what are some not so popular, high paying careers?

[irc]

^^^My cousin is a captain with Southwest and he makes serious bank. But, he's been doing it forever.

What is "serious bank", though?

 

[weich]

Vets don't make as much as you would think. My wife was a vet tech for a few years, worked for a few vets, and most of them didn't clear 100K when it was all said and done.

Now, you can veterinary specialists, like surgeons, orthodontists, etc, make shit tons of money. That's also a lot of schooling though.

WRT to underwater welding. One of my dive instructors was an underwater welder in the Great Lakes. So most of the time he wasn't dealing with extreme depths, often times he was at 80-100 ft. At that depth it is extremely dark. One day in the middle of a weld the cords going to his welder got tangled with his mask and his mask popped off. So he had to feel around, find his mask, clear it, and then start working again. Here is the clearing process:



It seems easy when you are in 30 feet of water and can clearly see, but it's a whole different game down at depth, in the dark. If you panic and ascend from that depth without waiting the proper time you are nearly guaranteed the bends.

Database administrators can make bank, and you don't need a 4 year degree either. Same goes for Network Engineers. If you get one of the upper level Cisco certs you will make great money. Sys Administrators can make a lot of money as well, but I don't think it's as lucrative as network engineering or database administration.

If you can get into custom cabinetry or other high end wood working you can make a lot of money too, but that probably takes a long time to get good at.

 

[weich]

What is "serious bank", though?

US Airways hasn

 

[Gametheory]

What sites do u play on? Do u know anything about carbonpoker?

I usually play on every trustworthy site, because it's hard to find games.
Full Tilt and Pokerstars are my favourite sites, but they don't have that many games, and they're tougher than the ones on the smaller networks.

I find online there tends to be a completely different set of odds, do you find this as well?

Not sure what you're trying to say. The game doesn't change when you play online.
Of course you have more crazy hands. You can easily play 20x as many hands online, so you'll get 20x as many crazy hands, assuming the games are about the same (which is not true).

Just on line? How big do you go?

20-40 blinds?

Yup, online.
My main games are 5/10 and 10/20, and the reg start at 100BB, or up to 250BB at an ante table. Sometimes I switch it up, depending on what's running.

20/40 doesn't exist. Maybe in limit hold'em or live, but online it's 5/10, - 10/20 and then 25/50.

 

[Higus]

When people think of high paying careers, they think of doctors, lawyers, and engineers. What are some other options you can think of that may or may not require schooling?

My ideas:

Veterinarian

Airline Pilot

Both of those are terrible ideas. Vet training is incredibly expensive and airline pilots make jack until later in their careers

 

[CarbonFistprint]

A guy I knew ran a business cleaning out septics and porta potties with one of those shit sucker trucks. He made really decent money. Had all the toys.

 

[shera]

Welders

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I usually play on every trustworthy site, because it's hard to find games.
Full Tilt and Pokerstars are my favourite sites, but they don't have that many games, and they're tougher than the ones on the smaller networks.



Not sure what you're trying to say. The game doesn't change when you play online.
Of course you have more crazy hands. You can easily play 20x as many hands online, so you'll get 20x as many crazy hands, assuming the games are about the same (which is not true).



Yup, online.
My main games are 5/10 and 10/20, and the reg start at 100BB, or up to 250BB at an ante table. Sometimes I switch it up, depending on what's running.

20/40 doesn't exist. Maybe in limit hold'em or live, but online it's 5/10, - 10/20 and then 25/50.

Nice...

Do you ever go on Tilt?

Went on tilt last Sunday...almost flushed half of my bank roll in 30 minutes...regrouped...played smart, won it all back and then some...cashed out...left.

 

[Sean Buckley]

I usually play on every trustworthy site, because it's hard to find games.
Full Tilt and Pokerstars are my favourite sites, but they don't have that many games, and they're tougher than the ones on the smaller networks.



Not sure what you're trying to say. The game doesn't change when you play online.
Of course you have more crazy hands. You can easily play 20x as many hands online, so you'll get 20x as many crazy hands, assuming the games are about the same (which is not true).



Yup, online.
My main games are 5/10 and 10/20, and the reg start at 100BB, or up to 250BB at an ante table. Sometimes I switch it up, depending on what's running.

20/40 doesn't exist. Maybe in limit hold'em or live, but online it's 5/10, - 10/20 and then 25/50.

It's true, you play more hands online. All I'm really saying is I have a way better record when I play people in person. Of course online when playing $1-$5 tourneys, people are willing to call alot of hands to try to catch something on the river. I can't count how many times I have a trip pair,double pair or top pair and people catch a straight or flush on the river. Sure it happens in person as well but in my experience not nearly as often. But again it probably has a lot to do with people willing to lose a tourney that they paid a $1 for hahaha.

 

[Make-U-Tap]

Fluffer

E.D. meds killed that profession.

 

[odog]

WTF does newbie pay have to do with if it's a high-paying job or not?

There's a shortage of pilots, if you stick with it you'll be making very good $$ in not much time at all.

Yes, commercial airline pilots still get paid something approaching a living wage, but the problem is commuter or regional airline pilots. Basically, when you book a flight from the glorious mecca of modernity that you eventually fled to in adulthood back to the depressing hellhole that most of your friends and family never mustered up the will to leave, even if you book the flight on United or whatever, at some point you're going to end up on a plane that says something like "JetBlue" on the side.


According to a recent study, a first year co-pilot at one of these smaller airlines can make as little as $19 per hour.

Anyway, even if that is decent starting money, pay for the most experienced pilots at the most major-est of airlines tops out at around $200,000, and you have to fly a lot of miles before you start making that kind of cash. That's not exactly indentured servitude, but it's also not enough to make "airline pilot" the sexy career choice it was back when your grandparents were smoking cigarettes at doctor's appointments and shit.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-common-jobs-that-are-way-more-dangerous-than-you-think/#ixzz31iX8Gkih

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Not so popular but high paying?
Boxer.

Floyd Mayweather is in a sport that's essentially dead and no one watches it anymore.... and he makes about 30million for an hours worth of work.


So you could try that.

 

[Diamond Jim]

Not so popular but high paying?
Boxer.

Floyd Mayweather is in a sport that's essentially dead and no one watches it anymore.... and he makes about 30million for an hours worth of work.


So you could try that.

I'm gonna give it a go. Tell Floyd I'll be ready next weekend.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

I'm gonna give it a go. Tell Floyd I'll be ready next weekend.

On it.

Bonjour

 

[Make-U-Tap]

Not so popular but high paying?
Boxer.

Floyd Mayweather is in a sport that's essentially dead and no one watches it anymore.... and he makes about 30million for AN HOURS worth of work.


So you could try that.

So all the training he has done/still does doesn't count toward the hourly salary?

 

[MC Paul Barman]

So all the training he has done/still does doesn't count toward the hourly salary?

hourly salary?

impossible

 

[Make-U-Tap]

hourly salary?

impossible

It rhymed...doesn't have to make sense. But you've made a living off that so...

#AllLove

 

[MC Paul Barman]

It rhymed...doesn't have to make sense. But you've made a living off that so...

#AllLove

Now that I think of it....
your comment makes sense. I was wrong.

I said he gets paid that for an hours worth of work.

So you're right: hourly salary

 

[Zankou]

WRT to underwater welding. One of my dive instructors was an underwater welder in the Great Lakes. So most of the time he wasn't dealing with extreme depths, often times he was at 80-100 ft. At that depth it is extremely dark. One day in the middle of a weld the cords going to his welder got tangled with his mask and his mask popped off. So he had to feel around, find his mask, clear it, and then start working again. Here is the clearing process:



It seems easy when you are in 30 feet of water and can clearly see, but it's a whole different game down at depth, in the dark. If you panic and ascend from that depth without waiting the proper time you are nearly guaranteed the bends.

They made us do this at 60 feet in my scuba class, and it was a bit nerve wracking but not that hard. I kept my eyes closed the whole time, you don't need to see to do it. But it's unnerving to have your eyes closed, no mask on, loaded with gear, 60 feet down, just listening to yourself breathe.

If you can't find your mask at 80-100 feet down, I think it would really suck because then you'd have to do your ascent almost blind, including the long decompression waits at different depths.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Waste management.

Was coming in here to say that

Also owner of a Chinese take out restaurant in the middle of the ghetto or Barrio which has no Chinese restaurants anywhere nearby

Chinese take out is like a Wendys when in those places.