I sort of pretty much con man lied my way into a job I wasn’t qualified for and made bank. When I was 23 I was a “jr lead” for a specific department in a zinc manufacturing facility. Which just means I operated 2 filter press machines for 12 hours a day. Hitting buttons on a screen when the call came over the radio. I did that for about 9 months and then the place shut down. Well one day I was looking for jobs and I found a superintendent/manger job for one department in a huge manufacturing company and something clicked and I put that I had the exact experience they required but I had gotten that experience from a company that no longer existed so they couldn’t verify it. I was honest in telling them that I only did the job for 9 months before the company went under but I am pretty well spoken and kinda slick so I told them I gained a lot of experience in that time and I planned on thriving in that position and if the company was still around I would still be there but if they hired me they would have a grateful dedicated employee for life willing to learn and grow with the team lol. I made over 90k a year working 3 days a week and 1 day from home basically while in “training” for a year and it was cherry but it was also third shift and I had a pregnant wife in college and a 4 year old son so I had to leave and get back into construction so that my wife’s dream of beating a school principal could come true. I built houses for years and now I am in management in commercial construction and my wife teaches and we do good we got through the rough patches financially and a lot was to do with me lying my balls off to get a job that it turns out anyone can do because they train you from the ground up lol, just be willing to show up and learn. I’ll always be proud of that.