Best job to support speed addiction??
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Best job to support speed addiction??
So what does everyone do for a job to support their speed addiction? I ask because i just got out of the military and need a job, problem is i have no idea what i want to be when i grow up. I am taking a ton of police tests right now, Border Patrol also. One thing is for sure these NY winters are going to be a thing of the past for me!! F***k this 2 degree weather!!
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i really dig working on cars and am looking into wyotech and uti, but honestly are they really worth the $$? I am thinking about focusing on auto-body and street rod fabrication. How much do these people really make? Or is it just a better idea to get my fill watching musclecar and horsepower tv?
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My job kind of restrains my addiction to a point..Im a high dollar salvage car dismantler...Supports me with good pay, cheap parts, lots of learning and oppurtunities, and shows you how killing you and everyone in the car looks when you drive like an idiot. So that always keeps me in check
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well do you want your hobby to be your job...then what if you get tired of doing your "job" because its not fun as a hobby anymore...thats the only thing keeping me from entering that field
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Yeah i hear that, anyone here a cop? I live in NY right now but am looking down south for a good dept. The money seems to get less and less the further south i look. Our small depts up here start out in the hight 30's low 40's and down past nc it seems to reallly suck, myrtle beach 28k????
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I live in pensacola florida and am preparing to start the police academy right now! I know that the starting pay for a police officer here is just under 33,000! So not everwhere down south is terrible!
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I didn't join the police like i had thought about for a short time. I'm a union carpenter. NY Carpenters are amongst the highest paid at over $41.70 a hr. Here in NJ we make $37.27 a hour. Any labor Union in NY/NJ will be a highly paid position.
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yeah NY and NJ state police are around 60-70 starting out and near 100kafter 5 or so years, i know a couple of friends that are union they both work for Sealand Construction, they told me to come back in April. I wish sitting around and checking ls1tech and watching **** paid better....
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My addiction is fed by a terrible paying job at a hardware store where my money goes to gas and my college. I have little money to spend on performance parts, so I let my gas be my performance.
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about the lower salaries, you gotta take cost of living into account for that... new york is expensive as **** to live in...down south it ussually isnt unless your in the middle of dallas or another big city but it still doesnt compare to NY...and theres hardly ever snow or ice so that should be worth it too!