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[rawr]

Current situation: Dumped bitch, work shit management job to pay for all of the shit bitch obligated me to (33k a year), Went to college to get out of food service, stuck in food service to pay off student loans since nothing else pays dick shit around here. also inbefore"SHOULDHAVEGOTTENANENGINEERINGDEGREE"



Looking for an area with a low cost of living and higher than average incomes and sexier than average hookers and a job market that's decently open.



I have calibration/QC (M&D and ele/thermo) experience, management experience, mechanic experience, Programming experience, Web dev and design experience.


Considering the south for the job market. Everything around here is moving to SC, Alabama, Georgia due to their politics and business incentives.

[dvst8r]

Dakota's, cheap to live, (getting more expensive by the day though) lots of job's paying $10K/month, but long hours, not many days off and semi shitty work.

[slappynuts]

Alot of shit up here in minneapolis. Hookers are not very hot though so you will need to find a decent woman who will only come over when you need her ( hmmmm, I need one of those again as well).

[slappynuts]

Dakota's, cheap to live, (getting more expensive by the day though) lots of job's paying $10K/month, but long hours, not many days off and semi shitty work.

Fuck it. Where do I sign up?

[rawr]

Link to jobs? I handle long hours, no off time and shitty work well.

[slappynuts]

Link to jobs? I handle long hours, no off time and shitty work well.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/

[slappynuts]

There is alot of medical manufacturing here. Check it out.

[dvst8r]

Top 10 people hiring in North Dakota

Halliburton - www.halliburton.com/careers
Bennett & Associates - Oil field jobs
Baker Hughes
Mercy Medical Center Williston - Healthcare
Weather Ford - Oil field jobs
Chesapeake Energy - Oil jobs
Crassociates - Healthcare
MTS Driver Recruiters
Key Energy Services - Rig services, other
Basin Electric - Linemen and technicians

There are I am sure 100 more places just like those in North Dakota / Colorado anywhere in the Bakken oil field. I have little doubt if you took a weeks vacation to that area, you would likely just send for your stuff.

Easiest way to make sure you get a decent oil field job:
-Current First aid ticket
-Current H2S ticket
-Current ground disturbance ticket (not as important as the first two)
-Current confined spaces ticket (again a secondary ticket)

If you get on as a lease hand pretty much anywhere, and show even remote aptitude within the status quo, you will probably be ruffnecking before winter is out. As long as you can pass a drug test, and are ready to be physically wiped out at the end of everyday, the money is there. Do that until you understand the oil business from the inside, and then become a contractor and charge out at $125/hr+.

None of it is rocket surgery, just requires a strong back, and a bit of planning on what you want out of it.

[Joseph Davis]

Well, fuck.

[92CXyD]

Halliburton - www.halliburton.com/careers

Really considering this, I have been told by more than one, that they are desperate for mud engineers and are willing to take A.S. Engineering degrees.

If you work out well, they will pay for you to finish a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. 

[rawr]

Halliburton - www.halliburton.com/careers

Really considering this, I have been told by more than one, that they are desperate for mud engineers and are willing to take A.S. Engineering degrees.

If you work out well, they will pay for you to finish a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. 

Definitely going to blow all of this up. There's lots of shit I can apply for.

[rawr]

Well, fuck.

wat?

[dvst8r]

Halliburton - www.halliburton.com/careers

Really considering this, I have been told by more than one, that they are desperate for mud engineers and are willing to take A.S. Engineering degrees.

If you work out well, they will pay for you to finish a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. 

With oil over $100/barrel and the whole Tehran thing making sure it will stay there, I believe that is 100% true.

I got a free 8hrs yesterday as line conditions weren't right for testing, and the last thing you do is fuck up a line that is moving close to 600,000 barrels a day at that kind of $/barrel. I get a small window this evening to get my testing done, where the line will have good conditions, but get paid for all day today, plus be on OT this evening. Even as a contractor  I am chump change, as long as things stay near the $100/barrel it will be all systems go for everyone.

I make more now in a good 3 days then I did in a whole month (after taxes) at my desk job. I am hoping to work 100 - 150 days this year. Your average job with three weeks vacation you are looking at ~240 days / year.

[Tim]

I need to find out who in that field needs to pressure test components.  I would love to find a need to fill in that market.

[dvst8r]

I need to find out who in that field needs to pressure test components.  I would love to find a need to fill in that market.

It is typically manufactures and a few end users if they need to be re-certified. Problem with that is you will have to find both small manufactures and small end users, as the medium and bigger guys will do it all in house. Guys like a Baker Hughes or Halliburton typically have whole departments for that sort of thing. Sometimes you luck out though, and find something that they either won't test in house, or are too busy and too backlogged that they need "right now".

[ratcityrex]

its the gold rush of our time. To bad the men outnumber the women there 100:1


Your for sure gona catch something if you stick your dick in it there

[JohnHandcock]

I'm kinda in the same position, I can't find job because everyone want 3yrs+ exp. I'm currently in tx and have aa degree in welding and automotive. I don't even know where to start off at. Just looking for a job pays 15+.

[Tim]

I need to find out who in that field needs to pressure test components.  I would love to find a need to fill in that market.

It is typically manufactures and a few end users if they need to be re-certified. Problem with that is you will have to find both small manufactures and small end users, as the medium and bigger guys will do it all in house. Guys like a Baker Hughes or Halliburton typically have whole departments for that sort of thing. Sometimes you luck out though, and find something that they either won't test in house, or are too busy and too backlogged that they need "right now".

I don't pressure test anything, I design and build the machines people use to test.
I need to be installing my equipment in the Baker Hughes or Haliburton labs like I do for the plastics industry.

[92CXyD]

I'm kinda in the same position, I can't find job because everyone want 3yrs+ exp. I'm currently in tx and have aa degree in welding and automotive. I don't even know where to start off at. Just looking for a job pays 15+.

$15/hr at McDonalds swing managers here. 

Or deliver pizza here is $15 to $20/hr, I do that 10hr/3dys making $200 to $350/wk driving around. 

[bluerex]

Des Moines

[Passenger]

33k a year is a shop bitch in my shop, but they get treated well.

[snm95ls]

33k a year is a shop bitch in my shop, but they get treated well.

Cost of living?  Location?   Hours?

 

[92CXyD]

33k a year is a shop bitch in my shop, but they get treated well.

Cost of living?  Location?   Hours?

 

Canadia 

[Passenger]

33k a year is a shop bitch in my shop, but they get treated well.

Cost of living?  Location?   Hours?

 

Expensive.
45 minutes east of Vancouver.
Anything between 5:00/9:00-13:00/17:00

[snm95ls]

33k a year is a shop bitch in my shop, but they get treated well.

Cost of living?  Location?   Hours?

 

Expensive.
45 minutes east of Vancouver.
Anything between 5:00/9:00-13:00/17:00

Dammit man!

33K Here in MO is an ok living.  When you say expensive cost of living, I think of California where 33K seems like it would almost be on the poverty line (depending on location).

[Passenger]

For the city my shop is located in, you can get a basement suite for $600-1000/mo. Forget buying a house if you are making 35k/yr. A crack house is 300k, not in the hood is 400 and nice is 500 and up. Meals are expensive. Booze is expensive, 6pack starts at $12. Car insurance for old shitty cars like what I drive is about $80-110/mo and health insurance is about $100/mo (no its not free in Canada).

[Passenger]

My best guy who only works part time makes $35/hr, I'm trying to lure him on full time for $40/hr but so far it is not working:(

[snm95ls]

Hoooooo leeeeeee shit!!!!

[JohnHandcock]

That's tempting job but wouldn't want to relocate. I can't find a damn Tig job around that would hire a noob. Where's a good place to start? I'm multi process welder and some pipe too.

Passenger...yal mostly do cnc machining? I been thinking about going back to school to take some classes.

[Urban Indian]

Socal's high desert, you could keep flipping burgers at McDonald's and buy a house. The hookers ain't hot, but there are a lot of crack whores who will fuck you for free or $5.

your a fucking idiot.

Nothing but fine women here in San Diego/ Los Angeles area.



I wouldn't even leave my house now for less than $35/hr plus expenses. I charge out alot more than that.



Anything less than $40k/yr is poverty line in Canada. If you can weld you can make decent decisions and buy your own truck, work in the oilfield and make $100-200 hr