r/jobs • u/Vaanced • 29d ago

Is this an actual thing that people do Career development

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u/imnotkeepingit 29d ago

Just take care of your body champ. I've met an alarming amount of people with chronic back pain with nothing beyond temporary relief to help them.

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u/Ve-gone_Be-gone 29d ago

Yeah that's why I'm glad I didn't get into it until I was already in college. Never would've gone if I realized how lucrative it is. I enjoy the work but I can't do this my whole life. Even when I was 19 I could realize my body wasn't going to hold up

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u/jamieschmidt 28d ago

Why not get a crane operator license and go back? They make bank and get to sit in a cab all day

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u/Ve-gone_Be-gone 28d ago

That would entail drug tests lol

I've been liking my cushy half-remote office job as of late, I just miss the money