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Many blue collar workers make 6 figures
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:50 PM Author: cordovan hell Plenty of blue collars make 6 figures but don't report most of it. So the Labor stats are inaccurate. Who do you think owns mansions in Staten Island while you huddle in your TTT apartment |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:51 PM Author: cordovan hell Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, contractors, sanitation, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653053) |
Date: June 27th, 2017 12:55 PM Author: Hairraiser Casino I'd love to become a master carpenter or stone mason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653077) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:56 PM Author: cordovan hell Carpenter is difficult but lol at locksmiths telling olds there is a "serious" problem with their locks and charging them 500 dollars for 5 minutes work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653091) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 1:00 PM Author: canary vivacious theater blood rage look into taking a workforce development class at your local CC. they range in the 1500 ballpark, are either later evenings 2 a week or all day saturday and in 6 months you know what you need and can sit for licensing if that is truly your interest.
once sequence i've seen is 9 month courses at 1500. electrician-->plumbing-->HVAC. 27 months, 4500 cash. you're basically good to start a small business.
i recommend this to a lot of young men who go to a college thinking "i guess i will just do english and land somewhere". some have taken it. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 5:59 PM Author: Comical startled institution stock car A 9 month course won't make you employable. Cmon dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655380) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:14 PM Author: canary vivacious theater blood rage I work at a CC. These are the most in demand students. That and our auto techs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655928) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:55 PM Author: flatulent brunch My dad made 350k one year running his contracting business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653083) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:59 PM Author: Metal ratface pistol Gross or net? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653110) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 1:00 PM Author: flatulent brunch Net (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653117) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 12:58 PM Author: cordovan hell The moment your customer is an old it's easy money from there. You can literally invent a problem that you'll charge to fix (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653105) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 1:06 PM Author: Marvelous doobsian principal's office haunted graveyard Also, if you're white collar making low 6 figures, even at a young age, you're kind of a loser but you're considered a baller if you can make $100K by age 55 as a plumber (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653150) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 2:31 PM Author: mildly autistic bronze locus "Workers" don't hit six figures all that often. Owners hit six figures often.
Side note: "six figures" isn't a particularly aspirational amount anymore thanks to inflation. We should probably make the jump to a quarter-million. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:06 PM Author: Balding Internal Respiration Not everyone lives in Manhattan and SF, idiot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655433) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:07 PM Author: flatulent brunch Many "workers" can if they belong to a union and do double time every day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655440) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 2:34 PM Author: flirting hairy legs menage every plant operator with 5+ years experience makes six figures. it's not impressive anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33653754) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:45 PM Author: azure cerebral indian lodge associate Sup?
Still not impressive. What's crazy is that there are actual lawyers making less than 100K a year. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:48 PM Author: Underhanded shrine sandwich Yeah, at nonprofits or shitty in-house gigs in the middle of the country. Or solo practitioners who haven't built up a pipeline of deals yet.
If you're making $95k in Boise and work 10-4 Monday-Thursday, that doesn't sound like a bad life. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:53 PM Author: azure cerebral indian lodge associate I'd rather install outlets for $75/hr. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655746) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:56 PM Author: Underhanded shrine sandwich I don't even know what that is. Also, how long does it take to install an outlet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655771) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:10 PM Author: azure cerebral indian lodge associate How long do you want it to take? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655893) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:05 PM Author: Underhanded shrine sandwich Blue-collar entrepreneurship is a real thing, but if you want to be Joe the Plumber and rip down $200k+/year, you need to develop a roster of clients. It's like hanging a shitlaw shingle or being a general practice doctor, except the barriers to entry don't cost $100k/year in tuition.
You still need some degree of business sense or else you'll be languishing in the gig economy, relying on TaskRabbit to get you hooked up with potential customers.
Otherwise you will need to work your way up and play politics like white collar wage slaves, or pick jobs that have some sort of danger element. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:08 PM Author: cordovan hell The problem is that the public hates lawyers and tries to avoid them. Law is abstract so they don't see the value. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655455) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:09 PM Author: flatulent brunch They also think this of contractors and especially educated people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655464) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:10 PM Author: Razzmatazz prole house The law doesn't bring much value (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655472) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:08 PM Author: flatulent brunch cr also a lot of it depends on getting that one "big" job and working on a new development or getting a company that holds multiple properties and wants to renovate all of them at once. you aren't going to make that much doing 3-4 service calls a day and having half of your customers stiff you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655459) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:41 PM Author: Underhanded shrine sandwich Yeah, and depending on where you live, you could also be facing a lot of word-of-mouth-related barriers to entry.
Growing up, my parents had that one mechanic that everyone in town went to. He was a friendly dood, had two kids about my age, and seemed to do a good job on everyone's cars. Same with respect to hairdressers, and even general practice doctors/dentists. Someone coming into the market would have a tough time convincing us why we should use them over the people we've used for years. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: Metal ratface pistol Since I went in-house at an industrial I've been fucking shocked at the salaries we pay. I genuinely can't stand to look at which retard dumbass with a felony conviction we're paying six figures at age 25. Don't even get me started on dumbass line management that came up here making $100k more than me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655797) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:09 PM Author: Useless sapphire newt hall What is "industrial?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655882) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:12 PM Author: Metal ratface pistol The place from whence are jerbs we're took. Building shit that makes shit work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655901) |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:01 PM Author: Useless sapphire newt hall This is absolutely true however at the same time the average W-2 blue collar labourer makes like $30k. If you're an amazing master craftsman/tradesman but you're a W-2 or work for anyone in any capacity over/under the table, your income is an ignominious disaster and causes you to drink. The owner of the outfit keeps everything for himself, labour is fungible. There is an endless supply of divorcepwned Gen X bros with no money to start their own business, plus mexicans. Gen Y does not engage in manual labour but they got around this by adding more mexicans.
Business owners > wage slaves is the real dynamic. But these guys literally have to, 1.) do shit. There is no coasting, or poasting 2.) If the economy crashes they take a hit immediately and there is no way to mitigate this risk. They either get the job/contract or they don't. If construction/trades were some great racket, Jews would run it. |
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Date: June 27th, 2017 7:13 PM Author: Metal ratface pistol False. Millennial are the greatest generation of bartenders we've ever produced. That's manual labor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3659785&forum_id=2#33655917) |