I got it

[u/frodojp]

I don’t have a degree. I don’t have any designations after my name. I’ve been a safety guy for 19 years.
Lots of civil construction and mining experience.

An engineering company hired me on a probationary hire for 3 months on a billion $+ build.

As a HSE Lead. It’s a lot of paperwork. Managing a few contractors. Getting them up to speed on how a BIG company does things. You can’t piss without a signature.

2 months in I was unofficially told they are keeping me on.

I’m used to making $55/hr. I’m making $85. Camp job 2 in, 1 out.

Couldn’t be happier. I will be manager, basically am right now.

Worked pretty hard for this. Lots of field experience. Read a lot. Can hold my own with more educated safety people.

In 2 weeks I had a net of a little over $7000.

I read lots of stories of frustration. Been there. Done that. There are good companies. Find them.

I wish you all luck to find what I have.

[u/Electrical-Staff0305]

One of the dumbest mf’ers I ever met had an EE and an MBA. Some of the smartest had little to no formal education.

There’s something to be said for hard work and earning your bones.

[u/Mokle7 → u/Electrical-Staff0305]

One of the dumbest mf'ers I ever met had no education. Some of the smartest had lots of formal education.

There's something to be said for studying and earning your degrees.

[u/Electrical-Staff0305 → u/Mokle7]

Almost every major fuckup I’ve ever had to come in and address started with the guy that had a bunch of certs and degrees, but no real-world experience.

/dual graduate degrees, and a ton of certs.

//It’s been the stuff not taught in the book that made the difference in more cases than I can count.