First time I've had to make a big career decision since high school
Submitted by icewahine on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 20:28
Someone's got to start this forum off.
I've worked for myself for a few years now. Worked construction in highschool summers and for 2 years after. Then been doing my own shit ever since. Random contract work. It's really decent for now but I will never make good scrilla unless I just get on the buisness side of things and contract the work out. Past little bit I've been toying around with some Tim ferris/natural Tim freedom buisness ideas and thinking of giving that a go. Finding a repeat clientele work, getting a shit ton of jobs and hiring the work out. Maid service or cleaning would be a good example. It can really be done without having to do any of the actual work. Sooo for a while it was either do that or be stuck making ok money for labour the rest of my life.
BUT.... Here's where things are forking. My ex girlfriends dad owns a MASSIVE plumbing company (200 million in sales last year) and he offered me a job where I can apprentice for sprinkler fitting, steam fitting, plumbing. So 4-5 years of 8 hour days to get my ticket earning enough to pay the bills all the while. Then you make really decent cash. You have labourers doing all the shitty work while you show up, work 10 hour days 4 days a week and real in 120k a year. Something like this is reallly tempting. One of my friends has his ticket. He shows up at a random job site, works for 4 months and bails to a 2nd world country the rest of the year. He makes his 30k and travels. All the while you could be doing internet marketing or managing another buisness. But those 4-5 years are hard years and a fairly large commitment where mid week night game will suffer and time spent on other businesses lost.
Sooo stuck but I got to pick one soon and just roll with it. The trade is def the smarter approach, less risky more stable. And once I have my ticket I can do whatever and always still have a backup. I could always spend a year tryin out a new buisness and the start the trade if it doesn't work out so either route is good but I gotta be sure. I don't have much experience with managing a buisness like that or IM, when I started my own company I just got paid for the work I did and sometimes had n extra kid with me. This is wayyy different than anything I've done and the payoff could be years down the road by the time I get the machine running.
I've worked for myself for a few years now. Worked construction in highschool summers and for 2 years after. Then been doing my own shit ever since. Random contract work. It's really decent for now but I will never make good scrilla unless I just get on the buisness side of things and contract the work out. Past little bit I've been toying around with some Tim ferris/natural Tim freedom buisness ideas and thinking of giving that a go. Finding a repeat clientele work, getting a shit ton of jobs and hiring the work out. Maid service or cleaning would be a good example. It can really be done without having to do any of the actual work. Sooo for a while it was either do that or be stuck making ok money for labour the rest of my life.
BUT.... Here's where things are forking. My ex girlfriends dad owns a MASSIVE plumbing company (200 million in sales last year) and he offered me a job where I can apprentice for sprinkler fitting, steam fitting, plumbing. So 4-5 years of 8 hour days to get my ticket earning enough to pay the bills all the while. Then you make really decent cash. You have labourers doing all the shitty work while you show up, work 10 hour days 4 days a week and real in 120k a year. Something like this is reallly tempting. One of my friends has his ticket. He shows up at a random job site, works for 4 months and bails to a 2nd world country the rest of the year. He makes his 30k and travels. All the while you could be doing internet marketing or managing another buisness. But those 4-5 years are hard years and a fairly large commitment where mid week night game will suffer and time spent on other businesses lost.
Sooo stuck but I got to pick one soon and just roll with it. The trade is def the smarter approach, less risky more stable. And once I have my ticket I can do whatever and always still have a backup. I could always spend a year tryin out a new buisness and the start the trade if it doesn't work out so either route is good but I gotta be sure. I don't have much experience with managing a buisness like that or IM, when I started my own company I just got paid for the work I did and sometimes had n extra kid with me. This is wayyy different than anything I've done and the payoff could be years down the road by the time I get the machine running.
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Re: First tihool
Interesting predicament man.
120k a year isn't a lot. How many hours a week for 4-5 years? Is it 40? Not sure mang how tough is the work.