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the_jesse
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20h ago
Hot take: I quit my HVAC job to work for myself and made less money, but I'm still glad I did it
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miabennett
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1d ago
Showerthought: I chased every cert and license for 3 years before a guy named Ray at a supply house asked me one question that broke it all open
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abbyd36
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1d ago
Blew $1,800 on a coding bootcamp with a 12 week promise, and the recruiter lady was the one who flipped my thinking
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blair_lewis85
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5d ago
A nurse in Tulsa handed me her badge and said 'try it for a shift' and that's how I ended up leaving banking
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harper_smith
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5d ago
Appreciation post: I was a glorified phone operator at a call center, now I climb under houses for a living
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fisher.faith
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5d ago
Serious question, did a ride-along with a master plumber on a Tuesday in Fresno change how you run your own crew?
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matthew_reed50
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5d ago
PSA: A guy at my gym said I was crazy for quitting my $52k job to become a physical therapy assistant
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hugos67
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6d ago
Spent $1,400 on a coding bootcamp that taught me less than a free library card
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hannah240
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6d ago
Serious question, my old boss told me to take the pay cut for the title change and now I'm wondering if he was right
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xenan64
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9d ago
Warning: dropped $1,400 on a medical billing cert that got me zero callbacks in Charlotte
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oscarscott
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9d ago
Just told my buddy in Denver I'd never go back to school at 38, then he said one thing about his $19 an hour job and now I'm filling out FAFSA
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jessica_dixon
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10d ago
Update: my old boss at the tire shop in Toledo said I'd be back within a year after I quit for office work, and I saw him last Tuesday
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emmap16
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11d ago
I quit my $52k office job in Toledo and my first freelance check bounced 11 days later
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drew_jenkins54
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11d ago
My uncle told me quitting my $60k sales job to drive a forklift was the dumbest idea he'd heard, and 8 months later I think he might be half right
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patricia_singh81
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12d ago
Shoutout to the dispatcher in Amarillo who talked me out of quitting trucking for a desk job
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