You can always be a full time pirate if the retirement gig gets too slow for yaWell, it looks like I go out to pasture on January 1st. Had a talk with my boss today and let him know I would be retiring at the end of December. Kinda felt a little different than I thought it would - more like jumping off a bridge without a bungee cord attached. I figure I can sell unused aquarium equipment and live for about a year off of that alone.
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Retirement... what's that? I'm looking at 26 more years.Well, it looks like I go out to pasture on January 1st. Had a talk with my boss today and let him know I would be retiring at the end of December. Kinda felt a little different than I thought it would - more like jumping off a bridge without a bungee cord attached. I figure I can sell unused aquarium equipment and live for about a year off of that alone.
Wait, is there a training center for that. I am about to have a lot of free time. Maybe they need an old instructor. Thinking outside the box. Hahaha.Lol. Getting knocked up was not something I had to train for
That is not an understatement. In my industry I am the younger guy in the shop, and I am 38. There is a huge need for hard working, fast paced auto-body techs. The job pays very well 3 to 5 years after starting a paid apprenticeship (6 figures very possible) and we cant get anyone to do it. Its skilled labor in the elements and performance based pay, and newer generations dont want to do it.
It's not just auto body, it's all blue collar jobs out there. Lots of shortages all over the country for skilled manual labor and kids dont want anything to do with it. Paid apprenticeships, making more money right out the gate than most people 10 years after getting a 4 year degree and no school debt. I don't understand it.
Yea, I haven't seen the daily spam yet.
I have heard that people spend as much time paying off school loans as homes. Its crazy. Luckily the company I work for is trying to fix the issue and help veterans at the same time. They started a program that welcomes veterans who are in need of a career to come work with some of our top auto body guys. Its a paid apprenticeship, but they are paying better than a civilian coming in on the ground floor and they are also buying a Snap-On box filled with the basic tools needed to do the job. Usually a person would have to slowly acquire their own tools. I am hopeful that it fills the gap.
They push CP(college prep) and AP(advanced placement) classes and even have some classes where the advanced kids can get college credit or even attend college classes such as Math and English 101...I don’t know how schools are now, but I was taking shop classes in the 8th grade. Not everyone is cut out for college. If kids were stimulated and exposed to trades in school, things might be different.
My younger cousin had a learning disability. The school counselors told my aunt and uncle that he would not be college material (this was 30 years ago). So he became a painter in the auto repair industry. Funny that he was also smart enough to get into flipping houses and now lives in the nicest house in the family.
Well, to be fair, I am currently dirty, have not shaven in a couple of days, frequently have a case of crack poking out when i bend over, and not the brightest. Lol!
Just barely see it. My lfs was selling off his black widow nems (i think thats the name). I wanted to get one, but they were huge and I think I am still too novice to take care of a nem. The black ones look very cool though
I don’t know how schools are now, but I was taking shop classes in the 8th grade. Not everyone is cut out for college. If kids were stimulated and exposed to trades in school, things might be different.
My younger cousin had a learning disability. The school counselors told my aunt and uncle that he would not be college material (this was 30 years ago). So he became a painter in the auto repair industry. Funny that he was also smart enough to get into flipping houses and now lives in the nicest house in the family.
Dang, I feel like I'm looking in a mirror. ;Hilarious
you guys have to realize that while we (younger generations im turning 22 on wednesday) all we heard in school was get a degree or youll be homeless we werent really taught manual labor jobs and tech school careers were a good and viable career choice they dont tell us that growing up its all "go to university or ur toast kid"
I work for as a commercial pest control tech. I dont make six figures but I am well paid. I also have a a degree in business and a year in theology. I kill bugs and looked down at because of the image of exterminators. For a while I was almost Embarrassed to be an bug guy. Now I embrace it.
dude youre a ****** theres no way i could deal with all those bugs just the thought makes my skin crawl ;Hurting
