...
>>28234878
Yah absoulutly keep coming back, there are always new people with useful info.
LEO of some sort would probably fit your job wants than, and hey maybe down the line after some years under your belt you apply with a private firm.
>>28234456
For a friend's student film he is making this semester, we needed a few AR15's set up for blanks. All I did was take a few extended A2 flash hiders and welded in a metal disc at a 45 degree angle toward the middle of the flash hider. Still got the muzzle flash and it cycled somewhat reliably.
>>28234084
Pretty much every cop has drawn their fire arm, what you mean that few actually use it.
>>28234916
Exactly, that guy kept crying about how I was giving people wrong information (which I wasn't) and trying to be gi joe. The private cannabis sec industry is a completely different beast, many of the same SOPs, licensing and backgrounds are completely different than that of the traditional security industry. Honestly that guy was coming off like he was personally mad I had the job and not him or something. Insecure or jealous maybe.
>>28235043
Yes your right thats what I meant my mistake. Although the recruiter I spoke with at the CSPD actually said he had never even had to use non lethal force to subdue a suspect for over 23 years before he got off the street. Must be in the minority though.
>>28235028
Yeah. Maybe. I just don't particularly want to be a regular City/County LEO anymore. If I have to, I will. But I would rather go for State or Federal Law Enforcement.
Partly because of pay, partly to get a fresh start, and partly because I don't want to sit in a car for 8-12 hours a day/night.
>>28235020
What do you work as? What country?
>>28235082
I get where your coming from. I also want to get into a different field in LE but you have to start somewhere and Im treating it like being a pvt in the army again. Wont be forever and Ill do what I have to to move up and what not.
>>28235087
I work retail in america.
So yeah, $9/hr is pretty typical. I still pay my bills without skipping meals, but I wouldn't mind some spending money.
>>28234959
I remember you, sounds like a super cool gig actually. How long were you doing welding before you started with NG?
Any nice funs in your collection with all that mula?
>>28235108
Damn any other background to help you switch career fields, any plans on going for a degree?
>>28235101
You're right. I'm testing for my city police this spring (again.) I let myself get out of shape, and made an idiot out of myself. But, meh.
I'm just more determined. And my city PD pays very well. I just know they are going to make me sit in a car for 10 hours a day lol.
>>28235130
I've got a medical background and an EMT-B license for my state, but I got out of that because I can't stand civilian pre-hospital. I guess I got spoiled by the way the military does shit, so switching over was painful for me.
I'm just working retail to pay the bills right now, but I'm looking for another job while I do that so I can make enough money to pay bills and do night classes at a tech school.
Unfortunately, it's hard to find anything outside of retail when you have little to no civilian job experience. Turns out people don't hire vets because we have little to no experience in actual jobs.
>>28234040
With all that equipment, have you ever considered making yourself some guns on the down-low? The prints are readily available online...
I'm heading out for a bit but be back to check posts later tonight
Welder. I'd rather be in an office or doing something more administrative, but for now I can tolerate shitty outdoor manual labor since the money is good and the flexibility is awesome. $42 hourly plus overtime, gross yearly income depends entirely on how much I want to work. The past couple years I've been working around 4 months so I've only been averaging 50-60k, but now it's time to buy an acreage so I'll have to buckle down and work as much as possible.
Not /k/ related at all, though.
>>28235181
>We're all gonna make it bro
>>28234916
No, but weedguy wasn't talking about critical parts of licensing and urging people to blow potentially thousands on training without basic certs to get any security jobs.
>>28234175
Federal Flight Deck Officer Program.
Run by the Air Marshalls where pilots apply, go train for a week, and get permission to carry a firearm on domestic flights
https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/training
Make sure to click Federal Flight Deck Officer
>Automation Programmer/ Operator
> 50-110k (Depends on how much I want to work)
What I do is program and operate welding robots. Cake job, really... Except when you are the only motherfucker who understands what the fuck is happening. Browbeating motherfuckers gets old, but this is just a stepping stone to another job.
>>28234959
>>28235119
Yeah, +1 for questions, that sounds crazy, like welding's dental work. Is that a ton of experience, school, or both?
>>28233887
Rank, OT, extra elective OT, State Haz-Comp. I am working around 5,760 hours a year. $148,000yr/5,760hr = $256.94/hr.
Does writing about defense policies and other military stuff count as /k/ related?
Currently sending my work off to various think tanks in DC in an attempt to get an internship.
>>28236071
Me too senpai, though I'd like to be a cool cat collections guy. Or at least site exploitation
>>28236022
You really need both. You can find a job anywhere if you know how to weld, but if you don't know how to read blueprints you won't get very far career-wise.
>>28235119
I was welding for 4 years before NG. 2 years at a speed shop doing machining/fabrication work and another 2 years at a small weld shop.
>>28234471
Good to see a brother among the /k/omrades.
>>28234959
What do you weld on at NG, fancy alloys and aluminum mostly?
>>28233843
>The idea for the thread is okay,
For someone to gather data? Who's gathering it? An advertiser? The government? You'd have to be living under a rock if you didn't know this place was under scrutiny right now.
>>28235373
I never once said anyone has to spend thousands on anything. I said what I personally do to pad my resume nothing more. You obviously did not read any posts in the thread or you wouldn't be spouting nonsense.
>>28236258
If it's the government, then there's nothing you can say here about your job that they don't already know, or couldn't find out in a day. Welcome to the police state.
>>28236258
Kek
>>28236258
Friendly reminder that the MPD is shitposting from BPR's computer.
>>28235650
Wow sounds interesting never knew about that.
>>28236071
Really interesting, do you have any samples of your work posted somewhere or maybe in a Google doc. I just want to know what type of writing your talking about
>>28236274
And you just hand over your info. Next they will want to know how many weapons you have "lets have an arsenal thread" Than they'll want to know how much ammo you have "lets have an ammo thread"
>>28235033
Creative, but I'd suggest dropping in a 19/24 mesh screen in a barrel you don't care about. Dat muzzle flash.
>>28233865
Any knowledge of anything similar in Oregon?
>>28236365
>names two threads that are both on the catalog right now and every other day
Please, if they don't know yet they're fucking retarded.
Wait...
>>28234385
Y...you wanna go to the next /k/ali meetup?
We could carpool
>no homo
>>28234086
How can I become a garbage man? Do you do more than drive the truck? My grandpa said it was his best job ever.
Security teams at Nuclear Power Plants carry AR-15s and sit in sniper towers all day.
>>28236365
What exactly will they do with this info? Kick my door down first if they impose confiscation? Government moves at a glacial pace, and they can't keep secrets for shit, so there will be a shitload of warning beforehand.
I'll say it again; your employment is not a secret to the government. If you pay taxes, they already know where you work and how much money you make, without having to lurk fucking 4chan.
>>28234385
You're still a faggot.
And good for you, you're posting on a phone. Thanks for making that clear.
Machinist
$23 an hour
Hate it.
I guess I get to make some cool shit but it is an incredibly unfulfilling.
If anyone has questions I'll do my best to answer.
>>28236483
What did you initially expect that it did not deliver?
>>28236445
Being a guard at high-value, low-risk places seems like an awesome job. Nobody attacks NPPs in force, so the risk is almost nonexistent, and you get to sit on your ass doing nothing and getting paid for it.
Anti-pirate security would be a pretty sweet gig too. Slightly more action, but you have to sit outside in the rain. Also no family or relationships.
>>28236483
Are Grizzly lathes any good? I want to get a small lathe for some perfectly legal gun projects, and I've heard Grizzly makes decent entry-level Chink lathes. Budget is <$3k.
>>28234812
/k/ontractor here, I'm not a fan of how DynCorp does business either. I have my own grievances with them, they hire way too many under-qualified and non-professional people for many of the jobs and try to justify it by stacking their supervisor and management teams with over-qualified people. At least, this has been my experience working with them so far. It's also frustrating because they don't want supervisors to actually go hands on most of the time, and prefer we just observe even when it's exceedingly clear the people they've hired to do these jobs don't have capacity to do their jobs adequately on their own.
Im looking into becoming a military/war historian
But i havent dug too much so i dont know too much about it
What i do know
>40-100k a year depending on your degree, who you work for, ect..
>need a bachelors in military history, history, ect
>can work for the DOD, Pentagon, and museums to name a few
This was really all i was able to find so far
Anyone more knowledable enlighten me?
Ive been fascinated by war since i was 6, and had a moment of realization a month or so ago that this is what i want to do with my life
>>28236376
Sorry man I have no clue. If you live there maybe just go into a recreational place and ask the security what company they work for.
>>28236515
It has always been the family trade ever since grandpappy left Poland. Ever since a young age I've always done what is smart and responsible instead of what I wanted. I was really good at drawing instead of art class in high school I went into drafting (old school and computer) all that talent is retarded and undeveloped. I went to tech college instead of the military at the behest of my parents. I make more money than anyone my age I have owned a house since 19 and I am thoroughly miserable. I piss away at least 250 dollars at the bar every week. Long and short of it is I don't get anything out of my labor, I make a piece of metal and numbers show up in my account.
>>28236526
If you live in a place with industry check out local auctions you can get real good shit on the cheap. I have a buddy with a grizzly and it makes things the way you want them but he says it's not exactly a joy to own.
>>28236848
Watch your back kid. I'd video when on the job. Might save you someday.
>>28234421
I'm still torn between being a Civil Engineer or just straight land surveying.
I would like to work for a good firm in a good location where i can be out doors and sometimes be in the office/shop. I'm also considering specializing in photogrammatry. I feel like drones are going to start to play a big part in surveying, so maybe getting licensed in that would help too.
>Knowlage
Is this a new meme?
>>28236952
You need to be part of something bigger than just you, it sounds like you are very isolated and have a job that conflicts with your personality. This is all speculation so correct me if I am wrong. I did restaurant management for a year and decided it was time to leave when I felt like killing myself everyday so I can see where you are coming from with jobs conflicting with self interest or even your personality.
If you have enough money saved you should look at cutting back on your hours and seeing what's out there, see if you can find something that you can carry some of your skills over to with maybe a new business or even a small shop that specializes or wants to specialize in something you have an interest in.
>>28237004
Using drones to survey defiantly sounds like the next step in surveying so your license idea is probably spot on.
>>28233845
Security guards generally don't make that much hourly, unless it's some really hush-hush shit...
>>28235249
He'll probably have to when their government finally collapses from incompetence.
>>28233818
>work fast food
>Just got a raise to $8.25
>cry myself to sleep every night
>light at the end of the tunnel is so close but so far
>so close to getting my BS
>Only another year I tell myself
>Can barely afford to fill up my car to get to school everyday
>to school is a 60 minute drive (without traffic)
>traffic adds another 30-40minutes
>wake up at 5am daily just to get to class on time
>So poor that everything I buy I think of it not as how much it costs, but how many hours I'd have to work to buy it
>just want to die.
This is life. My buddy Chubs here is all I have keeping me going. No gf, no affordable hobbies, no nothing.
>>28234436
>railing some guys wife over the kitchen sink
>>28240621
Do you have a plan for when you have your BS? You know what industry you're going into, what the labor demand is, average pay, etc? Or are you one of the unfortunate many who went to school with no end goal in mind?
>>28234701
>>28234783
>>28234791
>within a minute
That's a little much OP, just do it once next time
>>28236922
Not to be a dick, but you're not getting a 40-100k job with a bachelors in history. Go PhD or do something different.
>>28240694
I need 29 credits to get my BS in Criminal Justice. I want to get into law enforcement of some kind and I've been in the process of joining my local PD. But the process is taking so long. Hell I could spend the next 1.5 years getting to the end of the process and they could DQ me on some bs. And then I'd have to start over. Just tired of being broke as hell. I know police don't get paid damn near anything but anything is better than 8.25 an hour.
>currently unemployed student
>Graduating after the summer
>Last job was interning for software development, $18/hr
>Median salary for CS grads in entry level positions from my university is $72,000
>here's hoping I'm above median
Currently have ~$500 to my name and a car that needs ~$1500 worth of work to pass inspection in january
>>28240728
Any backup plans if the police thing doesn't work out? Seriously, you need to square this shit away now, so you don't end up with a degree in your hand and no idea what to do next.
>>28240808
If not i'm probably going to end up at my local shipyard and doing their welding program. Get certified to weld and work for them for decent money. Other than that I really have no clue. The shipyard is laying people off like crazy too because of budget cuts. So i'm kinda fucked.
>>28234156
Got a website?
>>28240833
Welder here, it's a useful trade to know, and has the potential to be highly lucrative so long as you're ok with traveling. I wouldn't think of it a career move (especially if you have an academic background), but it's a great fallback because lots of things are made of metal, and that metal always needs joining. The scope of the trade is huge, anything from aerospace, to petrochemical, to commercial and automotive. And good field welders are always in demand, since we are not yet at the point where it can be automated.
>>28240907
Noice. Thanks for giving me some hope. When they say college isn't for everyone, it really isn't, I regret every second i've spent in college. Should have gone to a trade school from the start like my buddies did. They're my age, went to automotive tech school and have full blown careers already and i'm slump in fucking debt and fast food.
0622 Digital (Multi-channel) Wideband Transmission Equipment Operator
E1
I'm still at school in glorious 29 Palms so I can't really say what it's like in the fleet I do already know the wrath of the Green weenie. I had a UH (infantry) contract on file when I shipped to bootcamp and the recruiter liaison a Master Sergeant basically told me "lel, we ran out of slots you're in Comm now" after the initial CFT and now here I am.
>Used to make $700-$1000 a week repairing aftermarket car part molds.
>Had to move.
>Now stuck doing $9/hr as a Baker.
>Truck completely died while moving my parents.
>Don't make enough to get a new vehicle.
>Don't make enough to go to school.
fugg
>>28240948
Hey, it's almost ubiquitous in our society. I was brought up thinking that the only way to succeed was to go to university and get a bachelor's at minimum. I ended up dropping out halfway through an econ degree, not because it was difficult, but because I had no real motivation to continue. Not to mention that the median salary for someone with a mere BA in econ is like 50-60k. Worked a few years doing odd jobs, including getting into and then quitting the French Foreign Legion, and then did some research about the regional job market and decided to try welding, since the demand for welders was extraordinarily high and the pay was amazing for the level of schooling required (6 months total in Alberta, all paid-for through the union and government grants).
Like I mentioned, I don't plan on making a career of it like some of the miserable old-timers. But it's a good safety net if anything happens with my future career moves.
In retrospect, it would have been nice if someone told me to look at the job market first, before deciding on a specific field in post-secondary. Most students out of high-school know of only a tiny fraction of the possible jobs that exist, and then end up regretting the time they wasted. If I had started welding right out of high school, I'd already have a house and decent chunk of land. Valuable lesson learned, though.
Plumber here work union sites $45 an hour plus site rates ot etc. Say what you like but unions keep my pay amazing and my guns plentiful
>>28234066
Had a buddy do things the other way around. He was 24 and had been a biologist for Florida Wildlife Commission for a year or two and wanted to do something else, enlisted as 18X and made it through the pipeline. Kinda lost touch with him after his first deployment to A-stan but we're still facebook buds. Guy had a top notch sense of humor. Asked him why the hell he would leave a career of tracking Florida panthers to join army with the hopes of being SF. His response with a shit eating grin: "The combat beard."
>>28241090
I feel like im in the same boat you were in. I'm roughly 3/4ths the way through my university and I hate every second of it. Not because its hard (its actually stupid easy) but I just don't have the motivation to do it anymore. Tired of writing papers, paying thousands, and taking tests for what feels like little to zero return on my investment. And my expected salary once out of college is even lower than what you expected in yours. Paretns gave me two choices after high school, which was join the military (couldn't get in because of medical), or college. So I was stuck going to college.
Really hate desk work and want a hands on job. I just don't know what I'm good at yet. And everything I enjoy doing I can't exactly turn into a job because theres no profit to be made.
>>28241101
how does it feel to be literally stealing from your employers? without the threat of violent strike you union types would die by the wayside
thank god more states are killing the union stranglehold on organized business
>>28236483
Really?
IDK about your situation, but the machinists I know at the physics dept (collegefag here) seem to have an awesome job.
>8 hrs on the dot
>Make crazy, one-of-a-kind device parts for cutting edge research
I don't know what they're paid, but considering their rates, I'd say it's quite a bit.
>>28241179
Neither of those things is true, though. Unions neither steal from their employers (since employment is a voluntary contract), nor do they use violence (anymore, back in the day both the unions and employers did that bullshit) as a means of bargaining.
The solution to any problem you might have with unions is deregulation, because it is through government regulation that both sides end up pushing the market away from its natural equilibrium.
>>28241179
Not stealing its just driving a hard bargain.
>>28241238
fuck off m8 and take your communist leanins with you
this is the land of freedom
But if I'm being serious and not memeing, it is hilarious to me that libertarians think that through deregulation, unions will disappear. Unions are a logical progression of freedom of association. By creating a monopoly (or close to it) on workers in different fields, they create a more equitable balance of power between the employer and employee. Strong unionization is likely the only way worker's rights would be respected in a deregulated market.
>sicario/cannabis,herion crop guard
>$200 weekly salary
>if you aint willing to die or in need of money dont join
>>28241344
does the gun come with the gig?
might be worth it desu
>>28233818
Title
>Tech Officer level 4(basically a senior Sysadmin)
Salary
>115K gross + 14% Super so all up about 131K this in Ausfalia btw.
Info
>Sys admin for Aus air traffic control systems.
>Very niche skill set
>Need to be able to work on 20 year old Unix systems one minute then switch to some god awful Windows Server virtualized server implentation that was set up by an idiot
>Pay is pretty fucking good
>Very non /k/ related.
Recently found out part of our active shooter drill is to place the building into a full lockdown. That means I wouls be trapped in whatever room I am in.
Security dont seem to realise the substantial lack of sturdiness our nice pretty glass doors have when faced with bullets.
Now packing glass breaker in pocket in case of lockdown so I can have a chance of escaping.
>>28241358
Is working on a 20 year old unix system that much worse than working on a modern linux system?
I sell guns and tutor chem/bio/physics on the side. Currently looking for a new lab position.
>>28241386
I actually prefer older linux systems, that said new ones arent that bad either. Just have to work out whatever the syntax is on each different distro since every cunt OS devoloper decides their flavour should be slightly different in some meaningless way. Just like some flavours wont let you login to root and you have to su root. Or some decide you should never run as root so you have to sudo su root.
Better then Windows GUI bullshit as far as mantaining servers go.
>>28241275
>think that through deregulation, unions will disappear
We don't think this. It is the expected result in simplified economic models, but as we all know, simplified models merely approximate reality.
In a deregulated market, it is likely that union activity in general will decrease in the long run, due to the lowering of barriers to entry into the market (and consequently, an increase in competition).
While it is true that in negotiations between employer and individual employee, the balance of power is typically one-sided, this scales with skill level and specific labor demand. A master architect will be more able to negotiate his terms of employ than a buger flipper.
Unions are certainly an effective tool in quickly improving employment conditions, relative to waiting for natural market forces to spread out through the economy. But the flip side is that monopolization of labor, and especially the popular trend of demanding increased wages without a corresponding increase in productivity, results in inflation and higher rates of unemployment. So union members get a higher wage, in exchange for another person being out of work as his employer was unable to keep afloat with the higher average wage rate.
I work for a union, but I don't have any illusions about its effect on the economy. The system is the way it is, so I might as well make money while the going is good.
>>28241445
Good to know, I only really have worked on Ubuntu and CentOS unfortunately. Did you get a degree? If so, in what?
>>28233818
Thats k as fuck. I want this job.
>Work in construction. 15 an hour. Not bad but it could be better
>>28240727
>>28236922
This
History and social sciences are garbage degrees, don't do it
>>28241471
I have an Electronics and Communications Diploma.
Degrees are massively overrated in IT and most places actual industry experience is valued more highly.
Its all well and good to have an IT degree but that doesnt mean shit as far as actually working on and implemwnting systems.
Practical knoweldge and experience is more highly regarded.
But for starting out you need some way to break into an entry level job and a formal qual is one way to do that.
LGS employee.
> corporate can't keep somethings in stock
> so much damn paperwork b/c Commiefornia
> get to bullshit with customers about guns all day
Meh, could be worse, just need to find a job out of this shit state so I can have an sbr + can.
Job Title
Hotel Night Auditor
Salary
$8.65 a fucking hour :(
>It's easy as shit
>I work by myself
>Do whatever the fuck I want
>Spend 6 of the 8 hours a night in the back office
>On my laptop, browsing /k/, Youtube, Netflix, playing vidya, listening to podcasts
Downside is it pays like shit.
It's a real cushy job but I need to get off my ass and try applying to the local PD or get into trying to become a CO like I want to.
Quality Control tech.
$13.00/hour. Time and a half overtime.
Working on finishing up my associates in drafting and getting my OSHA gen. industry and HAZWOPER certs. It would be nice to land a job as a safety officer on an oil rig or in a port.
>>28233818
My last job involved me lugging boxes around behind the scenes at a clothes store, and I was on $25 an hour... Good job though, youuuu tha man, man.
Whataburger Manager.
12 an hour plus time and a half, guaranteed 10 hours overtime, monthly bonuses based upon store performance (been about 1,200 before taxes, 600ish after lately).
Best part is free soda and nearly free food. You would be suprised at how much i save.
That said, going to take a pay cut soon if i can be an electrician. Its more of a carrer than my current job. Nice fallback though.
Site coordinator
It's alright.
50k a year (CAD)
Downtown core of a prominent Canadian city
Theft and homeless people rampat.
There's a burned out motorcycle sitting on my job site and the cops wont send the parking Nazis to come take it away. Instead they keep piling tickets on it. It currently had $240 worth of parking violations .
It has no battery, no gas tank and no gauge cluster. They think the owner is going to come get it and pay the violations.
>>28242613
kek, I would like to see a picture of that bike.
>>28242718
Fridays are quiet days. Delivered.
The yellow paper rolled up the the handlebars are the tickets
>>28242749
That bike is fucked. It's missing the oil pan, intake, and exhaust just from what I can see.
Data Architect
65k a year, Tucson Arizona
1 year out of school.
It's a good field to be in, but Tucson is kind of shit for a job market. I've had offers from the DC area for 120k+. I love the freedom of the west more than money though right now.
>>28241482
Never to late, check out some of the links I provided and see what comes of it.
>>28241628
I have a feeling working at an LGS in Commiefornia would be maddening. Probably so many rules and regs along with disappointed customers when they find out fun isnt allowed.
>>28242458
But that $25hr to move boxes doe...
>>28242889
What exactly does a data architect do?
>>28242749
Looks like you found yourself a mad max bike, best start fixin her up
>>28233818
Why not bring an AK and favorite Los Zetas aperal for when they come to fuck the states shit up? As soon as the state can compete, you might actual have to be training, or even use it.Also, do you get to inject the free marijuanas?
Best of luck, some faggot from the internet.
>>28243038
If I had an AK I would be bringing it haha. Everyone brings their own firearms, many guys I work with use everything from AKs to tavors on site. Also I could use cannabis products anytime (Except on site, its illegal to use on property of anywhere that sells or cultivates) but Im going for LE next year so I need to be 2 years clean.
>>28243061
>2 years clean
How the hell do they prove that?
>>28243082
bone marrow samples
>>28242990
Well paying easy work, what more could a man want?
>>28243082
I have no clue, I know they do hair follicle and lie detector testing though. It doesn't matter to me since I've never been a user anyway but it sucks working in the industry since I see all the positive effects it has yet cant partake myself.
>>28243472
Exactly, whatever pays the bills so you can get out and enjoys life.
>>28243750
>lie detector testing
Is complete nonsense, fyi. It is unfortunate that it's still used for screening candidates.
My best friend, and a bunch of my buddies are IPG contractors.
Good times, hanging out at Maggie's in Manitou.
I miss CO. I miss Carson. FML
>>28244043
What's your friends first name and last initial?
>>28244022
Exactly seems like pseudo science to me
>>28240621
Stop working with customers or food and work is a warehouse. Right off the bar you could make 10-12$/hr. Learn how to use a forklift and 12 will be standard.
Fuck customer service, join manufacturing Like A Man!
>>28244090
It is literally pseudoscience. Still, could be worse, we could also use dowsing rods for bomb and drug detection like Thailand, Mexico, and Iraq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT200
>>28244145
wtf
>>28240763
Park the car from Jan-Summer if you can, and move to a state without inspections. Minnesota doesn't have them and we have a lot of great software companies with a pretty low cost of living unless you're in some Gucci luxury apartment in Minneapolis.
>>28241651
I always see people with jobs like these where they basically do fucking nothing and just spend their time doing what they want until something pops up.
I am mad jelly at people with these types of jobs
>>28233818
Here ya go:
>Be me, /tg/k/ guy in college
>Buddy is in my friend group
>Buddies dad is former colonel or something
>Buddies' dad says "hey what are you doing over break?"
>"Probably working for my dad (contractor- residential construction)".
>"Want a job?"
>"Sure."
So at $10 an hour I do Wide Area Airborne Surveillance. Essentially what we do is survey a fuck-huge area (no exact details, lets just say its a big area) and record what is happening, or follow it live. The idea goes like this:
>Lamar leaves home and robs a gas station
>Lamar goes home
>We watch Lamar go from home, gas station, then home again
>Police go get Lamar.
Border patrol stuff is also pretty handy. Work in Juarez got interesting (my training was literally tracking a cop-killer through Juarez and identifying drug houses).
It's an interesting capability, but easy to abuse. However for your comfort:
>We cannot see who you are
>We cannot see what color you are
>We cannot easily tell what color a car is at times depending on shadows and light
>Fuck picking out people in a crowd, its like picking a bee out a colony
I agree it is questionable, but hey I am doing it as a temporary break thing, and the pay is decent for overtime when we have to move stuff over to help out a police department or whatever.
>>28233865
know of any in washington? specifically king county area fml...
>>28244454
Is this via drone or something?
>>28234471
i was really thinking seriously about doing an apprenticeship with a family friend who is an electrician, but the local state college gave me a somewhat good scholarship to study engineering. so i did that and am in my freshman year right now. did i fuck up? can i still learn electricianship over summers somehow?
>>28241358
>>Need to be able to work on 20 year old Unix systems one minute then switch to some god awful Windows Server virtualized server implentation that was set up by an idiot
kek i know exactly what you are talking about i am so sorry. and plus air traffic control must be even more stressful on top of that
>>28233818
Why are you wearing a badge
Habor patrol unit, navy
E3 pay
Sit on boat and nap or watch movies
So fucking boring though
>>28236410
Depends on where I am.
>>28233821
18/h is bragging to you?
I make 16/h at my horrible boring desk security job. I sit here all goddamn day lurking /k/ and dreaming about better jobs. I used to be healthy and in shape. Now I am paunchy, and more importantly, have HORRIBLE back and hip pain.
18/h is not bragging. Just sharing interesting info. Let the fucking faggot making six figures for "travel writing" brag. I will straight up gouge the eyes out of that motherfucker if I ever meet one...
Pic related. It's my chair. One third of my FUCKING LIFE occurs in this pile of shit.
>Fleet Controller.
>90K + Stip.
>60-80 guys reporting to me.
>Not really /k/ related, but a lot of the guys I run are ex-mil, either armoured or transport.
>Occasionally move military vehicles.
>Recently moved some undisclosed type armoured and soft skins to a SF base so they can trial them.
>Move a shit load of consumer goods.
>Occasional combination FULL of ammunition.
>Occasional bang trucks.
Life is good, looking to move up in the hierarchy in a few months.
>>28244569
Issued by the last company I worked for it just says security officer, pretty common with many firms. Nothing special but I just have it displayed just in case, we had an incident where someone called the police on or guys since they saw us walking around armed at night and when the police came it was a fiasco. I also have another badge I display for the MED
>>28244489
Really sorry I only know about jobs in CO right now but I'll ask around and find out.
>>28244105
I make 21.4 an hour working in a warehouse and I only have to work three 11 hour shifts.
>>28233818
hedge fund manager
usually above 2mil/year
it's alright, most people i meet are fucking assholes but the money makes up for this. will retire with 29 next year.
>>28241651
You don't wanna be a corrections officer. Most of the stories I've heard here don't paint a good picture. Start a thread about it if you want to know more.
Cops? HA! Do you want to become the victim of a Media Witch Hunt?
>>28243038
I wonder how long it will be until the Cartels actually try to wage a covert campaign against Stateside Cannabis grows in Colorado and other states. Should be fun...
>>28241651
>only 8.65 doing night audit
Jesus dude, what shitty hotel do you work at?
gf used to do that and she was at $13/hr
>>28243061
>use allowed
What the shit? Dude, every colorado firm I've looked at has a 100% no-use policy, on or off the job.
>>28246478
Almost everyone at the firm uses THC and CBD in some way, many regular users. Firm owners are also outspoken advocates for vets to use cannabis. It may have something to do with everyone being vets, also being a small firm and not a place like allied barton. The firm treats it the same way most buissness do in CO and same as alcohol. Don't do it before a shift or on site. I don't know anyone that goes to a site that smokes a good 8 hours before since if something happened and they had traces in their system that would be their ass. Our site managers just treat us like adults and expect us to act professional.
>>28235650
>tsa
You are this country's real enemy. You are the proof that the terrorists hold up to prove they won.
Kill yourself.
>>28236067
You might be all that, you sure isn't even the maths.
>>28233818
I work in a local LGS in New Mexico...
I deal with the stupidest of people, the fuddiest of fudds, the Drunkest of Natives, the Greasiest of mexicans, and all 4 black folks that live in this whole state.
>>28234234
Do you hire people?
>>28246466
Your gf sucked cock to get that 13/hr. Not even joking.
>>28241651
Goddamn bro, find a marriott or hilton, our night auditors start at just under $13/hr, that's with no experience.
Junior Sous Chef here, get paid around 40k/yr. If I don't get at least 6% on my next raise I'm finding another hotel though. some days I'm doing 3 people's jobs and I definitely feel underpaid.
Starting college for this cool drone program. I spend a year or so getting my PPL and then learn to fly this thingy. Thank you GI Bill.
I work in the fossil prep lab at my school while studying geology
>>28249667
Oh snap awesome bro, that looks like it's going to be a great gig. When you finish the school is there a job waiting or do different companies try to recruit you?
>>28249667
Which program/school? Thinking of reclassing 15w soon
>>28241514
Current history major who's been thinking about the realities of my major here, what would be a better alternative? I know people say STEM stuff but I'm beyond shitty at basically everything to do with STEM to the point where I needed tutoring to pass 101-level math courses. The only assurance I have is that I know several people who have gotten well-paying jobs with a history degree, but it usually has little to do with history.
>>28250181
A few companies have recruited graduates, or so I've been told.
>>28250195
Central Oregon Community College UAS program that works with Leading Edge Aviation.
Also can't complain about living in Bend.
>>28244566
Air traffic control is interesting to work in.
We have fucking excellent documentation on most gear and most of the guys I work with are great.
Its the sort of enviroment where you dont want to fuck up though. But if you do fuck up you have to own it, making a human mistake is recongised as happening to everyone and whilst you might not get a payrise that year its better then the alternatives if you get caught covering something up.
Always have to think about that worst case scenerio of fucking up in a way that causes or contributes to a midair that kills 500 or more people.
The pressure doesnt bother me that much though, some guys dont seem to be able to handle it that well. One of the guys is really starting to crack and will have to leave pretty soon if he doesnt get his shit sorted.
>>28250391
In your opinion, how far off is the complete (or almost complete) automation of ATC?
>>28244105
Warehouse jobs near me don't fit my school schedule already checked.
>>28250441
Decades.
We have working short term conflict detection but havent even got long term conflict detection working yet. The data seems simple on the surface and it is relatively easy to process for humans but from a computer perspective the solutions are very very expensive in terms of processing and memory.
We are going to move towards more data link comms with aircraft first anyway so ATC can just issue an altitude to an aircraft with no verbal comms required.
It will happen eventually more or less though I believe you will see some ATCs still working for emergency situations where the system is lapsing or a situation has developed beyond what the system will handle. This is just for the enroute and terminal area centres btw.
Control towers are far more fluid enviroments and will need people there until you have strong AI which is no one knows how far off.
>>28244505
Nope, pilot plus Cessna plus cameras are waaay cheaper and you don't have as many bureaucratic hurdles via FAA. It's a boring flight though, just doing doughnuts in the sky for hours on end.
What are some relatively lesser known jobs which involve handling (and using) guns?
Field Technician in process automation industry (mostly power plants, chemical and pulp/paper mfgrs also). Work on the control systems that allow operators to control plant equipment. Repairs, upgrades, new installs, etc.
$60k salary, usually make an addt'l $5000 bonus and overtime
Have an associate of applied science degree, automation technology. So it's a fitting job and I really like it. Get to work with lots of cool equipment. Downsides are sometimes have to travel, and if equipment goes down can get called on emergency service and have to work long hours until it's fixed. But usually it's standard 8-5 work.
I felt kind of shitty going to community college when all of my friends were going to 4yr schools. But now I'm making good money and have no school debt. Can't say the same for many of the friends with BA/BS degrees.
The main thing I worry about is the 2yr degree holding me back from moving up, and I think that is the case somewhat. But it also seems like many companies will overlook the degree if you have lots of experience and are a solid employee.
