ITT: Tell me what to do for $$$/career...
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What do you like about the job, day to day etc? What are the cons to the job? How saturated is the industry now and in 2 years would you say ? What level PE are you, how long have you been at the job and how did you get in?
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Shift work, takes years off your life, work with hazardous materials, everything can kill you, most jobs are away from home (not mine though)
Saturated now with oil's drop, 2 years if will be busy again I imagine.
I'm a 3rd class working on my 2nd, I've been doing it 4 years, got hired a few months before school ended, high GPA but that didn't matter because I was interviewed by car guys and we just talked about my Miata mostly
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I'd say there are plenty if engr jobs in remote locations that you won't have a 100-200k salary, but could make that in per diem, overtime, and incentive pay. One site that I was on in the states paid $600/week per diem, 20% incentive and time and a half OT for salary engineers. Of course, the only free time you have you spend sleeping and your friends and family are your coworkers...and you'll probably go through 2-3 wives unless you are lucky enough to have her working in the front office with you so you can see her a few hours a week.
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If you're willing to travel, and live in pretty lame conditions, you can make a ton of money. One of my dad's contractor friends worked all over the country. Willing to take any job anywhere in the US, and leave on a moment's notice. He rarely worked more than 6 months out of the year, and spent the rest of his time on a huge houseboat somewhere in Florida. But you gotta be good at what you do to be the go-to guy for jobs like that.
Last I saw him was probably 30 years ago, and he had retired at 50 with plenty of cash in the bank.
Last I saw him was probably 30 years ago, and he had retired at 50 with plenty of cash in the bank.
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