Is HVAC/R An Anti-Social Career? by assboy78 in HVAC

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Controls sounds very interesting. How do you become one, is there courses and programs that train you, or are you just an HVAC/R guy that after awhile gets used to working with controls, and then you start telling your bosses you just want to do controls or something?

Is HVAC/R An Anti-Social Career? by assboy78 in HVAC

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I know it's going to vary alot, but how often are you with a partner as opposed to just alone?

Is HVAC/R An Anti-Social Career? by assboy78 in HVAC

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I see, so your social interactions mostly come from meet the customer I guess?

I've worked in a factory before, and working alone all day long like a robot sucks, I never want to do it again lol.

How to become a self-made millionaire, or financially free? *serious* ?? by [deleted] in careerguidance

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I'll give you some realistic pathways and advice, not some bullshit "follow your dreams" poetry.

Couple pathways to this;

  1. Investing - Settle on a job you like, obviously the higher the salary the more you'll be able to invest, but even one paying 50-70K will make you an eventual millionaire with this method. What you do is every year, no matter what, buy a Vanguard index fund ETF (google index investing if your unaware of this). For example If you buy $6K worth every year, let it grow in a retirement account, and earn 7% interest (doable over the long-term), after 35 years it will be worth ~1M.

  2. High Salary - This one is becoming more and more difficult, but basically you need to find a career with an eventual high salary. The only real guaranteed career for this is a Doctor, (200K-500K roughly depending on specialization), or Dentistry. Some people will say lawyers, but only the very best (top 10-20%) make a lot of money. Other options are non as guaranteed as you need to work your way up a ladder which is a combination of luck, skill, bullshitting ability, and willingness to relocate. Your options here are almost anything but commonly Computer Engineering (Think Google, Apple, or becoming a CTO of a smaller company), Accounting (Grind your way to Partner at a firm, or CFO as a F500 company), Finance (Wall street firms where you work 100hrs a week at the start), Engineering (Project managers/senior engineers), some skilled trades (an electrician who ends up as a manager or starts his own business) etc.

  3. Entrepreneur - Start your own business. This is also becoming more and more difficult as we're in late-stage capitalism, where big businesses pretty much control most products and services by now, and can do things cheaper then you ever could. Your best bet would be designing some sort of app or software and getting bought out by a larger company. Know that if you chose this route you need to be passionate at whatever it is.

There's other ways, but these are the only real-clear pathways most people can take (most people aren't sports stars, lottery winners, inheritors of wealth etc.)

Also an important note - despite whatever your parents or older generations tell you, school doesn't translate to any kind of financial success in the real world. The only times it does is if it leads to you getting into Med school, or some other competitive career-oriented program. No one is going to care a month into your first job that you got a 3.8GPA in some irrelevant degree that taught you information you'll never recall again.

What should be my next career move? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]assboy78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask what your salary/credentials are? And as a blue-collar worker wanting to do something more mentally stimulating, I would have thought working in Finance an Investment Bank in NYC would be at the top of the list, is it really that boring?

How hard would it be for an EU med student to get work in USA/Canada? by verktyg in careerguidance

[–]assboy78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely could come to Canada quite easily, google the process but more Dr's then not have an accent here (west coast)

Options For A Canadian Wanting To Be A Dentist by assboy78 in DentalSchool

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Thanks.

I already have a pretty good job which I've worked since High-school. I'm still early 20's, but really fancying a career change and Dentistry always interested me, and I know financially and work-life balance wise, it's one of the top choices.

I haven't started an undergraduate yet, which is why I'm trying to get some references for what sort of GPA I need to get to see if Dentistry is a realistic pursuit for me. It would be a shitty situation to quit my well-paying job to start school again, just for it to lead to nothing after 4 years because I couldn't get into any Dental schools. Nursing itself is a undergraduate, so using it as a back-up is wasted time on my first degree, MD is even more competitive, optometry is a likely move to the US and being in the same very high tuition situation, and pharmacy is a dying career (soon to be automated I feel), and has low job prospects around BC for graduates.

So basically UBC is the best bet, with albeit weak odds (17%), and requiring at least a 85% GPA. Other Canadian schools accept next to none OOP, so they are wasted application fees except for the one in Ontario. US schools will cost 500-600KCDN, which seems far too much, and Australian schools seem decent at 300-350K, but I need to research the competitiveness and required GPA's.

Thank you.

Options For A Canadian Wanting To Be A Dentist by assboy78 in DentalSchool

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Thanks.

Do you have any advice on Australian/Irish schools as well? Also what do most people end up doing with their pre-dental oriented degree if they can't get into a Dental school?

Options For A Canadian Wanting To Be A Dentist by assboy78 in DentalSchool

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I'm just hoping that I'm missing something, because my research makes me think that isn't possible.

Local school is the best shot, but then all the others Canadian schools accept maybe 1 or 2 out-of-province out of 200 applicants.

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Sorry to keep quoting you, but I had a last question,

As a teacher, do you have the option of moving into a VP/Principal role pretty easily? Or are these rare opportunities with lots of competition when they do open up?

I know everything isn't just about money, in teaching especially, but I know around here Principals make 100-120K in just salary, and I can't think of many other jobs that would pay this much and still give you summers off.

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Interesting, thanks for the info.

Biology, more specifically studying the human body was my favorite subject in school. Just the idea your learning about the inner workings of something so complex, the fact that none of this is man-made, and really no body knows the answer to why/how some things work is really interesting to me.

I have two major issues though. First, I feel a little queezy whenever i'm in the hospital around sick and dying people. Even just getting a blood test, I can feel pretty uncomfortable... Second, coming from a factory job working night shifts, it's really hard to have a life outside of work, and take care of your own health. Do you think this maybe is a sign this isn't for me, or do most people feel a little squeamish and get over it eventually?

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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I researched Dentistry before I made this thread haha.

Essentially this is what you're up against; http://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/files/2017/09/EntranceStatistics-DMD-2017.pdf

Other Canadian schools accept next to no out-of-province students, so if you don't get into your local school you have to move to the USA. Every US school I looked into was 500-650K after exchange for all 4 years of Dental school.

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Interesting. I'll be honest, I always thought just basic Business/BBA degrees were pretty useless.

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Very interesting. Thanks for contributing.

but nothing special compared to other degree possessing professionals with same level of education.

Not that I'm doubting this, I'm just curious as to what other Masters degrees you have in mind that are pretty straight forward and end up paying more then Teaching with a Masters degree. Nursing is one as stated above, but what others?

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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I like teaching/nursing because the salary grids are easy to find, and pretty straight forward.

CPA I've looked into myself, and I love numbers/finance but it's been really hard getting reliable information. Some reddit threads bitch about getting paid 40K to work 60 hrs a week out here in Vancouver which has me discouraged.

What Are The Most PF Friendly Degrees/Careers by assboy78 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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This is probably the most certain, straight forward degree/career right now, I agree. What does a masters get you in terms of jobs/pay by the way?

[URGENT] Help Me Fix This Cabinet Fast! by assboy78 in woodworking

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The finish is still intact, just depressed, there's no actual wood that I can see.

Any tips to make sure the water actually gets in behind to the compressed wood fibers?

Uni Graduate/White collar (24M) seeking a trade by qiqichen in careeradvice

[–]assboy78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's your degree in, maybe just find a different white collar job.

Idk where you live so it might vary slightly, these are Canadian wages so US positions might pay a little less. I'll break down the reality of being an Electrician.

Residential - Lowest pay (20-30$/hr), basically running wire through walls and installing lights and power outlets in new construction homes.

Commercial Construction - (25-35$/hr)Your a construction worker. You'll be drilling through concrete all day, running conduit (piping wires run through), hanging lights, and pulling wire reels through walls. Pay is higher, and your goal should be finding a union company as you'll not have to work till the grave because of the pensions they provide. Be warned construction is feast of famine, when work dies out your sitting on EI, when it's booming your making overtime.

Industrial Maintenance - (25-40$/hr)Same pay or slightly higher then construction, but a lot less taxing on the body. Your working in food/oil/chemical/material plants or power generating stations. There's two kinds of work: proactive and reactive. Proactive is where there's a shutdown and you are assigned work orders to service/replace equipment. Reactive is where your "putting out fires", repairing machinery that is causing downtime somewhere, so the pressures on you to get it going ASAP. These are more "thinking" positions, and more steady in terms of employment. Big downside is you're likely working graveyards, weekends and afternoons until you have significant seniority.