# job sites

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**Created:** [June 16, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-sites/252737 "2010-06-16T19:17:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![DannyboyUpstate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dannyboyupstate/32/6313_2.png) [@DannyboyUpstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DannyboyUpstate)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-sites/252737/57 "2010-06-18T03:23:24Z")

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> [@Anyone here? (14 year old killed street racing)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-here-14-year-old-killed-street-racing/32752/27):
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> Right now Id just settle for a good paying job though. Im currently stuck in a dead end job thats like a sinking ship so anything is better than that right now.
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> Im not really feeling the 5 years of training deal.
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> Ive had a few bad experiences with ladders and dont like being on anything more than a step ladder these days.
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> Yeah, it might be being a pussy but thats how I am.

You sound like a $12/hr truck driver.

That’s pretty short sighted. 5 years is no time, and if you want to get paid more you need to have knowledge you can offer an employer. $12/hr to start as an apprentice sounds like decent money to me! Over the course of 5 years you get scheduled pay raises. At the end of those 5 years no matter what trade you get involved with you’ll be making around $30/hr. Then you’ll have a REAL TRADE with REAL SKILLS that you can offer an employer! If you stick with a labor union you will get a real pension, which basically ZERO employers offer now, good health insurance, and a camaraderie with your fellow tradesmen that nobody outside of a construction trade union can understand.

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