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re: Jobs that could make piles of money?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:55 pm to Gee Grenouille
Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:55 pm to Gee Grenouille
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth.
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Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:56 pm to TejasHorn
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Owning a commercial electrician or plumbing outfit is quite different than Joe six pack who unclogs your toilet.
For future reference, that's "Joe Butt-Crack".
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:07 pm to cbree88
Im sure you could show him the way.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:30 pm to Gee Grenouille
importer/exporter
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:33 pm to Gee Grenouille
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I don’t hear anyone talking about is being a brick mason.
I know one up in Michigan and he basically prints money. He is a first generation Italian and could work 100 hours a week and still have to turn down work.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:47 pm to Gee Grenouille
quote:you left out the most interesting and relevant to this thread part
I started out with nothing and passed that mark at 43. I couldn’t have done that without working for the man.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:54 pm to Gee Grenouille
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I’m what Dave Ramsey refers to as an every day millionaire via my 401k and pension.
Dont tell them the formula!
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:01 pm to Onyx Aggie
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know one up in Michigan and he basically prints money. He is a first generation Italian and could work 100 hours a week and still have to turn down work.
Then he needs to raise his prices until he gets just 40 hours of work.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:06 pm to Cheese Grits
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The true brick masons are probably in their 50's or 60's now or older.
You have guys laying brick, but that does not make them brick masons
My grandfather was a brick mason from the age of 17 - 73 when he retired.
He's 88 now.
He says the same thing.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:09 pm to Gee Grenouille
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all the work he could stand.
all the work you can stand =/= making piles of money.
Fast food places are always looking for workers. You could work 24hrs day hopping from place to place.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:16 pm to Gee Grenouille
Travel ball tournament organizer.
Gotta be money in it. PGF tournaments are $850 per team to enter and each tournament has easily 50+ teams. They are all stay to play events, have to book your hotels through the sanction.
Our next one has 89 teams in it. 75k before you account for hotel kick backs, concessions, gate fees, etc. I know they have expenses but that's for 3 days.
Gotta be money in it. PGF tournaments are $850 per team to enter and each tournament has easily 50+ teams. They are all stay to play events, have to book your hotels through the sanction.
Our next one has 89 teams in it. 75k before you account for hotel kick backs, concessions, gate fees, etc. I know they have expenses but that's for 3 days.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:17 pm to Turnblad85
On a more serious note being an electrician in Texas pays way more than people think. I have guys working for me that are making life changing money right now.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:45 pm to slidingstop
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I've met about a dozen people over the years who were flat broke after working for themselves. Some were poor money mangers, some were lazy, and some just had piss poor decision making skills. Plenty of entrepreneurs fail. And lots of people I've met were pretty damn wealthy from being just an employee.
All depends on the individua
Running a business sucks. All of the government required bullshite is enough to make one go insane. F'n Workmans Comp, payroll, payroll taxes, IRS forms they said they ''received but can't find'', city, parish and state fees and taxes, professional and general liability insurance, accountants, getting clients to pay according to terms, professional licensing boards...
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:50 pm to Gee Grenouille
The trick is to find a high-paying job where you do all the work getting the associated education, then low-workload when you actually do it.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:57 pm to Banned
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He says the same thing.
Had to rebuild a chimney from a post WWII house about 2 years ago. The guy that did the work was 77 and was nothing but skill learned from life in a trade where you apprenticed first. Ever wonder why concrete poured between World War I and World War II is still good and the concrete they poured 5 years ago is already falling apart.
Give your grandfather a hug and tell him you love him. Listen to his stories while you still have him.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:03 pm to Gee Grenouille
windmill maintenance starts off entry level at 120 grand a year.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:06 pm to AaronDeTiger
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We pay $50/hr for bricklayers in the plant, but they are laying some intricate shite. Domes, cylinders connecting into each other, cones. They are very precise, 1/8" mortar joints.
Who yall using baw?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:07 pm to DustyDinkleman
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then low-workload when you actually do it.
Getting qualified as an electrician/HVAC tech costs $4k here. You don't need to actually do a ton of work, you need to know how to run a business and manage people. Get an SBA loan, buy a business from someone retiring, and fix it. Cash checks.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:09 pm to Gee Grenouille
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brick mason
If you can build a freestanding 3-wythe brick arch in a load bearing wall you could name your price. Motherfrickers can't lay brick for shite these days.
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