How's everybody make a living

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Aircraft Maintenance. I work on UAVs.
I was a machinist and sheetmetal mechanic for many years prior to making the career change.
 
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Seacoast NH. Product Specialist for “Glue” and Tape. Mostly I Support a Sales team w customer applications and train distributors. It’s a pretty solid gig.
Covid and supply chain craziness has really affected all markets. Lots of turnover and difficult to hire talented workers.
 

Sapcut

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Wildlife biologist, land broker, land investment management. Build and wholesale arrow footing components…on the side.
 

Bmhunts

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Former military now seasonal wildlife tech. In summer I'm a bear and lion trapper for a state agency (capture some bears free range with dart rifle too) around 95% of them are relocated, late fall cull elk for federal gov., winter hunt and trap wild hogs for fed gov. It requires being a bit of a gypsy, it's not a normal life but it's a good life.
 
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TRUSAVAGE

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It's human nature to look and see if the grass is greener for your fellow man. I hope you feel like you've got the best job around, Cuase it sounds like a dream to me.
Myself. I'm a high voltage Linemen in southern California. Was in distribution then trouble man and now I do transmission lines, mostly patrolling by 4x4 or helicopter. Anything to be closer to muledeer country.

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NickD40

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Welcome to the land of the poor & destitute. You need to branch out & get into politics so you can become a millionaire. 🤣
Haha! Maybe so. There's nothing quite like doing the work now, submitting it to an editor to be published 8 months from now, then waiting 90 days after publication for payment. I saw a bit the other day that said there's a Little House on the Prairie episode where one of the kids gets $100 for winning an essay contest, and the joke was it's good to see freelance rates haven't improved in 140 years.
 
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Haha! Maybe so. There's nothing quite like doing the work now, submitting it to an editor to be published 8 months from now, then waiting 90 days after publication for payment. I saw a bit the other day that said there's a Little House on the Prairie episode where one of the kids gets $100 for winning an essay contest, and the joke was it's good to see freelance rates haven't improved in 140 years.
The sad fact is that's all too true. I sold my first photos to Field & Stream in 1977 for $250 ea. I'm pretty sure the pay rate is the same today. I retired a few years back because I was tired of deadlines & dealing with editors.
 
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