If you made a career change...

[fishaholic18]

What would you do?
What is your dream job, that you could make a decent living at?
Just curious, I'm searching for a change and it's not easy when you've been doing the same thing all your life.

[zacs]

me too

[Clammer]

I,d like to be a male nurse than only has female patients

[likwid]

UMaine -> Fisheries Management Program

[fishweewee]

gynecologist to the stars.

[JohnR]

Own a marina not required to make a profit but to break even

What do YOU want to do Dave??

[The Dad Fisherman]

Brewmeister at a Golf course clubhouse on the Cape while my wife works at the local Lumber Yard.

Fish all night, then a quick 9 in the morning followed by "Testing" of that day's batch and then home to help my wife unload all the "Free" scraps into the work shop.

Nirvana

[Clammer]

ya Ben -but I couldn,t spell it

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by JohnR

What do YOU want to do Dave??

I wish I knew John.
I need to figure out something soon.

[Gloucester2]

Investment Banking . . . they make ALL the dough and retire young and I've never met one with an ugly wife/girlfriend - right WeeWee ?

[Jimbo]

Ah the old shoulda, coulda, woulda question. Well since keeping up with communications technology is killing me, I'd like to think maybe my folks would have started their print shop before I graduated high school, so I could take it over after some college. Be able to ride a bike to work and spend the day looking out over Northport Harbor while working and head toward water in most any direction after. But this would have meant changing destiny so I might not have married a great wife and had two great kids. Why must you taunt me this way?

[tynan19]

Same boat, F18 we had this conversation. I work 2 jobs 60 hrs a week and it is getting me nowhere. Need a change fast. On the other hand I have a beautifull wife and child and couldn't be happier in that area. I just want them to have what I had growing up.
I am sick of working with people who are society's rejects. I want to work to make people happy and feel good about themselves.

[Bliz]

I'm working toward my career transition...

[redneck24]

im in the middle of one right now. im going from mechanic to tattoo artist. been a mechanic for so long now, its tough to get away, even though i hate it with a passion, and i know you are in the same boat. GOOD LUCK!!! get out of this crap asap, the business gets worse everyday. and its only going to get worse

[fishweewee]

Originally Posted by Gloucester2

Investment Banking . . . they make ALL the dough and retire young and I've never met one with an ugly wife/girlfriend - right WeeWee ?

Yeah but you'll have no time for fishing.

[Raven]

i'm stuck in permanent.... career transition....lol
now adays you have to be ultimately versatile in a broad range of skills just to survive......but
the trick is, to list all your skill sets and see how they can be TRANSFERED
to some other LINE of work.... and not think to just abandon them and start over.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by redneck24

im in the middle of one right now. im going from mechanic to tattoo artist. been a mechanic for so long now, its tough to get away, even though i hate it with a passion, and i know you are in the same boat. GOOD LUCK!!! get out of this crap asap, the business gets worse everyday. and its only going to get worse

I hear that Daryl.
As you know, I've been out of work for some time now because my back is f'ed up. I can't see going back to being an auto tech.
I've been searching for another line of work but am having a hard time figuring out what I want to do with my life. I'm jack of all trades and master of just one.
I'm also considering moving out of R.I., it seems there's nothing here anymore. I don't know.
Sorry for the rambling on, I think I'm going into depression here.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Take the Mass Environmental Police Exam, its june 6th deadline to register is MAy 5th. Its not quite trooper wage but its a great job. Im taking the test and have fingers crossed that i do well on it. OR what about being a harbormaster. Youd be on the water a lot making a living wage, im sure you would find a lot of hot spots from the boat, but a lot of shore stuff too cause boat fish still dont count .

[redneck24]

try being a service manager. easy job, yet still in the trade.

[TheSpecialist]

My dream job would be 44' Hatteras, and rich clients.

If I had to make a change, I think I would get my gc and start a remodeling business.

[MAC]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

If I had to make a change, I think I would get my gc and start a remodeling business.

Aaaack, Bill the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
I did this for a few years before getting into the union and it sux. Long hours, estimates, where you might not get the job. Chasing money, it only takes a few bad customers to break ya. Then all the paperwork, insurance,taxes, vehicle and equipment upkeep. Believe me it gets old quick.
The dream job with a hatteras sounds better

[Saltheart]

Brain surgeon. Actually , i've been asking myself the same question for years. let me know if you ever figure it out.

[MAC]

Dave, I know what you are going through. I just went 6 months without working and it rots. I had many thoughts of doing something else over that time period but ended up going back to what I know. Hard choices when ya get up past the age of 40. A good choice might be like Daryl suggested. Supervisory role in your field. Taking a few night courses in business management might help in thie endeavor too.

My dream job, maybe something like Charlie Moore. Get to fish and get paid for it.

[partsjay]

I wish I had an answer....in same boat as a couple of you guys.....automotive sucks.....a thank-less job...The part that bites is I can't even think of something else to do....unless I want to take a pay-cut....

[chris L]

my next career ? hmmmmm
Im going to be a prostitute . good money , pretty clients and many withdrawls and deposits . good exercise !

[JohnR]

Dave - Daryl did have a decent idea. Anyway you slice it the Car Biz sucks but going over to a role as a writer, dispatcher, or ASM for a while and work towards being a shop manager might be at minimum a good career change to at least hold you over until devine intervention kicks in. If you have questions on the back end of that business, I may be able to answer them for you as I did that for 7-8 years.

IF you were to do that, go to an all Jap shop, pref Toy, Honda, Nissan (in that order) as a lot of the work is gravy work with a mild reduction in headache -v- domestic. This is not an endorsement for the Japanese cars but an observation that they need regular maintenance more than many domestics so there is more balance in the work load. VW is also good in that space.

Money is not what a Class A tech doing 60-80 flat rate is going to make, not even what an A Tech is making @ 40 but it is less stressful on the body short term and long term. You won't need to yell "Put a %&$@# hose on it " but you will need to tell the line to fill out the RO, verify it if REALLY needs brakes, and get bitched at when you don't get the upsell, Oh, and you will need to worry about CSI. I think every tech should spend a month as a writer to learn about CSI .

Other options, especially where you are a tranny guy, is to get a job as an estimator for one of the underwiting/warrwanty companies. Yes, kindof a crap job but there is some flexibility, you use the knowledge you already have, and you would probably be good at it. You are Master, right?

[outfished]

I've been a photographer/videographer for almost 20 years now and wouldn't dream of changing. But if I had to change, I guess marine biology or some sort of earth science.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Other options, especially where you are a tranny guy, is to get a job as an estimator for one of the underwiting/warrwanty companies. Yes, kindof a crap job but there is some flexibility, you use the knowledge you already have, and you would probably be good at it. You are Master, right?

Holy S#@$%, I never thought of that.
Yes, I've been a Master for about 10 years or so.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

Holy S#@$%, I never thought of that.
Yes, I've been a Master for about 10 years or so.

Also, talk to the some of the Zone service reps and maybe get a gig at the regional training center.... Call me this weekend.

[TheSpecialist]

Dave check your pm's

Mac I hear ya, it's not easy running your own business..