Tech or Trades......

[bassfisher444]

Trade for sure. I am a licensed Electrician, HVAC tech and a Mechanic. I have enough work to where I could work 24/7 if I wanted to. I work a daytime job for an Electrical/HVAC company then do mechanic work in the evenings including working on all of the company vehicles which I get paid separately for. I also can easily make $1000 or more on a Saturday by changing a AC unit out, swapping out a panel box or installing a generator. Best part about it is no one controls you but yourself, I could walk in on Monday and the boss man tell me I don't have a job there anymore and I could easily find another one paying the same or more that week, or make even more money by picking up side jobs. If you are in the medical field like some suggest you have to work for a hospital or medical facility which be can be harder to find depending on location, plus if you don't like the rules and policies or any changes to them they make where you are working you can't easily quit and find another job. Same goes for engineering and many other fields. I can go anywhere in the country and find plenty work to do.

[Alliston64]

Trade for sure. I am a licensed Electrician, HVAC tech and a Mechanic. I have enough work to where I could work 24/7 if I wanted to. I work a daytime job for an Electrical/HVAC company then do mechanic work in the evenings including working on all of the company vehicles which I get paid separately for. I also can easily make $1000 or more on a Saturday by changing a AC unit out, swapping out a panel box or installing a generator. Best part about it is no one controls you but yourself, I could walk in on Monday and the boss man tell me I don't have a job there anymore and I could easily find another one paying the same or more that week, or make even more money by picking up side jobs. If you are in the medical field like some suggest you have to work for a hospital or medical facility which be can be harder to find depending on location, plus if you don't like the rules and policies or any changes to them they make where you are working you can't easily quit and find another job. Same goes for engineering and many other fields. I can go anywhere in the country and find plenty work to do.

I can understand your position and decision process. I still stand that if you shopped private sector companies, you could've found a place with the work/life balance you wanted. I own an HVAC Company and have 13 service techs right now. Only 2 work over time and that's because they want to.

[bassfisher444]

I can understand your position and decision process. I still stand that if you shopped private sector companies, you could've found a place with the work/life balance you wanted. I own an HVAC Company and have 13 service techs right now. Only 2 work over time and that's because they want to.

Not sure what you mean by that, I have a good work balance as is.