need some help anyonee

drug dealer!

 

Im actually planning on going back to school to get my teaching certificate. Even though the job market for teachers is rough right now once youre in the benefits are pretty sick. Good pay and you can beat those hours 8-3 or so during the weekdays allows for sessions before or after and plus summers off and lots of breaks allows time to take trips.

Hopefully the job market gets a little better within the next year or so and Ill be able to find a job!

 

The guys I know who get the most water time, and still make a living, work out of a "home office" or are private contractors. Bartenders get do ok too... Public education (my career) is not all it's cracked up to be. As we all know, summers are flat compared to the other three seasons, and that's when you work. Many times I check the surf on the way to school and see glassy surf and empty lineups. So it's afternoons and weekends... and the occasional, strategic sick day.

 

open a restaurant or bar in a shore town. work ur ass off all summer...and close down after labor day weekend and surf your brains out until memorial day

 

any job is a good job as long as your getting paid. That said, its all about location, location, location. If your a teacher or a contractor and live 1 hour away your not going to surf much. winter time is hard too with the days being so short. however, if you live on the beach, no matter what you do, your going to surf any time you want. Now if you live and work on the beach, then sheeeeet brother you got it made. nothing beats a lunchtime session

 

DaMook nailed it, it doesn't matter what you end up doing, it matters where. I did the corporate shirt and tie, 8-5 thing for years, which sucked BUT it was literally 5 mins from the beach. I never missed a swell working there. I snuck in dawn patrols, lunch time sessions and after work sessions all the time. Once you put in your time, move up the ladder of a company or start your own thing, then you will have more and more freedom with your schedule down the road.

 

I have to agree Its all about location. I am a Diesel Mechianc for a living I work noon to 8:30pm plus a 45min commute each way aswell. I have weekend off 2 weeks paid vac and 2 weeks sick time. I also get holidays off aswell . I get to hit dawn patrols as offten as I can but the post work session is out for me . So morning and weekends are my only time I can surf.

Your 19 dont worry about making a ton of money Have fun surf . Get a job and a restuant or some ****ty shop on the boardwalk and work nights so u can chill at the beach and surf all day

 

Work for yourself.

I am a freelance web developer, and I work from home. Right now I live 3 hours from the beach, but I still make it out every other week (when the waves justify the drive time). If I lived closer to the beach, I'd be able to go out every single day. Why? Because if someone asks, I'm "in a meeting."

With the surf reports on this website, I can see good surf (likely) coming a few days in advance, and then I just move my entire schedule around to make it to the beach. It's worked so far this winter/spring.

Besides, there is so much work in the web industry (especially if you can program) that it is obscene. I literally turn down job offers on a weekly basis, mainly because I'd rather have less security working for myself, so that I can have more freedom to do things like make it to the beach on a Friday afternoon without asking someone first.

Of course... it's easier said than done...

EDIT: forgot to mention - the best part about making websites is that I don't necessarily ever have to see my clients. Ever. So I can work anywhere in the world, and it doesn't matter. Meaning you can live near the beach, and not necessarily be dependent on the local economy (which can be seasonal).

 

Entrepreneur at 19..My work revolves around the surf conditions lol. Work all spring some of summer and fall but not 9-5.. 7 days a week NO WAY IN HELL!! I tried that crap and got laid off.. fired or quit after the first day. I have ERGO PHOBIA

 

I am in the same boat as Matt works out really well..
Just get a 2nd shift job.. Surf mornings year round can hit every swell...

 

Ok im sorry but the drug dealer comment made me laugh so hard i almost pissed alittle.

 

This question comes up a lot, and everyone is convinced that their gig the the best. Im an engineer and I work 8-5 monday-friday. I never miss a swell, thanks to modern surf forecasting technology I know when to put in extra hours here and there to use flex time, or when to strategically use my sick/vacation time. I surf more than most of my stoner friends who live in mommys beach house and work in sleazy restaurants. Its all about how bad you want it.

That said: Ideally I want to get a little more experience under my belt and work out a scenario where I am able to operate remotely from the shadiest place in central america with WIFI. If you can make dollars and spend colones or cordobas... your onto something... And lets face it, this coast kinda sucks...

 

your right that's the dream that i share. however it gets tough when your family and income are rooted on the right coast. if you have the opportunity do it all when your young and see where it takes you. travel and pick up a job.

 

Just curious - does anyone make over 100K a year on this board??

 

Everyone has already submitted good advice. We all want to surf as much as possible and never miss that great swell. But, at 19, you have a lot of living to do. Don't think if you have to go away to college or something along those lines, your life will be ruined, because your going to miss a some good sessions. Waves will always be there. Now a days, its tougher then ever to make a good living without a degree, so I'd recommend that. Not impossible, but you have to be very talented and motivated to pull it off. And, of course, there are tons of good schools near the coastline.

Just look for something you enjoy. If you don't know that is, don't sweat it, you have plenty of time to figure something out. Everyone wants to make money, but the happy people are the people that enjoy what they do.

 

Look into wizardry, It has it's perks.




Or you could live off the land like Rob Machado riiiiight.

But in all seriousness I'm 17, graduated a year early with a 3.0 and am looking to start culinary school come September, No matter how rough the economy people gotta eat!

 

graveyard shift - overnite

 

I agree with the "location of job/office" having as much influence as what you do. Everywhere you go, rush hour traffic is almost always between 7-9am and 4-6pm. The majority of population work within those hours, and if you happen to be within 10-15 minutes from the beach or from your break, I don't see why you won't be able to get a session in at least 3 times during the workweek.

Unfortunately I work about 20 miles from the beach, but I have enough flexibility at my job that I can dip out early if need be. It just means having to make it up and stay later during the flat days. So you have to take some factors like that into account. I mean, you can be a doctor/lawyer and have a really stressful job, but if you have your own practice, you can pretty much surf anytime you want. So it all depends. But close proximity to the water can almost guarantee you lots of sessions, no matter what the job.