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Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following?
#21770902 - 06/06/15 03:27 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hi...I am currently working in the kitchen/back of the house at a fast-food restaurant. I find that I am enjoying my work tremendously. I like to work with my hands, and this job offers a lot of that. From putting frozen burger patties on the grill, to assembling burgers, and stuff like that. I am also required to monitor the quantities of things like fries, sweet potato fries, onion rings, and hash-brown, and drop more in the fryer as needed. I like how I am almost always kept incredibly busy, and time just flies by really fast. I also like the fact I don't have to deal with the public. I have been at this job for over half a year, and I am experienced in almost all aspects of it and I think I am quite good at it.
So, based the foregoing, could you recommend suitable career paths to me? I thought about becoming a cook, cause it's very similar. I also thought about manufacturing types of jobs. I am throwing this out there to see if there are other ideas. I want a job that commands a reasonable degree of respectable-ness and hopefully a bit more pay.
Thanks.
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Find a construction job and quit burger king!
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Matt87]
#21770950 - 06/06/15 03:40 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Construction jobs are usually skilled, and I don't have any skills
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21770983 - 06/06/15 03:49 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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They have open positions that don't require any specific skills aside from your physical ability. If you prove yourself they'll move you up the ladder and train you.
I work in networking and I've had to run cable when I first started. Now I do technical support on switches/routers for networks.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
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WAN said: Hi...I am currently working in the kitchen/back of the house at a fast-food restaurant. I find that I am enjoying my work tremendously. I like to work with my hands, and this job offers a lot of that. From putting frozen burger patties on the grill, to assembling burgers, and stuff like that. I am also required to monitor the quantities of things like fries, sweet potato fries, onion rings, and hash-brown, and drop more in the fryer as needed. I like how I am almost always kept incredibly busy, and time just flies by really fast. I also like the fact I don't have to deal with the public. I have been at this job for over half a year, and I am experienced in almost all aspects of it and I think I am quite good at it.
So, based the foregoing, could you recommend suitable career paths to me? I thought about becoming a cook, cause it's very similar. I also thought about manufacturing types of jobs. I am throwing this out there to see if there are other ideas. I want a job that commands a reasonable degree of respectable-ness and hopefully a bit more pay.
Thanks.
Work on a vegetable farm. Is manufacturing and lots of machinery plus a farmer will stand right next to you working, that feels so much better then a loserboss that does nothing.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
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WAN said: Construction jobs are usually skilled, and I don't have any skills
Nobody in construction starts with skills. And that is what I was going to recommend. It will also keep you in shape without having to go to a gym.
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WAN said: Construction jobs are usually skilled, and I don't have any skills
Nobody in construction starts with skills. And that is what I was going to recommend. It will also keep you in shape without having to go to a gym.
The problem solving skills you gain can be applied to almost any other kind of work too.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: zappaisgod]
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WAN said: Construction jobs are usually skilled, and I don't have any skills
Nobody in construction starts with skills. And that is what I was going to recommend. It will also keep you in shape without having to go to a gym.
I don't know about that I still managed to get a beer belly ....
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Matt87]
#21771188 - 06/06/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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^This
Few months back I didn't know much either.
Now I just finished building 150m² with wooden beams for ceilling then placed gyproc as walls, put putty(?) against walls, abraded all the walls and ceilling and painted it. Dropped concrete to make smooth floor -> this was first time btw. IT WAS 20€/SAC AND WE BOUGHT A WHOLE PALLET.
But the great thing about it was that it was "self-smoothing" so basically it was just mix, drop on floor, spreads out by itself. Done 
Construction not so bad, I always thought I could never pull it off with my slender bodytype but that work pays off. In money, in value of life and being proud of something you created.
I got 15€/hour
It was for a good and dear friend though
You can easily get 50-180 rates in construction. Hourly basis.
Or you could do it like... per placed tile, per square meter, per meter painted
Ugh, I should get into construction 
PS: ICT remains a great option  If you want to use your hands, look into PLC
Or if you want machinery in construction could always go with wood, metal, stone and CNC
If you're skilled with a CNC you are viable anywhere where there are computers.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Matt87]
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Become a line cook. 
Or take notice to how general restaurant / fast food operates and you'll be able to snag a supervision position if you play your cards right. After you get some supervision experience, your options open up in other fields.
I worked in the food industry for a few years and I hated working in fast food. Fuck McDonalds. We used to do cocaine in the bathroom and pop ecstasy so some days definitely had their ups. I finally got fired when there was a surprise corporate inspection and was caught smoking pot in the walkin with two other employees. Oh well.
But one of my funnest jobs was working in pizza. It's still fast food but completely different approach to the industry. It was shitty work but at least you got tips and usually privately franchised so upper management was always looking to promote within.
How I do not miss dealing with shit.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Beanhead]
#21771210 - 06/06/15 05:25 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh I also just want to say getting paid to drive a bobcat around for a few days is awesome.
What's not so awesome is the trench foot I got this week. Working in the cold clay and rain this week sucked. One dude got the bobcat stuck. Not only that but some old guy drove through a brick wall on Thursday at another location I do work for. . so looks like more ot .which is fine with me got to keep my beer gut fed if I'm working this much.
Only be a line cook if you can't get another job pay is shit no benefit nights and weekends working all the time. The drug scene is great but that'd about it.
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#21771215 - 06/06/15 05:26 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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trekie said: Oh I also just want to say getting paid to drive a bobcat around for a few days is awesome.
What's not so awesome is the trench foot I got this week. Working in the cold clay and rain this week sucked. One dude got the bobcat stuck. Not only that but some old guy drove through a brick wall on Thursday at another location I do work for. . so looks like more ot .which is fine with me got to keep my beer gut fed if I'm working this much.
Only be a line cook if you can't get another job pay is shit no benefit nights and weekends working all the time. The drug scene is great but that'd about it.
Yeah it's that fact I didn't become a line cook. Too much drugs... Would destroy myself 
Plus my love of food =/ making the same dishes in a small room at a constant rate
Nice man, I should get a license >_>
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21771275 - 06/06/15 05:40 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Commercial Driver's License. Class A or Class B.
Driving is hands on. But training can cost 1 grand. Payment plans are available.
Some class A work can supposedly earn someone into 70 grand a year. U get to pick bed trucking, refrig trucking, or that other you usually see on road.
U like working in food, then go for a refrig trucking position.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21771307 - 06/06/15 05:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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sounds like u really love to cook.
i'd keep this hobby going, cook as many foods as u can find, no matter what other job u may have, invest in this cooking, even if u dont make a career out of it atleast u'll be damn sure u know how to cook a meal, and women love this shit, so u might even get a hot wife out of it.
my advice to u would be to follow ur heart, do what u really enjoy doing, as long as u're not hurting people or even urself and all that jazz
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#21771317 - 06/06/15 05:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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no shit?.. 
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Nobody in construction starts with skills. And that is what I was going to recommend. It will also keep you in shape without having to go to a gym.
I don't know about that I still managed to get a beer belly ....
First month blows you will be sore but as long as you know how to work you will be fine. My favorite fucking New guys are the gym rats they are always the biggest pussies
Oh yeah. They have the wrong muscles and they learn that right quick.
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#21771379 - 06/06/15 06:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Look into cooking in the private sector, yachts, millionaires etc
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#21771381 - 06/06/15 06:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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zZZz said: sounds like u really love to cook.
i'd keep this hobby going, cook as many foods as u can find, no matter what other job u may have, invest in this cooking, even if u dont make a career out of it atleast u'll be damn sure u know how to cook a meal, and women love this shit, so u might even get a hot wife out of it.
I have never worked as a professional cook but I have cooked all my life and am very good at it. There is a similarity between cooking and construction. We are both making something with our hands using tools.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: zappaisgod]
#21771574 - 06/06/15 07:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Construction can be labor intensive tho compared to cooking. Cooking has its perks but it's definitely a lot easier on the spinal cord.
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#21771590 - 06/06/15 07:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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yea, that's what I heard, too. Seems to me the vast majority of people working in construction are men. I don't think women possess the kind of strength to carry out the tasks.
there isn't a section on craigslist for construction work anyway, which is the website I mainly use for job search purposes.
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#21771602 - 06/06/15 07:24 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Professional driver/class one driver is out, too. I get very tense and nervous driving a normal car. And whenever I have to switch lanes, especially on a busy road, my heart just beats like crazy. I thought about staying with the current company and then maybe getting promoted to say, district manager. This doesnt require school so it seems doable to me. But our ex-district manager worked 6 days a week, though. I am not sure if I want to do that.
Thanks to all for replying in my thread. If I didn't address your post/s specifically please forgive me.
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#21771603 - 06/06/15 07:25 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21771616 - 06/06/15 07:30 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have a few aunts who work in construction, they do most of the interior painting. Painting is pretty rough too IMHO, but def beats working with drywall.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21771694 - 06/06/15 07:52 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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IIRC you are in BC, OP? Not so much of a career track job but you might be well suited to tree planting. It's like what you describe but it's on piecework so you get paid more the faster you work. It can be a stepping stone for other forestry work but for a lot of stuff you need schooling. Can be a good way to save up money for school also.
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#21771702 - 06/06/15 07:55 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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^where would I find that kind of job? I use craigslist
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#21771723 - 06/06/15 08:00 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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There may be some on craigslist if there is a way of searching the province, google will bring up a bunch of companies too. It generally happens in remote areas. I have only done it in Ontario but BC is known as a place where the money is really good for planting. Ontario has a limited planting season (spring and summer) but I think in BC it's more like year round.
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#21771746 - 06/06/15 08:06 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I am not sure. I know that my parents grow veggies in our little backyard but not in winters. The plants and vegetables all die off during the winter months. Not sure about planting. Also, I dont have a car so I can't really got to these remote places to plant things. The job has to be local.
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Professional driver/class one driver is out, too. I get very tense and nervous driving a normal car. And whenever I have to switch lanes, especially on a busy road, my heart just beats like crazy.
Aren't you an Asian woman?
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nein! I r hawt blonde boi
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Oh. I just remember Crystal G saying you were asian in the "Is marriage worth it for the woman?" thread.
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#21771798 - 06/06/15 08:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I make pretty good money being one of the best roofers in North America. People even pay extra cuz I work in a tuxedo while slapping shingles down.
So whatever you end up doing, do it in a tuxedo. You WILL make more money.
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Women don't say nigga 
your smiley reminds me of Quagmire from Family Guy
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Based on your OP, I would suggest shipping and receiving/warehouse work. The pay is generally fair, you dont have a ton of interaction with the general public and warehouse managers LOVE people that take pride in their work. If you keep that additude you will move up quickly past those employees who are just there for a paycheck. I have managed employees for quite some time and I love to re og
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^I dont have any direct warehousing experience but i knew this guy who was a shipper and receiver. It is true that he did not have to deal with the public and in the spare time he hung out and chatted with the managers.
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your smiley reminds me of Quagmire from Family Guy
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WAN said: Construction jobs are usually skilled, and I don't have any skills
Nobody in construction starts with skills. And that is what I was going to recommend. It will also keep you in shape without having to go to a gym.
I don't know about that I still managed to get a beer belly ....
First month blows you will be sore but as long as you know how to work you will be fine. My favorite fucking New guys are the gym rats they are always the biggest pussies
Oh yeah. They have the wrong muscles and they learn that right quick.
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Carpentry is great work if you can read a good tape and bust your ass. People take notice to somebody who's willing to work as hard as the next guy.
Can't stand working next to a lazy fuck, and that's how you get less jobs yknow?
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
#21772269 - 06/06/15 10:32 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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^I think carpentry is pretty cool too and in fact this guy from my current job is going to school for it.
I am not sure if I want to go to school, though. I mean I am not very book-smart. In fact, I hate bookz
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21772364 - 06/06/15 11:05 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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reading will make u smart, doesn't matter what u read as long as it's good literature
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21773118 - 06/07/15 08:12 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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zappa my tits long for u
You and all the other women in the world. Sadly I am married and faithful. She might let me do a little motorboat, though.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21773156 - 06/07/15 08:31 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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WAN said: ^I think carpentry is pretty cool too and in fact this guy from my current job is going to school for it.
I am not sure if I want to go to school, though. I mean I am not very book-smart. In fact, I hate bookz
Then look into combining school with a practical course. If there is a carpentry course in school you can follow i'm sure it's mostly on hands work rather then sitting around reading books.
Or you could go to a carpenter and saw you want to be an apprentice
I've done this before I just say I don't want a lot of money. If people see initiative, they like you. Somehow. haha...
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I never went to any carpentry school nor did I ever officially apprentice, I just went to work for whoever would hire me. Today I am a master carpenter.
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#21773193 - 06/07/15 08:49 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Those days are over, mostly.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: zappaisgod]
#21773243 - 06/07/15 09:09 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: I never went to any carpentry school nor did I ever officially apprentice, I just went to work for whoever would hire me. Today I am a master carpenter.
Yeah, school is definitely not required to become a master carpeteater. Don't let drug tests or book smarts hold you back from applying for jobs OP. Get you some fake piss and apply for the stuff you want, not what you think you can get.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Beanhead]
#21774016 - 06/07/15 01:11 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Beanhead said: Those days are over, mostly.
Really? Cause I was thinking of asking the guy (the one who's going to carpentry school) to teach me.
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
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zappaisgod said: I never went to any carpentry school nor did I ever officially apprentice, I just went to work for whoever would hire me. Today I am a master carpenter.
Yeah, school is definitely not required to become a master carpeteater. Don't let drug tests or book smarts hold you back from applying for jobs OP. Get you some fake piss and apply for the stuff you want, not what you think you can get.
Thanks for the encouragement, lil dude. I will most likely start checking out schools and programs for carpentry in my area. Although I think there is still some sort of stereotypical view that women can't or shouldn't be carpenter (it's a man's job, heh). I don't know if people will hire a guy over me because of my gender. If this really happens it will suck balls for me because I had already put in money and time to train for it.
p.s why do I need fake piss?
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I hadn't even considered the idea that you might be female and/or not smoke pot lol!
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: WAN]
#21774161 - 06/07/15 01:48 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: I never went to any carpentry school nor did I ever officially apprentice, I just went to work for whoever would hire me. Today I am a master carpenter.
Yeah, school is definitely not required to become a master carpeteater. Don't let drug tests or book smarts hold you back from applying for jobs OP. Get you some fake piss and apply for the stuff you want, not what you think you can get.
Thanks for the encouragement, lil dude. I will most likely start checking out schools and programs for carpentry in my area. Although I think there is still some sort of stereotypical view that women can't or shouldn't be carpenter (it's a man's job, heh). I don't know if people will hire a guy over me because of my gender. If this really happens it will suck balls for me because I had already put in money and time to train for it.
p.s why do I need fake piss?
You don't. I've never heard of a construction company to test for drug use. Maybe the big ones. I never asked an applicant about it or if they had a criminal record. The reason why you don't see many women is that it requires quite a bit of upper body strength that very few women have. We have to lift and carry heavy shit on occasion.
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#21774229 - 06/07/15 02:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Really? Cause I was thinking of asking the guy (the one who's going to carpentry school) to teach me.
I don't know, maybe it's my attitude.
People are just reluctant here in Belgium when they are self-employed/entrepeneur because they have to pay 50 percent taxes and that basically comes down to an employer paying double the wage you earn.
^Not that this is anything you can discuss with any sensible workperson but ah well
Don't let my stupid comment hold you down, please ask that guy. Please do
If you still want to get into VR/programming, i'm always down to talk
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Re: Hello! Could you recommend career paths to me based on the following? [Re: Beanhead]
#21774328 - 06/07/15 02:20 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you can find it, manufacturing/factory jobs are a good choice. Most of them pay pretty well, don't require any interaction with the public, and keep you busy. They typically don't require any degrees either. The problem of course is they're hard to find nowadays in the US, but it can be done, particularly since you're a woman because at least at my job we have like 98% men so they're always trying to hire women to be more diverse but the ladies can't handle the work so they quit or get fired pretty quickly.
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