Originally Posted by
2Co2Fur1EXwife
Been in the business 7 years. Highest Yearly income was a hair over $49K. (and thats with tons of O.T.) Regional. Then made the move to LLC. First year pay should be illegal. Then got furloughed, again. I've made about $16K this year. Still drive an old crappy car, slept in dumpy crash pads ,or on an air mattress somewhere, and you'd have to be an extremely lucky person to not have to commute. Just wanted to make sure you heard the 'glamorous' side. But hey, best of luck. You never know in this business, you may be one of the lucky ones! Roll them dice!!
Heyas,
This post brings up some GREAT points.
Some guys are used to being a perpetual "college student", such as living in a rat trap, driving a broken down, rusted out sh!tbox, sleeping on an air mattress and being able to pack all of your belongings in a single cardboard box. You'll need this because you'll either move every 8-14 months, or commute.
When guys talk about "giving it all you got" and "if you want it bad enough" THIS is the lifestyle they're talking about.
If you have any kind of significant other in your life, you can bet they'll hit the highway long before the dollars start rolling back in. If you're close in age, the early thirty's becomes the age where a home, kids and an upgraded standard of living starts coming in to play for your "other".
Going in the other direction will most surely lead to EXTREME relationship stress. I don't care if they say they "understand", they don't. If married, plan on divorce...it's that simple. It doesn't matter how much you promise "honey, it will get better", all they know is that you're not there NOW...that is, gone for up to 20 days a month. I'd say the casualty rate for relationships with this kind of move is close to %85.
Hate to be a buzzkill, but there are always consequences. Best to plan for them.
Nu