Muhfucka I’m ballin’ livin’ lavish. Regardless of what people do to sustain themselves, the grind can get somewhat tedious. I think that is the point of this thread.
The point is, its not complacency. If people aren’t working and collecting money from the government for years then sure. But with today’s standards, having something you’re working towards whether it be related to or not related to work is all that really matters. People’s sole focus in life is not work. If it’s money or recognition or honour or business skills that make you happy then sure, thats what inspires you. But people work so they can be happy in whatever area of their lives that might be. Cant believe I’m saying this but Dab00g is right, its not how hard you work but the fucking journey to sustain long term. Working hard just to burn out or get sick is fucking stupid. Working hard to get ahead is great but when talking about things being right or natural is another story.
I would WAYYYYY rather not have to work as hard and be compensated for it then go insane for not that much extra return and burn out. Thats what is called ‘working smart not working hard’.
You need to work. You need money. Working for money is the number one priority. Once you have some money, you can think about better opportunities but it’s not being complacent to deal with what’s in-front of you first, that’s called being sensible and not being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
Aircraft mechanic, A&P ( aircraft and power plant ) certified. At the moment in in between jobs with my next one starting in June 6th. So I’m just enjoying this down time till then. The work I’ll be doing is doing major repair of parts and structures of the Aircraft and engine. Basically when an aircraft needs work done that can’t be done on the line. They send those Aircraft to FBO’s ( Fixed Base operations ) To receive major repairs
40 hour work weeks or longer can be torture if you are in a job that you hate or that puts too much work on you. I’ve been in a lot of stressful jobs so believe me I know. Trick is to find a company and a position that you enjoy and/or love. Right now I work for a really cool laid back company. It’s like working at frat house that pays really good money. We show up in white shirts and jeans. Get our job done and have a good time in between IE bad ass lunches on the boss’s dime, shooting mini ball hoops in the office, playing pranks on each other. You can tell that the owners really care about the employees for sure. We have really good insurance, good pay, and a great office environment. It’s probably the first time I actually enjoy going into work. Is it my dream job? Hell no, and I’d rather be at the gym, with my gf, or playing video games, but it definitely is a job that gives me some measure of happiness.
You need to find the right job for you dude.
I work casual which means I’m basically on call, but I can say no to jobs if I want. A job may last anywhere from 3 days to 10 days and I may have back to back jobs. While I’m doing my job I work 84 hour work weeks (12 hour days 7 days a week) I fly out to my job because it is remote access in the middle of the desert. The flight is generally around an hour and a half, but varies because I fly out to different mine sites.
What we do is maintenance, we basically are a contracting company that comes in, shuts part of the minesite down, then performs maintenance during the shutdown. Without us mine sites wouldn’t function and the money wouldn’t pour in (the average minesite takes in around 5-10 million per day after paying all wages and maintenance fees)
Because of the Australian safety standards it is one of, if not THE BEST job I’ve ever had. We have our own lunchrooms, we get free room and board and food while we stay at the minesites camp, and the work though it can be strenuous at times, is nothing like working construction in the city. If I need a cage of tools at the top of a building, fuck carrying them up, its policy to have everything lifted up by crane. We literally aren’t allowed/it’s very frowned upon to carry anything up staircases. There are basically no elevators though so we do end up having to walk up and down huge flights of staircases multiple times a day… But all in all, it’s good.
The problem is that while I’m working I’m not with my family. I can’t play games much because mine internet is the worst and we have a very strict weight limit that we can bring on the plane with us. And at 12 hour days with probably around 30 minutes to a round trip from the camp to the minesite, and needing to wash clothes every other day and bla bla bla… I end up only having around 1 to 1 1/2 hours of free time while I’m working. It can very much feel like prison especially since there are like no chicks around for the most part.
But it pays well and my family doesn’t have want for much anything. My wife and children may not see me sometimes for 2 weeks or even a month at a time on occasions, but thats the sacrifice some of us have to make.
I am however pretty burned out on this lifestyle after having done it for 4 1/2 years. Looking to just get a city job for less pay and maybe start to work more on my music.
I’m hoping to get this warehouse job for $9/hr Mon-Fri 8-5 that’s right around the corner and work whatever I can get during weekends at a local grocery store. Engineering right now is really really bad. It’s very much like 2008-2010 market. Probably anyone with a position open has probably a million petrochemical engineer putting their resume.
Damn that’s really true about the engineering job market? I was thinking about going back to school for engineering after I’ve saved up some money.
Houston is an oil city. When oil does bad, it’s really bad. When oil is good, everyone is making it rain.
I don’t know about other places.
Oh you were just talking about Houston ok. Now I have another question. If Oil is so big in Houston. Why the hell is our government fucking around in the middle east and buying oil from them? Shouldn’t we be using our own damn oil so we can just not have anything to do with that region?
I work 40 hours a week as a Design Engineer. I’ve currently been employed for 2.5 years at this place and love it. I think the secret is to enjoy what you’re doing and it’ll feel like you’re working to help, not just bring home a paycheck everyday. Some days do get tiresome, don’t get me wrong, but that’s just a part of life. There are ups and downs each day/month/year. You just have to look at things objectively and see how you feel about the place you work at as a whole.
Engineering isn’t that bad in Illinois. I have a bunch of friends with engineering degrees who have jobs out of college. The problem is that most of those jobs might not be in idea locations. Most of them are in the suburbs since manufacturing isn’t usually done inside the city. It also depends on what field of engineering you go into.
@dehumanizer I hear ya on that. Before I started working as a Aircraft mechanic. I hated every job I did bar one ( when I was a counselor at Kips Bay Boys and Girls club ). And that was mainly it. I got no fulfillment out of those jobs. I was just doing menial basic shit to collect a paycheck. Flippin burgers at Mc Donald’s, Loading concrete into trucks at Home Depot, Loading packages into trucks at UPS, Washing dishes at AppleBee’s. Just grunt work. Managers would tell me that what I do mattered and makes a big difference, I’m a key part of the team and blah blah blah. But at the end of the day. You are not proud to say you are a Fry cook, or a Dish Washer, or a Lot attendant. And when you are doing work that isn’t making you much money on top of not making you feel good about yourself and self worth. yeah 40 hrs is draining.
But working at Kips Bay. When those kids were so happy to see me. Looked forward to hanging out with me. Doing activities together and what not. And how happy we made them ( some of them where from orphanages and foster homes ). It made me feel good. To know and feel what I do matters. And that’s what I get from working as a Aircraft Mechanic. I help keep planes in the sky. That feels pretty badass to say lol. No one can tell me what I do doesn’t matter or isn’t important to society.
As for engineering. Well I have no problem traveling to where the jobs are. And the field I’m looking to get into is Aerospace engineering. But I head that a lot of engineering fields kinda overlap at the basic levels. So you’ll be at least effective at a basic level in all areas of engineering regardless of what your specialty is.
You live in Texas? That’s a really low pay rate for a warehouse job. Try the HEB warehouse. Starting pay is around $12 I believe and I think they do 4 days on 3 days off.
That’s what Rorschach did in Watchmen and he fucking knew the guy.
Damn, man you could’ve just called me and asked me instead of kicking down my door and eating my cans of beans!
Caught red handed spoon in hand, mouth full munching on his beans. And owlbatman probably just came back from work too. :tup:
I was a Design Engineer too, and I truly liked what I was doing. The people I was with, not so much. Looks like I got the short end of the stick. Can’t be helped.
I’ve had recruiters reach out to me for those positions as well, but there are too many things/people important to me here. I don’t want to move away.
Saudi has a lot money and control over the US. Saudi dictate what they want to do, not the US. There is a lot of behind the scene stuff for sure, but it’s hard to say without being a conspiracy theorist. The Saudis have an extremely extremely large, easy access reserve of light sweet crude. A government can’t impose economic sanctions unless it’s “really bad” and everyone’s on it like Iran.
I was working 50 hour work weeks before recently switching to a 40 hour work week job. It made little difference honestly mainly because there is still blocks of time spent doing dumb shit. At maximum efficiency I can finish all my work in half that time or less (I also work in marketing), but still can’t leave. Most of the jobs i worked were like this, utterly inefficient and wastes of time.
I also have to spend 60-120 minutes on top of that just to get to work and then get back home.
I’m not complaining about working btw. I would prefer to work (literally), especially challenging work puts you in a state of ‘flow’ (mindful tasks).
But my best advice for you is to covertly find something you value to do at work in the downtime. I’ve recently been slacking on my reading, and earlier this year set a goal of reading at least 10 books a year. So I sneak read my books on my computer or even phone during my downtime. I’ve got them fooled! HAHAHAHAHAHA.
sounds like the chem engineer situation in socal.
gonna have to most likely move out of socal to get a job… :sad:
It’s the same here. You could get a MS and just bid your time til things improve.