So, WNBA player?My dream job would be one of those “paid to just be alive” deals; also, it wouldn’t be a job
So, WNBA player?My dream job would be one of those “paid to just be alive” deals; also, it wouldn’t be a job
Nah, that doesn’t pay well enoughSo, WNBA player?
So while I was going crazy with my lawn obsession I had been thinking about getting a part time job cutting greens before heading to the office. How perfect would that be? Start earlym before the sun comes up. Be alone on a golf course listening to only the gentle hum of the reel mower. Work for an hour or two in peace on the course before heading into the office for the mind melting bore of regular work.
I think I'm over that phase, but it still sounds interesting.
I graduated from UTI in PHX in 2002. They have since moved to Avondale. I came out with an AS degree that is good for nothing. No other schools will give me credit for it and employers don’t really look at it for anything besides mechanics.You already know my opinion, but Lineman. I definitely recommend you look into some kind of apprenticeship/trade school with job placement. Maxton has been on quite a few field trips to different colleges/trade schools this year. He really liked this one https://prescott.erau.edu/. Then yesterday he went toand he said that one was his favorite. They had factory supported motorcycle programs as well.
I'm with @nnnnnate, if I didn't have bills and family responsibilities, etc. I would love to follow a different job path every 6-12 months. I'd love to learn all sorts of new careers/industries like crane operator, heavy equipment operator, tower climbing, pipeline welding, etc. I have a little experience with most of this kind of work, and I know they aren't something I want to make a career out of, but they would be fun to do for a while. But at the moment I am pretty attached to steady good pay and a reliable work schedule/home time.
I'm probably 60/40 field/office at my current job and I love it. Even when I'm in the office, more than half of the time is spent fixing stuff for people so I don't end up doing a ton of paperwork. There are several trade schools/technical colleges in Washington County. You should go take a tour or 2.
Although, some times working outside has some drawbacks. I took this picture yesterday.
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Thank goodness for good air conditioning! 😁
I took this picture a few minutes earlier though, so it all balances out.
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Didn't Leno start out washing cars at a dealership after being denied the job? Just asked up the next day and started washing cars anyways? Experience is great in mechanics, but some school time on can bus logic and actual electrical systems is vital that days. It's the one thing my 4 year Ag machinery degree from USU didn't civet real well at the time. I can get by pretty well at my job but I've debate hitting a BATC/DATC night course more and be lately.The Boy thinks he wants to be a mechanic. He has dreams of opening his own shop, but right now he's washing cars at Mark Miller Toyota, hoping to turn that into a lube tech job when he graduates here in a couple months and then see if the dealership will send him to Toyota School. That's the path @I Lean's boy is on and it looks like a good one if you wanna work on cars. Even if it doesn't end up being your vocation, what a valuable set of career skills to take with you through life, and an awesome fallback career if the auditions in Vegas don't go well.![]()
I would pay for the wilderness photos @DAA snaps.Among the careers I wish I could have, being in somewhat of a transition point as well like some of you, I wish I could make a living from my photography, but not a lot of people want to pay for that work unless it's cheap ass pics of their family. I have wanted to get back into land use as well, but the BLM is full of hippy shitheads and the Forest Service is the same way now. I wouldn't mind doing IT stuff like I've been doing for the last 10 years, but it isn't a passion.
Traveling for work can be fun. If you're going to different places, seeing different people it keeps it lively.Talk to me about traveling for work. I’ve never really had to, but have an offer for a decent gig that I’d have to travel, probably 3 days every other week, driving around southern UT, northern AZ and western CO.
The entire job is relationship building with existing clients, which would mean a lot of eating out and golf, which I don’t dislike the idea of, but I haven’t golfed in 20 years.
Another job on the line is a position that I’m more familiar with, but it’s in the area of CO where it’s tough to find a 3 bedroom house for <$1MM. The job pays well but most of the additional income would go to housing, but I’d be home every night.
I'm going to Vegas for a conference next week though, and all of your tax dollars are paying for business class, nice hotel room, and fine dining.![]()
This is me. I’ve been on n more planes in the last year than in my entire life. I don’t like planes, especially with other people on them. Copious amounts of alcohol does help.We don’t do the crowds/density/rules of airline travel well.
I keep threatening to take a workcation. It'll be a little different because I'm hourly, I have to clock in at a specific time. But a little trailer I could park up somewhere with good 5g and I'd be set.I'll often travel somewhere and work remote from a place I want to explore