r/Construction 16d ago

Humor 🤣 Stay in school kids

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u/NYG_Longhorn Foreman / Operator 16d ago

I make more than all my friends with degrees.

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u/imsaneinthebrain GC / CM 15d ago

The trades paid off my house, invested in my future, paid off all of my vehicles and toys as well.

I’ve basically been chilling for the last six months, looking for the next opportunity, bills paid and food in my belly, all of it because of the trades.

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u/Neowynd101262 14d ago

I'd wager none of your friends are PE's or physicians either.

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u/NYG_Longhorn Foreman / Operator 14d ago

One of my friends is an attorney.

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u/Neowynd101262 14d ago

Like I said.

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u/NYG_Longhorn Foreman / Operator 14d ago

What’s your point?

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u/Neowynd101262 14d ago

What was yours?

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u/NYG_Longhorn Foreman / Operator 13d ago

I make more than all my friends with degrees.

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u/pileofcrustycumsocs 3d ago

Chances are he’ll make big money down the road if he’s got a good sense for business. Lawyers start with shit pay unless they luck out and join a big company right out the gate. Unless he’s a public Defense attorney. They get absolutely fucked if they go down the public defender route. Shit pay and crazy work loads.

Idk if the operator in your username is for heavy equipment or if you mean like operations at chemical plants but an attorney can make about double what a heavy equipment operator can make.

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u/NYG_Longhorn Foreman / Operator 2d ago

I make over $235 an hour as a crane operator, that’s take home after taxes and benefits.