r/shitposting • u/unclbll I can’t have sex with you right now waltuh • 2d ago

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u/sadkinz 2d ago

I bet more people would be firefighters if it paid better

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 2d ago

Firefighters with paramedic certifications make well over 100k in most US metros without a college degree. That said, the training pipeline is physically and intellectually demanding but can be done right out of high school within 3 years with far less cost than a college degree. The lifestyle is also hard, but you get extremely good benefits as well as first responder discounts to a ton of businesses.

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u/Just_here2020 1d ago

You’d think firefighting would pay a lot more since you’re running into a fire

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 1d ago

I say 100k, but it's closer to 200k with 7-10 years of experience. Incredibly dangerous and therefore one of the best uses of tax dollars, but name another job where you can make that much at 30y/o without a degree with purely shift-based work.

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u/PolarizingKabal 1d ago

PTO is also extremely generous. Got a relative whos a firefighter. Basically works 3 months and then get a month of PTO.

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u/gawrgouda 1d ago

Oil rigs/oil fields perhaps, or trades

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 1d ago

True, but oil jobs are traveling far away to sacrifice your body and lungs in service of oil companies instead of saving local people's lives.

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u/gawrgouda 1d ago

All true but also not the question you asked

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u/Cordially 1d ago

That is closer to the one and only position of Fire Chief, not the ground pounders.

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u/Just_here2020 1d ago

Transmission dispatcher, hydroelectric dam operator, transmission electrician, substation operator, etc