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re: Why would anyone become a Doctor?
Posted on 9/29/21 at 9:31 am to 777Tiger
Posted on 9/29/21 at 9:31 am to 777Tiger
I know plumbers making $250K+ plus per year right now. Granted they own the company and do new construction plumbing only but trades are in demand.
If I were to go back to school, I would get my civil engineering degree and do land surveying. There are fewer and fewer surveyors every year. Call one up for a flood elevation or to even just come to find corners that are already there and you will get told it will be at least a month and a few thousand dollars. Then they will just send out their field hands to do the actual work and all they do is review it and stamp it.
For some reason, no one is wanting blue-collar jobs even with the high earning potential. I know it's not glamorous but neither is having tons of student debt making $30K per year or for a Dr waiting until you are in your 30s to actually begin your career.
If I were to go back to school, I would get my civil engineering degree and do land surveying. There are fewer and fewer surveyors every year. Call one up for a flood elevation or to even just come to find corners that are already there and you will get told it will be at least a month and a few thousand dollars. Then they will just send out their field hands to do the actual work and all they do is review it and stamp it.
For some reason, no one is wanting blue-collar jobs even with the high earning potential. I know it's not glamorous but neither is having tons of student debt making $30K per year or for a Dr waiting until you are in your 30s to actually begin your career.
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Posted on 9/29/21 at 9:36 am to stout
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do land surveying.
good niche, I know things change but when I was in college(have a CivE degree,) we had to take two surveying courses and the prof told us(at the time,) that upon completion of those courses we could test for surveyor certification, I'm sure that it would require working a certain amount of time under the supervision of a licensed surveyor(like a real estate appraise/inspector has to,) might check into that
This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 9:38 am
Posted on 9/29/21 at 9:40 am to stout
quote:Because the barriers to entry (in LA) are extremely high. They're feathering their own nests.
There are fewer and fewer surveyors every year.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:09 pm to stout
Plumbers and trades make a lot (not as much as this board likes to pretend) because the work sucks and you have zero upward mobility outside of owning your own business. It’s not a mystery.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:46 pm to stout
quote:you know business owners who make 250k.
I know plumbers making $250K+ plus per year right now. Granted they own the company and do new construction plumbing only but trades are in demand.
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