re: How many people have taken a significant pay cut, because they hated their job?

I tell people what to buy all the time when they want to do it themselves.

Some people, though, don't want to bother w it. Its the same reason lawn companies exist.

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My bum uncle has been working at a driving range for $9.00 an hour for 10 years now....

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Okay, well I guess for some people you have to be as descriptive as possible.

"Do what you love, as long as it's something that you can at least make a reasonable living starting out doing it, and the money will follow"

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So, I started my own pest control company. I was poor af for the first two years, but the decision has turned out to be one of the best ones of my life

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Congrats, buddy. Mean that. Awesome.

What did it take to start that up and how long before the money became a good/great wage?

My buddy in Idaho just brought this up as something he is considering.

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hinking about buying a bread/distrib route. Just trying to get the vibe from many of the owners about the $$ and such.

Pretty much been told that sara lee does not have the salespeople to support their local distribs, so your not going to get new business, unless you do the grunt work.

If anyone knows some one in this biz, any info would be appreciated. I think some of the guys lie to me, because they don't want the competition(other bread guys), or want to buy the route themselves.

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Look into being an Amazon independent contract delivery.

I'm not sure what the regs are in Idaho, but the toughest part here (Florida) is getting the prerequisites just to be able to take the test to get a license.

You have to show that you had 3 years experience in each category of pest control (termite, general household pests, lawn and ornamental...) that you're trying to get your license in.

After that, its just a matter of having a truck, some chemical tanks and having good people skills. The initial overhead is not much at all. Even the liability insurance is very reasonable.

Yep. The only other way to do it is to have a degree in entomology.

Thank you sir. I will tell him to go to the Idaho licensing requirements if he is serious.

i quick working to start making custom damascus steel chef knives and i make about 3500 a week doing it. there is a 3 year waiting list for my work.




i stole that story from a joe rogan episode

I had my own OMFS practice for 12 years. I averaged making 750-850K per year, but running the business and dealing with people was just something that I absolutely hated doing. I ended up selling the practice to 2 other docs and now have worked for them for the last 2 years. I've made significantly less ( 450-500K ) per year but just going in from 8-5 and leaving everything there has been the best decision i've made.