Whats My Next Move? Help.

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de leon

 

Sorry to be so late on the reply. As you can tell, you've come to the right spot for solid advice. There is a guy in New Zealand who is making fins with a 3D printer, and selling them for millions. This should be right up your alley.

 

Help?
U made the decision to be an Engineer and your are now complaining about being on a construction site…wow.

U didn't realize that being an Engineer meant hanging out with nerds, disgruntled laborers, and NO women!

Cmon man, time to wake up and change things up drastically. Grab your nuts and strut them to another life.

Don't wait, don't think, just go…..be an asshole for once in your life and take control.

Im out.

 

He's right. You could be the next BarryCuda

 

There is a really good book called "your money or your life" and also a website Mr Moustache Moneyman (or something like that). The point is basically 1) hardly anybody likes their job so 2) treat work as a means to get paid, and do things to maximize your income so that 3) you can invest as much as possible and 4) achieve financial independence.
Had I grasped this stuff before starting a family I think I'd be surfing right now not a keyboard jockey.
I tell people who are not responsible for other humans (eg no spouse or kids) to try a bunch of things to hopefully find something interesting. I think a lot of us chase "USA Today's Best Paying Jobs for College Grads" but I think folks are usually more successful doing whatever they find engaging.
Once you become responsible for other humans though, you have to do the right thing which is usually the hard thing. Middle aged people just have to suck it up and play the cards in their hand.
Me personally, I have the most meaningless , least fun job ever - financial services IT. However I do find solace/meaning in the fact that a) my job helps me take care of people whom I love b) my office is near 3 decent breaks and c) we are living beneath our means so our snowball is growing the right direction, albeit slowly.
You are asking all the right questions, good luck!!

 

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This. Especially 1 & 2. Get your PE. Trust me, it will be worth it in the long run. Find a civil engineering firm that will let you keep flexible hours (your best bet is probably a smaller firm with less than 100 employees -bargain for it like you would your salary). That way you can surf when it's good, and as long as you get your sh!t done, your boss doesn't care. Bust your ass at work when it's flat. Every once in a while a big project will cause you to miss a swell, but you get on most of them.

Once I got that part down, I found that work became much more tolerable, I surf way more, and every body is generally happy at the end of the day.

 

Shoulda gotten a real trade. Like fidgeratorman.

 

Forum full of surfers, and nobody yet suggested the next move to be a mean cutback

 

monetize domains, it's the best business to be in and you can do without a degree or experience, Like I did