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Shroom_i
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my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school.
#18899746 - 09/27/13 05:42 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I can see the benefits, and it would be awesome to have credentials i can use to go get a job, but heres my conundrum.
I've never welded a day in my life.
I'm leaning towards trying to do soemthing automotive, just because it interests me, its useful in everyday life, and ive always wished i knew more about cars.
I need to do something. my car just took a shit, so there goes the rest of my savings. i really dont want to take a loan and get stuck at a shitty pizza shop for any considerable length of time.
If you could be 21 again, and pick anything, what would it be?
From NE US if that matters.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i] 2
#18899814 - 09/27/13 05:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Between those two options go welding hands down. Mechanics are whatever but a good welder can pull in some serious loot and the jobs are constantly changing creating a dynamic work environment.
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kinkaku
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Tangerines] 3
#18899845 - 09/27/13 06:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I taught myself oxy-acetylene welding and then I got an apprenticeship with a good welder. he once told me that on an old job he made 100 bucks an hour welding for a company that makes bridges as long as he used his own equipment. also if you go to dive school there's a big industry for underwater welding I knew an underwater welder who only worked a week a month and he was living the life.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: kinkaku]
#18899873 - 09/27/13 06:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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kinkaku said: I taught myself oxy-acetylene welding and then I got an apprenticeship with a good welder. he once told me that on an old job he made 100 bucks an hour welding for a company that makes bridges as long as he used his own equipment. also if you go to dive school there's a big industry for underwater welding I knew an underwater welder who only worked a week a month and he was living the life.
wow maybe i really should go back to school to finish.
I finished two classes for it n never went back I like it but I don't want to do it the rest of my life.. but this makes me reconsider it lol
i really think I might go back for it now damn haha thanks! 
you know you can get a Bachelor's degree in welding?! Crayyyy
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: tripp23]
#18899884 - 09/27/13 06:12 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You can get a degree in welding engineering, as well.
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kinkaku
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Tangerines]
#18899897 - 09/27/13 06:14 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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ya haha there's a military ship building company thats fight for a huge coast guard contract where I live. If they get it then I just may have to do something I swore id never do.....go union just kidding
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i]
#18899905 - 09/27/13 06:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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tell ur mom I said hi
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Sheekle] 1
#18899917 - 09/27/13 06:20 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dude she's offering to pay for you to weld, you can make some good cash welding. And you already say you're interested in automotive, well welding would be a very good start and is such a useful skill to have.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i]
#18899933 - 09/27/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You should jump on it like a duck on a junebug. Welders are always in demand.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Le_Canard]
#18899936 - 09/27/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Umm. If my ma offered me that I'd be there in a heartbeat welders can make some sick ass money.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i] 2
#18899981 - 09/27/13 06:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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As a welder, you have legitimate reason to acquire tanks of nitrous
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i]
#18899996 - 09/27/13 06:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Only reason I personally wouldn't want to weld is all the poisonous fumes you end up inhaling - and just the generally caustic environment you end up working in. The act of welding itself is rewarding and interesting though
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: kinkaku]
#18900026 - 09/27/13 06:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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kinkaku said: I taught myself oxy-acetylene welding and then I got an apprenticeship with a good welder. he once told me that on an old job he made 100 bucks an hour welding for a company that makes bridges as long as he used his own equipment. also if you go to dive school there's a big industry for underwater welding I knew an underwater welder who only worked a week a month and he was living the life.
I met an underwater welder in a hospital who said something about how the average life expectancy is like 5 years for that. Imma google to check, but it still says something about that.
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Mushouse]
#18900037 - 09/27/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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i would choose the option which you think is best. and also something that you can enjoyQuote:
Mushouse said: As a welder, you have legitimate reason to acquire tanks of nitrous 
ya don;t say 
all this time welding and ive had a tank full of nitrous all along..
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Shroom_i]
#18900045 - 09/27/13 06:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just do it. Do ya you know what a practical skill welding is. JUST DO IT
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
#18900066 - 09/27/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm halfway done with my degree in HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and AC). I thought about welding, but couldn't see myself wearing all that gear on a daily basis.
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Shroom_i
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Magicman69]
#18900082 - 09/27/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have no problem wearing the gear. I used to work in 100% coverage. I didnt think about the nitrous...
That's crazy that you mention underwater, because ive been saving money for dive classes...
Gonna look into the life expectancy though...
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: Magicman69]
#18900083 - 09/27/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah i can see how it'd be quite a commitment.
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kinkaku
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: st1llnox]
#18900090 - 09/27/13 07:08 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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st1llnox said:
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kinkaku said: I taught myself oxy-acetylene welding and then I got an apprenticeship with a good welder. he once told me that on an old job he made 100 bucks an hour welding for a company that makes bridges as long as he used his own equipment. also if you go to dive school there's a big industry for underwater welding I knew an underwater welder who only worked a week a month and he was living the life.
I met an underwater welder in a hospital who said something about how the average life expectancy is like 5 years for that. Imma google to check, but it still says something about that.
I believe it haha especially if you got all that training and then one day you burst your eardrums while diving, then youre fucked
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Re: my mom wants to pay for me to go to a welding school. [Re: kinkaku]
#18900099 - 09/27/13 07:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I was going into the navy to be a salvage diver but a few months before i was to leave I switched to EOD
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