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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3677584" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>What I tell everyone asking the question from the OP is to chose the trades if they have no direction about engineering or so on with a degree. </p><p>I went to college right after High School with a wife that was pregnant working 40 hours and couldn’t keep up with the federal requirement to stay out of the military draft. Received a draft notice to report to the military, taking that letter to a recruiter unopened and went to a tech school for electronics. </p><p>After a year deployment got selected to instal satellite communication around SE Asia and Australia while still military to replace the undersea cables in use at the time . </p><p>Finishing up that, back in civilian life drove a semi for a year cross country because my FIL ran that businesses. </p><p>Bored at that job got a job with a company that pioneered oil exploration with vibrosize electronics. </p><p>Basically big trucks with huge plates under them that shook the ground creating reflection of the strata underneath to see if oil can be drilled for. </p><p>We built the electronics with another company building the trucks. </p><p>Then moved to Industrial Maintenance on the instrumentation and control maintenance systems with another company. </p><p>Worked at the apprentice level doing 50-60 hour weeks while doing 2 hour classes at the local votech in the evenings. </p><p>Most businesses require a degree for that job but got in at OG&E for time and votec served. </p><p></p><p>Overtime in that profession is mandatory. Lots of overtime. </p><p>Sometimes one doesn’t make it out the front gate before getting a phone call that your required back in the plant. </p><p>Worked around 900 hours overtime each year in 2002 and 2004 doing major plant technical Overhauls converting the plants from analog to digital controls. 250 hours per year is normal. </p><p>Overtime pays big bucks so I never refused a call out. </p><p>40 hour money paid the bills. </p><p>Overtime money went into the retirement account starting in my 20’s never to be touched. </p><p>Retirement is good now. Didn’t squander money on stupid things over the years.</p><p> Lived well with no regrets</p><p>People tend to live above their means to impress peers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3677584, member: 5412"] What I tell everyone asking the question from the OP is to chose the trades if they have no direction about engineering or so on with a degree. I went to college right after High School with a wife that was pregnant working 40 hours and couldn’t keep up with the federal requirement to stay out of the military draft. Received a draft notice to report to the military, taking that letter to a recruiter unopened and went to a tech school for electronics. After a year deployment got selected to instal satellite communication around SE Asia and Australia while still military to replace the undersea cables in use at the time . Finishing up that, back in civilian life drove a semi for a year cross country because my FIL ran that businesses. Bored at that job got a job with a company that pioneered oil exploration with vibrosize electronics. Basically big trucks with huge plates under them that shook the ground creating reflection of the strata underneath to see if oil can be drilled for. We built the electronics with another company building the trucks. Then moved to Industrial Maintenance on the instrumentation and control maintenance systems with another company. Worked at the apprentice level doing 50-60 hour weeks while doing 2 hour classes at the local votech in the evenings. Most businesses require a degree for that job but got in at OG&E for time and votec served. Overtime in that profession is mandatory. Lots of overtime. Sometimes one doesn’t make it out the front gate before getting a phone call that your required back in the plant. Worked around 900 hours overtime each year in 2002 and 2004 doing major plant technical Overhauls converting the plants from analog to digital controls. 250 hours per year is normal. Overtime pays big bucks so I never refused a call out. 40 hour money paid the bills. Overtime money went into the retirement account starting in my 20’s never to be touched. Retirement is good now. Didn’t squander money on stupid things over the years. Lived well with no regrets People tend to live above their means to impress peers. [/QUOTE]
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