what do you do for a living?

Dude you could get your A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) ticket and work on aircraft. Its an 18 month program and depending on where you get it you can expect to spend around 10 grand on school. Its hands on work and there is a wide variety of jobs you can get with it. I work overseas as a field mechanic for a helicopter company (one month on, one month off, paid time off, paid travel, medical/dental, 401K) and I grossed about 90K last year. Not for everybody, (gone for six months a year) but you can always get a job in a shop or at an airport (of course the pay is less) if you've got family or whatever.

What ever you do I would suggest some sort of vo-tech (electrician plumbing HVAC etc) since you like to work with your hands. College degrees aren't worth what they used to be (unless you want to be a doctor or an architect or something) and who wants to start their career with 80K in student loans? Depending on how much of your welding school you have completed I would just finish it off. It will look good on a resume, its a good skill to have and you can use it to help finance whatever else you decide on doing. Plus if you walk away now any money/time you've put in so far will just be a waste. Just my 2 cents.

 

Get all your welding certs. Then go to deep sea diving school. Be an under water welder.

 

damn tim i wish i could try that it sounds like killer fun o shit i gota do it every day!! shit lol

i made more than that in the oil field when i lived in co

im going to finish it of course but after going through all the courses and finding out how expendable welders are and that they really dont make all that much. id like something little more stable given there are thos welders that are set for life at a job and make some bank!

yeah life expectancy for a under water welder in 2years ill pass

 

grease monkey

 

PE teacher! Best job in the world.

 

Contractor .........remodels a what not...........allot of what not lately due to the economy ................Love what I do tho..........

 

Machinist right now. Taking classes for my mechanical engineering degree as well.

 

My uncle is a contractor welder for a natural gas company (He welds the pipes together and fixes them) and he make well over $120k a year. You have to do more large scale things and not like little off road shops or gate companies. the main thing is you have to be willing to drive around the sate to get the to the place you need to go. Also you have to work you way up to the big money man.

 

Firefighter/EMT

 

Highschool then college, the intrumentation engineer

 

depends, are we talking an all girls school?

 

thats a givin with any job your not just gona jump in and be the ceo of a place just like that. so is your uncle a rostabout? for some one then?

 

Sounds like you like the mechanical type fields.....
You could also seek areas such as Engineering, Electrician, Machinest....

I went to school for Commercial ARts & graphics and got an entry level position in a factory under the assumption I'd be able to work my way into their Graphics department. But instead....the entry level position turned into a Machine Operator position within a year. Then, 4 years later....I got my Journeyman card.

Machine Operator position involves working on a piece of machinery that produces things - I oversee the equipment, repair/fix, maintain, upgrade, do setup, make adjustments and fine tune it for optimal production. It's not a glorious job but the money is good. The only real thing I don't like about it is the weekend work & shift work. Anyone can do this...you don't even need a college degree to get into this. You just need to be mechanically minded.

 

i kill hookers

 

Just make sure you are good at TIG welding...there's a lot of people that struggle with it, and if you can do it well, it opens a lot of doors for you.

 

I work as a contractor in Iraq. If you send me your resume after you have completed your schooling, I can get you a job making some REALLY GOOD money. We are in need of good welders here, and the pay can't be matched by anybody in the states.

 

Oil Application Technician for Playboy Video Productions.

 

Rocket scientist.

 

I am a mechanical engineer now, and recently passed my P.E. exam. Just look inside yourself and take stock of what you want to do. Even in high school, I knew I was either going to be a mechanic or mechanical engineer. I loved working on cars, and still enjoy it as a hobby, so I went to vocational school and earned an automotive mechanics diploma. However, after working six months at a dealership, I knew being a mechanic was definitely not my calling. But college was such a big commitment, and I wanted to hang out with my friends, so I goofed around a few years instead. Fortunately I had an understanding wife by then, and an understanding set of parents, so after seven years, mostly part time, I earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Southern Tech. It is really tough to regret any investment in education to improve yourself.

Tim Glover

 

Im in the Marines. Currently in an infantry unit.