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Originally Posted by adamz
I had a friend who hacked it for two years there, came back with some decent money and zero skills beyond working in an oil field.
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That sounds about right. The smart ones go in head first when they are young, uild a big bankroll, save their money, and either buy into their own business, or get the fuck out with a ton of money to set up for life. The dumb ones get stuck for life.
A few years back as a construction contractor you could see this on job sites. The oilfield got real bad a few years back. A huge portion of the 18-35 year old male population was employed in the patch. It had been almost a solid 10 year run since the last bad dip. So people had been ballin out all rigga-rich and lived wild with a bunch of money. 10 years meant a lot of those guys worked rigs straight out of high school and never had another job.
When all these guys were out of a jo, they went into the trades. Work sites were flooded with new workers who "hung drywall for while" or "had framing experience" etc etc. Reality was they were just a bunch of dumb riggers with no other applicable skills besides getting hammered and standing around awaiting injury. Qaulity of work on new homes was a joke for a while.
