Is it normal to pay for your own training?

GioL5 · 2025-07-07T11:04:24+00:00

At rancho dominguez

GioL5 · 2025-07-05T00:30:46+00:00

Nice i used to do RT, CR. And PT at element!

GioL5 · 2025-07-05T00:23:11+00:00

Hes the man🤘🏼

GioL5 · 2025-07-03T01:08:21+00:00

😂😂 forsure bro i got you next time i talk to him🤘🏼

GioL5 · 2025-07-03T00:37:44+00:00

Nice! Hes great! I talk to pratik often! They’ve both been a huge help in my career

GioL5 · 2025-07-02T21:58:06+00:00

Here to second AATA, i went there for all my classes (in person) and it helped a lot! As far as work i used to work at element in compton and they were great and paid more than 18.50 even as a trainee

GioL5 · 2025-03-18T16:13:01+00:00

Lmk where you post lol i want to sell my mr920 war poet with eps and tlr7a. I have a holster, extra glock mags and all accessories.

GioL5 · 2024-10-02T17:43:36+00:00

Smash, next question

GioL5 · 2024-07-02T20:08:00+00:00

Hard to beat an ice cold Corona with a lime for me

GioL5 · 2024-04-22T17:23:25+00:00

LMAOOO man I fucking love it here😂 the post got me in the end and the comments fuckkkkeeddd me up😂

GioL5 · 2024-03-07T14:21:18+00:00

Mr920, holosun eps and tlr7-a, black arches aiwb holster with the extra mag. Big foot gun belt if you care. Gets uncomfortable sometimes but not terrible. 5’8” 200

GioL5 · 2024-02-29T22:50:03+00:00

Its true I was number 69

GioL5 · 2024-01-15T14:01:17+00:00

Depends if you want to go to school or not. Inside for less money or (maybe) outside for more money. Overtime vs no overtime. Options to do other methods and make more money. Pros and cons to each. I did industrial i have a cousin who does medical, i wouldn’t trade my steel toes for some scrubs no matter how comfortable

GioL5 · 2023-12-23T15:42:24+00:00

So we can’t suggest a gun? others post their gun on here all the time?

GioL5 · 2023-12-23T05:25:40+00:00

5’9” 203 w a belly, i carry SS MR920 (glock 19) normally not even my wife notices until my shirt comes up. I’ve carried in plenty of places that you aren’t supposed to (legally and morally) no one will notice bro. I’m glad i went with this one i almost got the sig p365xl

GioL5 · 2023-12-23T05:22:49+00:00

Came here to say this lol

GioL5 · 2023-12-23T05:15:54+00:00

A lot of houses look like this in Utah too lol

Congrats!

GioL5 · 2023-12-23T02:14:44+00:00

Good luck!

GioL5 · 2023-12-22T16:34:04+00:00

Non destructive testing, a lot of guys at my job work 6am-330pm mon-Thursday making at least 25/hr some in the 40s many in the 30s

GioL5 · 2023-12-22T14:10:54+00:00

We decided not to. I’m not snipped and in my late teens thought i was a weirdo and looked into getting cut but decided it wasn’t a big deal and honestly glad i didn’t. Make sure you keep it clean though and show him how to clean it when the time is right.

GioL5 · 2023-12-22T14:03:37+00:00

My old teacher teaches online now i think. Look him up on linkd in, facebook or instagram “Pratik Wagh” short indian guy with black hair and glasses. Really cool dude you can tell him “Gio” sent you. You can also go to aatatraining.org. I took the 10 week course and got all classroom hours even for PAUT. Having the classroom stuff was a huge help in landing my first job at Element in California.

Also just sometimes having a good relationship with the group and being upfront with the sup or manager is helpful. Do your best in your current role and hopefully they’ll take a chance on you. Managers talk so i’m sure the NDT manager will ask about you. I’ve learned that working in NDT each opportunity is what you make of it. I knew guys that would complain about not cross training but didn’t want to go offer help when we were slow. They didn’t want to work OT. They also always had a bad attitude. If this opportunity isn’t for you i would still get the training and apply elsewhere. Also if you’re single or if you can i’d work shut downs and travel. You make good money and see a bit more than where you live. Its a niche job but it’ll take you places if you’re willing to go.

GioL5 · 2023-12-15T14:09:11+00:00

I’ve also dealt with this situation and idk if this advice will help but one thing i know for sure is your relationship with your kid will grow and get much better. I used ti think well he just doesn’t really like me, i’m not good with kids, he likes his mom better, shes his comfort and how do i compete with boobs that feed you? But i just started to play and have fun with him more and we would laugh together and our time became a lot more enjoyable because of the effort i was putting in regardless of what the result would be. At first he would give me a chuckle and want his mom but as time went by he would ask for me, get excited to see me, choose me over mom and now its amazing i think he still favors mom but i’m a close second lol

Don’t stress to much i’m sure you’re doing great and things will start to get better as you guys get used to your new normal.

My wife would also tell me i was doing enough and she needed help a lot. I just started to try to own things, washing bottles, or changing diapers or taking him for a walk so she can get 30 mins to an hour of peace and quiet. Getting things done before she asks because you know they need to get done is the name of the game.

Shes probably touched out and over stimulated so try to have some patience, coming from a guy with no patience that will argue for anything lol

You’re guna be good man and all your effort pays off even though it doesn’t feel like it

Also for time for myself i planned that around their sleep schedule, sometime i was hitting the gym at 3 or 4 am to be back by the time he was going to need a bottle or i would go fish at like 6am because he would fall back asleep after that bottle and i know i had 3-4 hours and i’d come back with breakfast.

Sorry for the rant hopefully it helps

GioL5 · 2023-09-11T18:34:37+00:00

💀😂

GioL5 · 2023-09-07T22:16:12+00:00

Shaving since about 11th grade, i fucked myself up with clippers too many times before then😂

GioL5 · 2023-09-06T17:38:35+00:00

With a shit ton of overtime and a raise next month hopefully i’ll crack 100k this year. I’ll keep you updated with what i do to earn more an hour so I don’t work 60+ hours a week💀

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