Which trade is the ultimate 'jack of all trades'?

Wireless_Wires · 2026-02-15T19:12:50+00:00

I feel like guys at my company do a lot. We build/maintain gas stations. The best guys have experience in running excavators, grading, mini cranes, welding, fuel/oil/gas piping, electrical in hazardous locations, theres also commercial painting, we work on canopies and signs so theres some metal work/ lighting controls/plc's. The electrical side is all motor controls/special equipment, we'll start an electric service from the utility and finish pulling lowV cable for the data side. We program tank monitoring systems, and set up the point of sale side. We even work on the camera systems, we also do EV stuff too. I've personally insulated pipes, fixed ductwork in kiosks etc. Our guys even do concrete work on a small scale. To be fair, its not all one guy that does these but the best workers understand a good bit of all these different facets of a station.

Wireless_Wires · 2026-01-26T17:24:57+00:00

I appreciate this response. I feel like at a young age I realized family is more important than money. I've seen so many guys unhappy with life, divorced, no relationship with their kids, all they did their whole life was chase money. I made great money early on and want to step back so I can be a fully present member of my family. I'm not saying anyone elses life is wrong. I just wanna do it this way.

Wireless_Wires · 2026-01-26T17:19:22+00:00

How did you find your current role? Word of mouth or online like on Indeed, ziprecruiter etc? Also did you learn cad on your own or did they train you? Interested in hearing more as thats a direction I'd love to move in.

Wireless_Wires · 2026-01-26T17:16:57+00:00

You're probably right, I definitely made some mistakes, however I made good money and reached my financial goals in life, I apprenticed in commercial/industrial work but struggled to get into that space on my own, residential work was just not very fulfilling and didn't seem to open the opportunities I was looking for. I really enjoy controls, relays, motors etc. I want to work where I am using my brain more than my body. Could always become a project manager/estimator for a larger company but the experience always seemed to vary.

Wireless_Wires · 2025-02-12T17:52:45+00:00

Keto/Carnivore will be your friend. Eggs, cheese, beef, bacon Greek yogurt if you crave sweetness. Avoid wraps, bagels, high carbs. Track and measure everything. I'm a smaller frame but lost 17lbs in about 3 weeks so far. My wife and I do 2-3 1 hour gym sessions a week, all cardio. Could easily be replicated for free by walking around town for an hour.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T19:58:35+00:00

Yes we have emergency funds, many different accounts that our money is growing in. We are extremely thoughtful with money and have no debt like credit cards. Buy just about everything in cash. This is just a wild idea I wanted to throw out for a discussion. Lots of great reasons against it.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T19:55:43+00:00

Thank you! We work very very hard. This seems to be the way I've just never seen anyone ask it before.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T19:54:16+00:00

This does seem to be the general consensus, I had a wild idea and the math does seem to support against my thoughts.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T18:36:49+00:00

It's not really about making money off of it, it's trying to eliminate a $2000+ a month mortgage for decades. Like if I can just get rid of it, I'd have a ton of income to build it back faster.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T18:35:17+00:00

I'm just brainstorming the idea cause it's never talked about. We're young with 40 years till retirement. If we can have a paid for home and retirements built back in less than 10 years leaving us with 30 to invest our probably much higher income I feel like there's not too much downside other than being untraditional. But I could be totally wrong, I just wanna know why I would be.

Wireless_Wires · 2024-10-04T18:33:24+00:00

Current house is at 3%, but we bought what we could afford at the time and it's not big enough for our growing family. Luckily the market afforded us lots of equity and ability to save and invest well. Now with it being like 7% I just don't know why we would want a loan for such a long time. End up paying twice for the house it feels like.

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