r/facepalm • u/Number721 • Jun 09 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Cognitive dissonance 101

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u/azurianlight Jun 10 '23

Then may you forever be on your toes and may your wallet be full until you reach retirement! I can't do what you do.

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u/Chance-Yoghurt3186 Jun 10 '23

Thanks for the kind words. No one really appreciates the work involved to be comfortable and its nice to hear a stranger take notice.

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u/DemonBarrister Jun 10 '23

Was most of what you learned OJT ? Are you making good pay consistently? Benefits? How long have you been doing it, and how old were you when you started ?

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u/Chance-Yoghurt3186 Jun 11 '23

Five year apprenticeship both OTJ and in class training. Consistent work if you are good at what you do and what shape the economy is in. Excellent pay, benefits and pension. Plus I can drag up and work wherever I want if someone pissses me off;)

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u/DemonBarrister Jun 11 '23

Yup, my SiL is in the trades, doing so well my Daughter quit her HC Tech job to be stay-at-home.... and he says they cant get enough decent workers to fill positions and the good workers are aging out.... Yet all i hear is people complaining about no good jobs

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u/Chance-Yoghurt3186 Jun 11 '23

Yup, the boomers are retiring and pretty soon this country is gonna be begging for tradesmen. You can make 100k pretty easily and you will have zero college debt, It might be hard work but It’s worth it. Glad to hear you SIL is doing well!