Be a plumber and make $70000 a year easy
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Mid-life career change... What would you change to?
- Thread starter alnen
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Damn a letter licker,really?
I've thought about this many times before, and I think I'd really enjoy being a carpenter. Making stuff with you hands where you can see the finished product.
I would not do anything different I am 56 and retired have been for the last ten years . Make good decisions when you are young have a plan and see it through.
I would like to be a technician solving problems with my hands or refinishing antique furniture. Neither pay well enough for me to do that so I'll keep plugging away polishing a seat with my ass using my brain and getting paid a lot more.
I enjoy being a field engineer. You rarely work the same job twice, work with different people, every job is a new challenge. My avatar picture is me in Iraq in 2009, setting up internet cafes for the troops. Now I do software installation. I could retire, but why do that when you enjoy what you do and make good money?
If you really want to change careers and move then apply to the Apprenticeship program on the base in Kings Bay GA. They will pay you while you go (starts at $15hr) and teach you what you need to know. 4yr program and then get hired full time Civil Service. All types of jobs from Nuclear Welder to NDT Inspector.
I really don’t know what to tell you, I enjoyed the field you've been in for 36 yrs till I retired but I wish you the best
I hear the APD has some new positions opening up. 
The fire service is another option...
