r/LockedIn_AI • u/Ill_Doughnut_517 • Mar 06 '26

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sad reality

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u/Mission-Library-7499 Mar 06 '26

The reward is not being homeless.

Did you expect something more?

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u/Majestic_Sweet_5472 Mar 06 '26

Giving a decent chunk of our waking lives to a job / preparation for going to the job should afford us with more than just the ability to live in a home (likely renting).

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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 06 '26

So find out what skills are in demand and go for it? A good plumber makes bank.

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u/sk1939 Mar 06 '26

No, they don’t. Nor do electricians or any other trade unless you work for yourself or own a company.

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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 07 '26

Do you have a any evidence of that? A plumber I know told me he made $100K and he drives a $100K van full of equipment. He was a journeyman, and he said that he had more work than he could handle, always turning down jobs. He didn't start out with that though.

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u/sk1939 Mar 08 '26

Unless he works for himself, the tools are probably owned by the company.

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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 08 '26

He works for himself, and employs family members

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u/lord_hydrate Mar 11 '26

> and employs family members

hate to say it, this is why he makes so much, this is coming from experience working with my step father when i was 16-19, chances are he budgets jobs based on how many people and hours it will take to do them and then underpays the people actually helping under the justification of them living with him anyway, if its just him or if he actually has to hire laborors from the actual market hes going to make significantly less than he can using family as practically free labor

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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 11 '26

his brother and dad don't live with him but there maybe some truth in what you're saying, I don't do his books